No games today and tomorrow. May you and yours have a happy and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on Monday, if not sooner.
Chris Wright cut up Harvard for a career best 34 points as Georgetown (9-1) defeated the Crimson, 86-70.
Oregon State (6-5) recorded the program's 1600th victory, a 73-65 decision over Fresno State.
Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's 71-44 win against FitzSimons.
The Denver Post shares a memorable story about Pioneer guard Nate Rohnert.
princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Hoiday Radio Show on WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. If you missed it, here's audio of his appearance on NPR's The Takeaway earlier in the week.
Around the Ivy League: Quinnipiac outscored Columbia (5-5) by 16 in the second half of a 63-51 Bobcats victory.
John Shurna scored a career best 29 as Northwestern (10-1) defeated Central Connecticut State, 74-54.
An incredible late second half Denver (9-3) comeback concluded with Andrew Hooper's final second three point shot, a basket that gave the Pioneers an 84-83 win over Seattle.
Oregon State looks to move above .500 versus Fresno State.
There's a piece on Princeton's win over Monmouth in the latest Town Topics.
Tiger recruit Daniel Edwards has led Highland Park in scoring each of the last six games. Yesterday Edwards had 12 as the Scots lost to Everman, 53-42.
Princeton remains in ninth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Around the Ivy League: Colgate won its first game of the season, a 19 point triumph at Dartmouth (2-9).
Princeton's game against Maine has been rescheduled for Monday, January 4th at 7:00 pm ET, creating a stretch where they will play four games in eight days.
The Tigers' adjusted pre-exam break schedule is now as follows:
Wednesday, December 30 - vs. Wagner - 7:00 pm ET
Saturday, January 2 - at St. Joe's - 2:00 pm ET
Monday, January 4 - at Maine - 7:00 pm ET
Wednesday, January 6 - at Marist - 7:30 pm ET
UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET
Central Connecticut State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Seattle vs. Denver - 9:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Douglas Davis represents Princeton yet again in the most recent Ivy League Weekly Basketball Report.
An afternoon tilt is in store for Richmond and UNC Greensboro.
Northwestern hosts Central Connecticut State tonight.
It has been a roller coaster ride this season for Oregon State.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (9-2) won the Holiday Festival, defeating St. John's by five. It was the Big Red's first win over a Big East foe since the conference was formed. Providence pulled away from Yale (4-7) in the last nine minutes, beating the Bulldogs 87-78.
Highlights from Richmond's upset of Florida can be found above these words.
Yale vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. St. John's - Holiday Classic - 9:00 pm ET
Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards scored 30 for Highland Park in the Union Square Bulldog Classic finals. Edwards gave the Scots a one point lead in the final seconds, but Burkburnett scored at the horn to take the title.
A 6'3" junior guard from Georgia is said to be "garnering interest" from both Princeton and Harvard.
Mike DiMauro at The Day has written a discussion-generating piece about Penn's decision to fire Glen Miller.
Around the Ivy League: Ryan Wittman's thirty foot three point shot at the buzzer gave Cornell (8-2) a 91-88 overtime win versus Davidson. The Big Red advance to play St. John's in the championship game of the Holiday Classic. Dartmouth (2-8) lost by ten at New Hampshire.
The decision to not play Princeton's basketball game at Maine today is the first postponement I can remember in the past fifteen years.
When word broke Saturday evening that the Tigers had been unable to fly up north and that switching to road travel was inadvisable, I started to recall when Princeton last had their schedule rearranged by extreme weather.
If you can think of a more current example, let me know, but I believe this most recently occurred previously in February of 1994.
The Tigers were supposed to play a traditional Friday/Saturday pair of Ivy League games over Valentine's Day weekend at Yale and at Brown, but the forecast had other plans.
According to a Daily Pennsylvanian article that ran the following Monday, Princeton's bus tried to get up to New Haven on Friday, but a snowstorm blocked their path.
The game versus the Elis was rescheduled for Sunday.
On their second try to reach New England from New Jersey, the Tigers made a pit stop at Yale to practice, hit a lengthy traffic delay on I-95 and were late arriving in Providence.
Princeton led most of the game, but Brian Lloyd made six three point shots, including the basket that put Brown back in front with 3:15 to play as the Bears defeated the Tigers, 71-68. Rick Hielscher scored 17 for Princeton, who had been 11-6 overall, 4-1 in Ivy play coming into the weekend.
On Sunday, getting back down 95 proved far easier than getting up it. Chris Doyal led the Tigers with 19 as Princeton split their unorthodox weekend with a 68-57 victory over Yale.
Stanford vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Florida - 6:30 pm ET - Orange Bowl Classic - Sun Sports
Old Dominion vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Mississippi Valley State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
FIT gave Mercer (5-8) fits on Thursday. The Vikings fell 83-75 despite 19 points and 14 rebounds from Paco Boussougou.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record another installment in their weekly interview series. Audio from their Q&A runs 12:00+ in length.
Johnson and Solomon discuss a number of topics this time out, including the differences between Princeton's wins over UNC Greensboro and Monmouth, the 15-4 run that opened up last Sunday's game versus the Spartans, the early open shots Princeton found versus the Hawks and the difficulty scoring after that point, what it is about Monmouth's defense that gives the Tigers fits, an update on Jimmy Sherburne's shoulder injury and Penn's recent coaching change. They also preview this weekend's trip to snowy Maine.
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As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
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1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
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1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
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1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
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1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
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