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.
