Princeton/FSU highlights.
Select plays filmed from the stands last night in Tallahassee.
There's an additional postgame package here.
New Year's Eve News:
tallahassee.com
Providence vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN2
UALR vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Florida - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Cornell vs. Bucknell - 2:00 pm ET
St. Joe's vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's triple overtime thriller on goprincetontigers.com, in the Tallahassee Democrat, in the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press, on Tomahawk Nation and on seminoles.com.
You can watch a rebroadcast of the full game here.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr scored 19 of his team's 32 in an Oak Harbor loss at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.
Washington was recently named an ESPNHS Player of the Week.
Vote for the Tigers making the NCAA Tournament as one of New Jersey's 2011 sports stories of the year.
Darrius Garrett set the school record for blocked shots in a 78-58 Richmond (9-6) win over UNC Greensboro.
Georgetown hosts Providence this afternoon.
UALR is next to visit Denver in Magness Arena.
Oregon State plays at Washington State.
Have a happy, healthy and safe New Year's Eve!
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-5) came from down 11 at halftime to beat Lafayette 77-67.
Princeton 75 Florida State 73 (3OT)
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Assistant coach Brian Earl summed up Princeton’s cuckoo three overtime win at Florida State with unexpected neatness on WPRB’s postgame show:
“A lot of mistakes, a lot of stupid plays but in the end this is why you play.”
The Tigers’ first three OT game since 1994 had absolutely everything, but in the 55th minute Princeton had Ian Hummer, Douglas Davis and finally a signature victory.
Davis may have struggled on his lean-in attempts to win the game at the end of regulation as well as the second extra frame but his three point shot from the top of the arc off a Hummer feed caught the front rim, hit the glass square and went down to make it 68-65 Tigers.
Playing all 55 minutes (minus one possession), Davis had 25 points including five three point shots.
Hummer also scored 25 on 10-19 shooting, going 5-5 at the free throw line while grabbing 15 rebounds. It was Hummer’s dunk follow of a Davis drive that gave his team a five point lead with less than a minute to go.
While the Seminoles tallied eight points in the final 30 seconds, Princeton went 5-6 at the line and had a superb victory in their final game of 2011, the first team to beat Florida State at home this season.
Eons previous the Tigers built a 27-10 halftime advantage which finally evaporated in the final minute of regulation. Florida State took their first lead of the game at 51-49 during the first of the three bonus frames.
Denton Koon added seven points and 10 boards off the bench.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (6-7 / 0-0) vs. Florida State (8-4 / 0-0)
Location: Tucker Center - Tallahassee, FL
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPN3
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 50 Florida State 46 - 12/28/98
| Princeton | Florida State | |
| 2-2 | Home Record | 7-0 |
| 3-4 | Away Record | 0-2 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 1-2 |
| 181 | RPI | 49 |
| 175 | Sagarin | 36 |
| 139 | Pomeroy | 35 |
| 61.5 | Points / Game | 70.2 |
| 60.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 59.8 |
| .419 | FG% | .451 |
| .633 | FT% | .688 |
| .338 | 3PT FG% | .316 |
| 33.2 | Rebounds / Game | 40.2 |
| 9.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 13.3 |
| -0.6 | Rebounding Margin | +5.6 |
| 14.2 | Assists / Game | 12.3 |
| 13.8 | Turnovers / Game | 18.8 |
| 3.4 | Blocks / Game | 6.7 |
| Hummer: 17.8 | Points | Snaer: 12.4 |
| Hummer: 7.8 | Rebounds | James: 8.9 |
| Bray: 3.7 | Assists | Loucks: 3.6 |
| Hummer: 1.8 | Steals | Dulkys: 2.0 |
| Hummer: 0.8 | Blocks | James: 2.5 |
| Koon: .641 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | James: .578 |
| Davis: .867 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Snaer .889 |
| Davis: .414 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Dulkys: .356 |
UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET
Lafayette vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Florida State is ready to get back to action. The Tallahassee Democrat previews tonight's game. These two articles may open in front of a paywall. I had mixed results.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 13 in a loss for Oak Harbor at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.
Denver (11-2) matched its best ever Division I start as they opened conference play with a 79-62 win over Troy.
Unable to completely dig out of a 20 point hole, Oregon State (10-3) fell 95-80 at Washington.
Richmond hosts UNC Greensboro today. The Spiders will raise a banner honoring Kevin Anderson before the game.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-1) defeated Boston College for the fourth straight time, 67-46. Brown (5-9) lost 66-49 at St. Francis (NY). Down 19 midway through the second half, Yale (8-3) got as close as two with a minute to go but could not finish the comeback at Wake Forest. Penn (6-7) suffered a similar fate in the same state, dropping at 75-70 decision at Davidson.
Thursday News:
Troy vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington - 9:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Brown vs. St. Francis (NY) - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Wake Forest - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET
Louisville is undefeated no more. Markel Starks scored a career high 20 as Georgetown (11-1) went to to the Yum! Center and opened Big East action with a 71-68 win. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.
With five players in double figures, Richmond (8-6) defeated Liberty, 77-61.
Northwestern (10-3) was thoroughly outclassed at Ohio State, 87-54.
Drexel defeated Fairfield (7-5) by eight. Stags head coach Sydney Johnson has a book to recommend.
Not to be outdone by Ken Pomeroy, Big Apple Buckets also ran 10,000 simulations of the Ivy League.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. is part of a story about siblings on Oak Harbor teams.
Oregon State kicks off Pac-12 play at Washington.
Troy visits Denver as both schools begin the Sun Belt conference slate.
Around the Ivy League: A seven game Columbia (7-5) winning streak ended at Marist, 79-59. Cornell (4-7) fell in overtime by nine at Stony Brook.
Drexel 77 Fairfield 69.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Stuck on the baseline between Bruiser Flint’s sideline acrobatics (does he kick a foot in the air on every jump shot by the opposition?) and a diminutive man with a bullhorn repeating “defensedefensedefensedefensedefense” for the entirety of each possession by the visiting team, I took in Fairfield’s trip to Drexel tonight.
Princeton surprises Cornell in 2009.
A handful of near-complete Princeton games have been posted on YouTube. The first of which I'm spotlighting is a victory from three seasons ago over Cornell.
The Tigers surprised the Big Red 61-41, ending Cornell's 19 game conference winning streak in the process. The rest of the action can be found after the jump.
My first two reactions upon watching some of this:
-There goes my evening.
-Doug Davis and Jason Briggs were on the same roster? How did I forget that?
Wednesday News:
Northwestern vs. Ohio State - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. Louisville - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Liberty vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Drexel - 7:30 pm ET
Columbia vs. Marist - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Stony Brook - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown begins Big East play on the road at #4 Louisville. Hoya freshman Otto Porter has gone from a small town player to a big time talent.
It is also the conference opener for Northwestern, who visits #2 Ohio State. Guard Alex Marcotullio will play through injury in this hostile environment.
Richmond hosts Liberty.
Drexel welcomes Fairfield to West Philly.
Why not vote for Douglas Davis' shot against Harvard as college basketball play of the year?
Princeton's shot selection.
I think this is a really neat holiday present, created by Brian from Hoya Prospectus.
After the jump you can view a shot selection chart through the Siena game for 13 different Princeton players broken down into five separate columns: Dunks, Layups, Two Point Jumpers, Three Point Jumpers and Free Throws.
Some interesting numbers. Can't thank Brian enough for doing this.
Tuesday News:
If the article on financial aid changes in the Ivy League wasn't a conversation starter, this piece on the Academic Index should be.
Ken Pomeroy ran 10,000 simulations of the 2011-12 Ivy League.
For the first time this season, a player who is not Ian Hummer represented Princeton in the Ivy League's weekly awards.
Fox Sports has updated their team reports for the Tigers and the other seven teams in the Ancient Eight.
Joe Scott is building a better basketball program at Denver.
Harvard has returned to the Associated Press (24) and ESPN/USA Today (23) polls.
Christmas Eve News:
Princeton coach Mitch Henderson is profiled in a Wall Street Journal feature that talks to Pete Carril, Darren Hite, Jesse Rosenfeld and yours truly about the first year head man.
Lineup changes are likely when Florida State hosts Princeton next week.
This New York Times article on financial aid changes in the Ivy League should be the jumping off point for an interesting discussion.
Richmond (7-6) fell 71-63 at UCLA.
Site editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. You can listen here. I hope you all have a safe, happy, healthy and restful holiday season.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-8) lost at home to Maine, 71-58. Albany handed Dartmouth (3-10) their third straight defeat, 82-74. Behind a career high 30 from Tyler Bernardini, Penn (6-6) bested Marist by 13.
YouTube potpourri LIV.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, a surprisingly even-handed highlight package of yesterday's game at Siena.
Six seven additional clips after the jump.
