La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Monmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cincinnati caught Georgetown (13-3) late and defeated the Hoyas 68-64. John Thompson III's team was done in by 17 turnovers. For postgame audio check Hoya Hoops and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.
Brendan Connolly represents Princeton on the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball weekly release.
With the football team possessing the longest bowl losing streak (it pains me to type those words), Northwestern looks to end another streak by making the NCAA Tournament for the first time.
I had not seen this photo from the Princeton/Florida State game before.
Congratulations to John Sadak on being named 2011 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year .
The Princeton athletic department was nice enough to generate and send over plus/minus numbers on each of the Tigers for the 2011-12 non-conference slate.
This initial chart shows the number of minutes played across the first 16 games this season and the difference in points scored by Princeton while each player was on the floor versus points allowed by the Tigers during the same span.
I've also broken down +/- per 40 minutes for all current rotation players, pulled +/- for DI opponents only and added Net/40 numbers ("Roland Rate") with inspiration from Hoya Prospectus.
The third of three complete Princeton games that were recently uploaded to YouTube is the Tigers' 70-62 win at St. Joe's in the first contest of 2010.
While Princeton had struggled to crack 40 points in their final two tilts of '09 versus Monmouth and Wagner, they knocked down their first first four three point shots on Hawk Hill and desperately held on at the end for a victory in a hostile environment.
Pawel Buczak was a perfect 5-5 from the field as his team led for the final 37:53, one of four Tigers in double figures.
The first half of the game is divided into seven files, with six videos coming after the jump. I'll embed the second half tomorrow.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (11-5) won their fourth straight, 65-60 at Elon. Greg Mangano had 35 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in an 101-86 Yale (10-4) victory over St. Joseph's (L.I.).
Junior center Brendan Connolly scored a career high 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Princeton dusted off their home uniforms for the first time since just after Thanksgiving and bested The College Of New Jersey by 11.
Substituting liberally – 11 players saw action in the first half and all 15 Tigers in uniform played – while experimenting with different combinations (leading scorer Ian Hummer was on the floor for just 15 minutes) Princeton led by seven at halftime before opening the back frame on a 13-2 run. Their advantage stayed above 15 until the final five minutes.
The lead eventually extended to a game-high 22 on a John Comfort free throw but TCNJ closed on a 10-2 run against the far end of the Princeton bench.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (13-2 / 1-0) led Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-1) by one at halftime and trailed midway through the back frame, but the Crimson controlled the final 10 minutes on their way to a 63-47 victory. Cornell (5-9) defeated Division III Albright, 78-60.
Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Alabama - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Albright vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
After Harvard's loss to Fordham, Big Apple Buckets re-ran 10,000 simulations of the race for the 2011-12 Ivy League title.
Rush The Court checks in on the eight Ivy teams, two of which open conference play today.
Still looking for more on Princeton recruit Edo Lawrence, I came across this Flickr series from a recent Canterbury game against Kent. Lawrence is wearing #33 in these pictures.
Siena surprised Fairfield (8-7) in Albany, 73-60. “I don’t know if they can play better given the situation they’re in," said Stags head coach Sydney Johnson of the Saints' performance.
Top-ranked Monroe beat Mercer (3-13) by an 81-47 final. Brandin Youngblood was one of three Vikings in double figures.
With the women's team practicing on the center court and the men prepping to do the same, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to tape their first conversation of 2012.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's holiday season trips to Siena, Florida State and Florida A&M in detail and then previewed a brief return home against The College Of New Jersey to conclude non-conference play. Henderson also updated Will Barrett's status and assessed where his team stands at the halfway point of 2011-12.
This exclusive Q&A is 13:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
MCCC vs. Monroe - 5:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke with Chris Young over the holidays. Young could re-sign with New York under the right circumstances.
Grantland has a long piece on Georgetown up. It's got nothing on this transcript of an interview with former Hoya Roy Hibbert, though.
There have been plenty of updates on 2012 Princeton recruits Hans Brase and Michael Washington, Jr. but little on 7'2" center Edo Lawrence. I did some digging yesterday and the best I could find was this report on a game from mid-December.
Big Apple Buckets' first power poll of 2012 is out. Princeton moves up one spot in the rankings. For the record, I had Wagner in first and the Tigers sixth overall.
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET
Cal vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Down by 17 with 13:13 left to play, Georgetown (13-1) staged an improbable rally that was capped off by a Hollis Thompson three pointer in the final 30 seconds. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from a 73-70 victory.
Drew Crawford's potential game-winning layup was blocked at the buzzer as Northwestern (11-4) fell at home to Illinois, 57-56.
Richmond (9-7) lost their conference opener by five to Charlotte.
A book on the children of immigrants includes the story of Pete Carril. You can order a copy here.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 19 in Oak Harbor's win over Meadowdale.
Playing in front of several of his future teammates, Hans Brase and The Hill School faced the Princeton JV at Jadwin Gym. Anyone go? It sounds like Clay Wilson had a big game for the Tigers.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
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
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
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
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
