Princeton on TV tonight!

[Blakeon18]

NESN at 7:00. Undefeated Princeton at Harvard. We have seen posts about Princeton and just how good [or not] they are and what seeding they should get. Maybe some Boneyarders can watch this game and offer our usual combo of babble and wisdom.

 

[Papa33]

NESN at 7:00. Undefeated Princeton at Harvard. We have seen posts about Princeton and just how good [or not] they are and what seeding they should get. Maybe some Boneyarders can watch this game and offer our usual combo of babble and wisdom.

Looks like the men's teams, not the women's.

 

[Creaky]

Their schedules say the Princeton men are playing Harvard at Princeton at 6, while the women are at Harvard at 7. So this should be the women. They're on to Hanover for Dartmouth tomorrow evening at 6.

 

[Papa33]

Their schedules say the Princeton men are playing Harvard at Princeton at 6, while the women are at Harvard at 7. So this should be the women. They're on to Hanover for Dartmouth tomorrow evening at 6.

Yep, my bad (and Time Warner, which listed info for the men's teams. But the women are on the court. Should be interesting.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

0-0 after 2 travels, a block and an ugly miss.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Wheatley for 2 in the paint.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Wheatley for 2 ... 6-0

 

[meyers7]

Seriously?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Sounds like a HS gym and the game looks like it too.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Seriously?

Seriously, what?

 

[meyers7]

Seriously, what?

Seriously they are on TV?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Seriously they are on TV?

Naw, I'm making it up!
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[RockyMTblue2]

East Carolina would eat Princeton alive.

 

[meyers7]

East Carolina would eat Princeton alive.

Do they run the Princeton offense?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

'Course, it looks like better balanced basketball than delivered by the SEC. Guards actually shoot and make them.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Do they run the Princeton offense?

Yes, most definitely. Though Harvard calls it the Crimson offense. I call it the Geno offense.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

27-16 Princeton.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Understand both teams are taking an LSAT seminar together at the half.

PS. Went to two Ivies myself. Just saying they are what they are.

 

[MilfordHusky]

The final was 96-46. Princeton out-shot Harvard by 59% to 24%. Sounds like a UConn game.

Temi Fagbenle--remember her?--was the leading scorer for the Crimson.

 

[Striper69]

What'd I tell ya?

 

[pinotbear]

The final was 96-46. Princeton out-shot Harvard by 59% to 24%. Sounds like a UConn game.

Temi Fagbenle--remember her?--was the leading scorer for the Crimson.

It may sound like a UConn game, but Princeton didn't play out the last couple of minutes as UConn would. With a nearly 50-point lead, they were taking quick 3-pointers and driving the lane very early in the shot clock. UConn, as we know, will walk the ball up and work on half-court offense in this very familiar situation. If I were the Harvard coach, I'd a been a bit peeeved.

 

[Striper69]

It may sound like a UConn game, but Princeton didn't play out the last couple of minutes as UConn would. With a nearly 50-point lead, they were taking quick 3-pointers and driving the lane very early in the shot clock. UConn, as we know, will walk the ball up and work on half-court offense in this very familiar situation. If I were the Harvard coach, I'd a been a bit peeeved.

They're not UCONN and I don't think they're worried about it.

 

[Striper69]

They won again tonight on the road. 19-0, I believe.

I can't wait until next weekend to go see them in person at Princeton! I may just buy a season ticket for the rest of the games. The last few may get a lot of wagon-jumpers.

I hope ESPN starts televising their games especially if SC gets beat by U-Know-Who.

 

[Striper69]

East Carolina would eat Princeton alive.

Princeton would run them outta the gym.

 

[Creaky]

No doubt at all that Princeton would run East Carolina—and most of the AAC—out of the gym. I was at the Dartmouth game last night. Any UConn fan would appreciate the Tigers. Great teamwork, look for the fast break, good screens and cuts, work hard to get someone open underneath, find the open man, take opportunistic threes. They run hard, work hard, and give off that precision vibe we're used to seeing. Very polished. Will be surprised if they don't go a few rounds deeper into the tourney than we're used to seeing Ivy teams go. Dartmouth's not bad, and until the last few minutes held the Princeton lead to 10-15. They also work hard and run good stuff. They just don't have the horses.

(Also: Accapella group version of the National Anthem gets my vote as best of the year.)

 

[Intpseeker]

Watched the first half of the Harvard game, and was impressed. Princeton knows what it wants to do on both sides of the ball and has that machine-like quality we appreciate.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Princeton, like the men's team, is all about quality shots. They look for layups or open 3-pointers. It's a very disciplined approach.

 

[JoePgh]

I saw the second half of the televised game against Harvard. My overall impression is that Princeton's athletes are obviously inferior in physical talent to UConn's (and they miss a lot more layups), but their offensive system and their passing are extremely similar. They distribute the ball, make difficult passes into the post successfully, and spread the floor. I think they would be competitive for 2nd place in the AAC.

Courtney Banghart is possibly another candidate to replace Geno upon his retirement, especially if she can maintain this level of dominance in the Ivy League for the next several years.

And I wonder if Tami Fagbenle is on the Sun's radar as a possible draft choice.

 

[HuskyNan]

Princeton is at Brown Friday Feb. 13 at 7:00 and at Yale Saturday Feb. 14 at 7:00.

 

[Striper69]

No doubt at all that Princeton would run East Carolina—and most of the AAC—out of the gym. I was at the Dartmouth game last night. Any UConn fan would appreciate the Tigers. Great teamwork, look for the fast break, good screens and cuts, work hard to get someone open underneath, find the open man, take opportunistic threes. They run hard, work hard, and give off that precision vibe we're used to seeing. Very polished. Will be surprised if they don't go a few rounds deeper into the tourney than we're used to seeing Ivy teams go. Dartmouth's not bad, and until the last few minutes held the Princeton lead to 10-15. They also work hard and run good stuff. They just don't have the horses.

(Also: Accapella group version of the National Anthem gets my vote as best of the year.)

I hadn't paid Princeton any attention before going to see them play Delaware this season. I have season tickets to Delaware games so I go to all the games.
Just watching Princeton warm up made me think "Something about this team is different!". They were running some kind of drill and they were very precise... and they all had this happy look on their faces. I think they were in a "Zone" as a team.
I also think they might get back into that zone in the next game and drive on!