Today's Game: (13) Princeton (25-6 / 12-2) vs. (4) Kentucky (25-8 / 10-6)
Location: St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL
Time: 2:45 pm ET (estimated)
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: CBS
Internet: ncaa.com/mmod
Series History: Kentucky leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Kentucky 72 Princeton 58 - 3/12/78.
| Princeton | Kentucky | |
| 12-0 | Home Record | 15-0 |
| 10-5 | Away Record | 4-7 |
| 3-1 | Neutral Record | 6-1 |
| 40 | RPI | 7 |
| 77 | Sagarin | 12 |
| 89 | Pomeroy | 6 |
| 69.6 | Points / Game | 76.4 |
| 63.2 | Points Allowed / Game | 63.8 |
| .465 | FG% | .460 |
| .731 | FT% | .718 |
| .368 | 3PT FG% | .397 |
| 34.7 | Rebounds / Game | 38.1 |
| 9.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.1 |
| +4.1 | Rebounding Margin | +4.3 |
| 13.5 | Assists / Game | 12.7 |
| 12.4 | Turnovers / Game | 10.7 |
| 4.3 | Blocks / Game | 6.3 |
| Maddox: 13.9 | Points | Knight: 17.5 |
| Maddox: 7.1 | Rebounds | Jones: 8.9 |
| Mavraides: 2.8 | Assists | Curry: 5.8 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Knight: 4.2 |
| Maddox: 1.8 | Blocks | Jones: 1.9 |
| Maddox: .565 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Harrellson: .586 |
| Darrow: .800 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Miller: .850 |
| Davis: .395 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Lamb .472 |
Thursday, March 17th
Southwest region – Denver, CO
(12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt – 4:10 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 18th
Southwest region – Chicago, IL
(11) VCU vs. (6) Georgetown – 9:50 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Saturday, March 19th
(4) Northwestern vs. (1) Boston College – 11:00 am ET – ESPN
NIT
Previews of today's game can be found on the Princeton Alumni Weekly web site, in the Star Ledger, in the Trenton Times, on CBS Sportsline, courtesy of the Associated Press and in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Kentucky players tell the Lexington Herald-Leader that they do not believe their youth is an issue.
Sydney Johnson was a guest on WFAN (.mp3) late Sunday night. The Princeton coach stopped by Sporting News Radio for a spell and was also named PAW's Tiger of the Week.
TigerBlog offers keys to today's game.
Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune exchanged emails with Coach Johnson about his days with the Moorhead Spuds.
As a companion to yesterday's Know! Your! Foe! interview, here are my answers about Princeton on Kentucky sports site Tailgate Review.
Douglas Davis tells Yahoo! Sports he would change one thing about his shot versus Harvard, a basket that still resonates five days later.
Davis is the subject of an article in the Trentonian, as is Kareem Maddox.
Bloomberg has an interesting hodgepodge of notes from Tampa, including what books Kareem Maddox brought with him to Florida and what John Bogle '51 thinks of the matchup with Kentucky.
The Trenton Times and the Tampa Bay Tribune pick up on the Tigers' relationship with Christian "Crunch" Regulski.
Enjoy video of Kareem Maddox talking about playing the Wildcats.
Patrick Saunders, Will Barrett, Jimmy Sherburne and John Comfort all get written up in their local papers.
The Daily Pennsylvanian asks a pair of Quaker players about Princeton's chances today.
There's a Town Topics story on the Ivy League playoff.
The Daily Princetonian has a great piece about Bill Greenfield, the man who created the handwritten record book for Princeton basketball.
Monmouth is narrowing their search for a new head coach and Mike Brennan remains in the picture.
John Shurna scored 25 points as Northwestern (19-13) won their first postseason game in 17 years, 70-61 over UW Milwaukee. The Wildcats travel to Boston College on Saturday.
Richmond tips against Vandy in Denver about an hour after the start of Princeton's game in Tampa.
Craig Robinson breaks down his brother in law's NCAA bracket.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade was named to the BCANY All-Section 4 team.
I was interviewed by Newsworks for a piece on local college basketball writers during the NCAA Tournament. Looking for audio of the piece as it sounded on WHYY. Thanks to those who wrote saying you heard me on the radio.
