YouTube potpourri LXVI.
Here’s the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, highlights from Oregon State's Pac-12 Tournament win over Washington State.
Four more clips after the jump.
Thursday News:
Thursday, March 8th
Georgetown (5) vs. Cincinnati (4) - 2:00 pm ET - Big East Tournament - ESPN
Oregon State (8) vs. Washington (1) - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Tournament - FSN
Minnesota (10) vs. Northwestern (7) - 5:30 pm ET - Big 10 Tournament - ESPN2
What did Patrick Saunders text Keith Wright the day after Princeton beat Penn to send Harvard into the NCAA Tournament?
Mitch Henderson reflects on a regular season where the Tigers started slow and finished strong.
The Town Topics writes about the emergence of Jimmy Sherburne.
Here is the Princeton press release on Ian Hummer and Doug Davis earning All-Ivy status.
Georgetown (23-7) shut down Pitt 64-52 to advance in the Big East Tournament. The Hoyas are back at it this afternoon against Cincinnati in the tourney quarterfinals.
It was Oregon State (18-13) taking down Washington State in Pac-12 Tournament play, 69-64. The Beavers get top seed Washington later today.
Stock up on New Jersey Transit tickets and Metrocards. Craig Robinson's team will come to New York City in November for the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden. John Thompson III's squad visits Brooklyn a few days later for the last two rounds of the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center, where Princeton will face Fordham the following month.
Minnesota and Northwestern meet in the Big 10 Tournament's first round.
To follow up on last night's post about Princeton making the NIT, add Savannah State to the list of bid thieves.
This lengthy feature on the rise of Harvard basketball is essential, well-researched reading.
Postseason chances: Is the NIT possible for Princeton?
Does Princeton have an honest chance of making it into the 2012 NIT? A popular question around these parts to be sure. The Tigers would certainly like to play in this postseason tournament but I’m unsure at how legitimate that dream is.
So, I did some extensive work after I got home from the Big East Tournament tonight. For this step-by-step exercise I’ll be using Ken Pomeroy’s rankings.
Before you click through, realize that Princeton is ranked 84th in Pomeroy as of this morning. I'll try and update these numbers as we work up to Selection Sunday.
Here we go...
Georgetown 64 Pitt 52.
Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Otto Porter & Henry Sims:
Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III one on one interview:
For whatever reason, a quote from Joe Scott relayed in the upper balcony of Jadwin Gym ages ago has stayed with me all these years.
Players get better from their freshman year to their sophomore year.
They can improve from their sophomore season to when they are juniors.
Once they hit their fourth and final campaign however, they aren’t going to be more than what they already are.
The exception to Scott’s rule may be a late leap by Georgetown center Henry Sims.
Averaging 3.2 points per game three years in, Sims more than tripled his output in 2011-12, putting up 11.1 points along with 5.6 rebounds as an All-Big East third team member.
Sims was downright dominant at times in a Wednesday afternoon Big East Tournament second round matchup versus Pitt with both his scoring and his distributing as the Hoyas were able to build, cultivate and expand a lead that they took for the first time late in the first half on a three point play by freshman Greg Whittington. This was only part of a 16-2 run that closed a frame which ended with Georgetown up by eight as Sims bodied inside for the closing bucket.
2011-12 All-Ivy Men's Basketball.
The Ivy League announced its 2011-12 All-Ivy team moments ago. Princeton's Ian Hummer (introducing himself to Cornell's Johnathan Gray above) was unanimously named First Team All-Ivy.
Senior Tiger guard Douglas Davis was rewarded as Second Team All-Ivy.
Zack Rosen of Penn is the unanimous Player of the Year. Cornell's Shonn Miller is Rookie of the Year and Yale's Reggie Willhite takes home Defensive Player of the Year.
2011-12 All-Ivy Men's Basketball
Ivy League Player of the Year:
*Zack Rosen, Penn (Sr., G, Colonia, N.J.)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year:
Shonn Miller, Cornell (Fr., F, Euclid, Ohio)
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year:
Reggie Willhite, Yale (Sr., G/F, Elk Grove, Calif.)
First Team All-Ivy^:
Brian Barbour, Columbia (Jr., G, Alamo, Calif.)
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (Sr., G, Highland Park, Ill.)
Kyle Casey, Harvard (Jr., F, Medway, Mass.)
*Zack Rosen, Penn (Sr., G, Colonia, N.J.)
*Ian Hummer, Princeton (Jr., F, Vienna, Va.)
Greg Mangano, Yale (Sr., C, Orange, Conn.)
Second Team All-Ivy:
Sean McGonagill, Brown (So., G, Brookfield, Ill.)
Brandyn Curry, Harvard (Jr., G, Huntersville, N.C.)
Keith Wright, Harvard (Sr., F, Suffolk, Va.)
Douglas Davis, Princeton (Sr., G, Philadelphia)
Reggie Willhite, Yale (Sr., G/F, Elk Grove, Calif.)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy:
Johnathan Gray, Cornell (Jr., G, Tampa, Fla.)
Rob Belcore, Penn (Sr., G, Lake Forest, Ill.)
* Unanimous selection
^ Expanded to six players due to tie in voting
Wednesday News:
Wednesday, March 7th
Pitt (13) vs. Georgetown (5) - 2:00 pm ET - Big East Tournament - ESPN
Washington State (9) vs. Oregon State (8) - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Tournament - FSN
Thursday, March 8th
Minnesota (10) vs. Northwestern (7) - 5:30 pm ET - Big 10 Tournament - ESPN2
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Penn to close the regular season on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Boston Globe, in the New York Times, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, in the Daily News, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on Soft Pretzel Logic, courtesy of the Associated Press and on pennathletics.com.
ESPN's Dana O'Neil and SportsProf also have pieces on the game.
Princeton recruit Steven Cook and New Trier lost to Evanston in the sectional semis.
Will Venable discusses his choice of at bat music.
So caught up in the game I was watching, I didn't realize Richmond (16-16) lost to La Salle 80-72 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Georgetown plays Pitt in the second round of the Big East Tournament.
At the Pac-12 Tournament it will be Oregon State versus Washington State.
Like so many teams, Denver is now playing the waiting game.
The Beavers' Doug Stewart is apparently a candidate for the Brown job.
Penn/Princeton highlights.
I should really be writing 3K+ words on tonight's game and/or eating dinner, but here's an ESPN package from last night.
Robert Solomon's Penn pictures.
A second series of photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.
Stephen Goldsmith's Penn pictures.
Tried something we've never done before on the site. Both Stephen Goldsmith *and* Robert Solomon shot tonight's game. I've split these images into two batches and SG is up first. Enjoy!
Princeton 62 Penn 52.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, John Comfort, Douglas Davis & Patrick Saunders:
As someone who has slugged through Princeton vs. Penn repeatedly as both a player and as a coach, Jerome Allen’s statement after his team had been withheld a share of the 2011-12 Ivy League title by losing to the Tigers at Jadwin Gym was a surprise.
“How can a team that’s playing for nothing play harder than the team that is supposedly playing for something?” he asked himself.
It was not the circumstance that Princeton wanted to find itself in at the regular season’s close, but when the Quakers come to town there’s always substance on the line.
Tigers senior guard Douglas Davis didn’t see Tuesday’s competition as Allen did, nearly channeling Pete Carril in the process. “Not at all,” he said when questioned if Princeton had nothing to play for. “Every time you step on the floor you’re trying to win. We don’t know what our future holds so we’re just going to play.”
Play they did. Play to win. Especially on defense.
YouTube potpourri LXV.
Here’s the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, John Thompson III is Fox News' "Power Player Of The Week." Kyle Wente cameo!
Eight more clips after the jump.
Tuesday News:
Today's Game: Penn (19-11 / 11-2) vs. Princeton (18-11 / 9-4)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3
Series History: Penn leads 123-102.
Last meeting: Penn 82 Princeton 67 - 1/30/12
| Penn | Princeton | |
| 11-6 | Home Record | 9-2 |
| 8-5 | Away Record | 8-8 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| 94 | RPI | 93 |
| 139 | Sagarin | 113 |
| 126 | Pomeroy | 91 |
| 65.6 | Points / Game | 66.3 |
| 63.9 | Points Allowed / Game | 61.3 |
| .448 | FG% | .455 |
| .731 | FT% | .670 |
| .376 | 3PT FG% | .375 |
| 30.3 | Rebounds / Game | 33.2 |
| 8.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.6 |
| -2.6 | Rebounding Margin | -0.1 |
| 13.7 | Assists / Game | 14.3 |
| 12.7 | Turnovers / Game | 12.2 |
| 2.4 | Blocks / Game | 3.8 |
| Rosen: 18.5 | Points | Hummer: 16.0 |
| Belcore: 4.8 | Rebounds | Hummer: 7.2 |
| Rosen: 5.3 | Assists | Bray: 3.6 |
| Belcore: 1.7 | Steals | Bray: 1.7 |
| Dougherty: 0.7 | Blocks | Hummer: 1.1 |
| Howlett: .510 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Connolly: .550 |
| Rosen: .892 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Saunders: .826 |
| Bernardini: .421 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Bray: .419 |
The Princeton senior class of 2012 as freshmen.
Tuesday, March 6th
Richmond (10) vs. La Salle (7) – Atlantic 10 Tournament – 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Princeton – 7:30 pm ET – ESPN3
Wednesday, March 7th
Pitt (13) / St John’s (12) vs. Georgetown (5) – 2:00 pm ET – Big East Tournament – ESPN
Washington State (9) vs. Oregon State (8) – 3:00 pm ET – Pac-12 Tournament – FSN
Thursday, March 8th
Minnesota (10) vs. Northwestern (7) – 5:30 pm ET – Big 10 Tournament – ESPN2
The Daily Princetonian, the Daily News and Ivy Hoops Online preview tonight's game.
The final Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release of the season includes Ian Hummer on the Honor Roll.
It was looking decent for Fairfield (19-14) in the championship game of the MAAC Tournament at halftime. The Stags were up four and playing well. The second half however was a brutal defensive struggle where Sydney Johnson's team missed their first 13 attempts from the floor. Three tying shots in the final 1:08 went off the mark and it was Loyola (Md.) advancing to the NCAAs, 48-44. A postseason bid of some fashion is expected.
How about Fairfield against Yale in the CBI or CIT?
Denver (22-9) was knocked out of the Sun Belt semifinals by Western Kentucky, 67-63. Senior guard Brian Stafford had a look for three behind a screen down two with five seconds to go and Royce O'Neale's putback was then blocked. The Hilltoppers sealed the result at the line.
Richmond plays at La Salle tonight to open defense of their conference tournament title. Spiders guard Kendall Anthony is the Atlantic 10's Rookie of the Year.
Bill Carmody talks about Northwestern's NCAA chances.
The Wildcats' John Shurna was named first team All-Big Ten, finishing the season as the conference's leading scorer.
For Georgetown, a brawl in China forged their team's unity. Hoya senior Jason Clark was honored with the Big East's Sportsmanship Award.
The Ivy League is still growing.
Congratulations to Marcus Schroeder, who is headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time as Saint Mary's graduate assistant. The Gaels won the West Coast Conference tournament in overtime, knocking off Gonzaga. It was good to see a smiling Schroeder celebrating on the floor after the final buzzer.
While at Princeton, Pete Hegseth was a polarizing figure.
There are great eBay auctions full of rare memorabilia, and then there is this.
Jesse Agel is out at Brown. A decision was made to not renew his contract.
