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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Yale In Ivy Men's Hoops Showdown
February 20, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 20, 2002
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PRINCETON vs. YALE
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, Feb. 22, 2002 * 7:37 p.m. EST
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.GoPrincetonTigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/RCN
The records Princeton: 12-9 (7-2 Ivy League), Yale: 17-7 (9-1 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 28-20), Yale: James Jones (second season, 27-24)
The series Princeton leads 128-73
Last meeting Yale defeated Princeton 60-50 *Feb. 9, 2002
History lesson - Yale has swept its season series against Princeton twice since 1947, in 1986 and in 1962, the last year the Bulldogs went to the NCAA tournament.
More history - Princeton has completed a season series against an Ivy League team other than Penn 272 times in the 46 seasons of Ivy League basketball. Princeton, who lost to Yale in New Haven in the first meeting between the schools, has been swept eight times in those 272 series, the last of which was by Columbia in 1993.
No place like home - Princeton has won 52 straight home games against Ivy League teams other than Penn.
Weekend update - Princeton can finish its weekend anywhere from in sole possession of first place to mathematically eliminated.
Big game hunting - A Princeton win over Yale would leave the teams even in the loss column, a Yale win over Princeton would leave the Bulldogs 2.5 games ahead of Princeton in the standings. Swish - Princeton is 11-0 when it shoots at least 46% as a team and 1-9 when it shoots below 46% as a team.
Clunk - Princeton shot 37% in its loss to Yale in New Haven two weeks ago.
More swish - Princeton shot 27 for 50 from three-point range in its wins last week against Harvard and Dartmouth.
More clunk - Princeton shot 4 for 21 from three-point range against Yale in the first meeting between the schools.
Still more swish - The two games at Jadwin Gym last weekend (Princeton-Dartmouth, Princeton-Harvard) featured a total of 46 made three-pointers.
Still more clunk - Princeton is shooting 32% from the field in its two Ivy League losses.
Last swish - Princeton shot 27 for 50 from three-point range last weekend after shooting 40 for 136 (29.4%) in its six games prior to that.
Playing from ahead - Yale had the lead for 35:22 of the first meeting between the schools, Princeton had the lead for 3:45.
Strength of schedule - Princeton has played the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country (Kansas, Maryland) this season and outscored the two by a combined 64-58 in the first half.
Dissed - Princeton's men's team in the only Ivy League team, men or women, not to have a Player of the Week or Rookie of the Week this season.
More dissed - Princeton's men's team has not had the Ivy Player of the Week in any of the last 25 weeks dating to last season.
Our favorite Martin - Dominick Martin had 10 points and 10 rebounds in Princeton's last game (against Harvard), he had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the first eight Ivy League games combined.
More Martin - Dominick Martin had 10 rebounds against Harvard for the first double-figure rebounding game by a Princeton player this season.
Sold on Bechtold - Mike Bechtold is in eighth place all-time at Princeton with 102 career three-pointers. He has played the fewest career minutes of any Princeton player in the top 12.
More Bechtold - Mike Bechtold has 102 three-pointers in 1,284 career minutes, an average of one every 12.6 minutes. Brian Earl had a school and Ivy League career record 281 three-pointers in 4,000 minutes, an average of one every 14.2 minutes.
Last Bechtold - Mike Bechtold scored 21 points last Saturday against Harvard for the second-highest scoring game of his career (23 vs. Lafayette last season).
Good Will hunting - Will Venable shot 8 for 11 from three-point range last week against Penn, Dartmouth and Harvard. Venable was 2 for 15 from three-point range for the season prior to that.
Special K - Konrad Wysocki shot 4 for 5 from three-point range last weekend. He shot 1 for 5 from three-point range against Yale in the first meeting between the schools.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has played 87 more minutes than any other Princeton player.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente did not lead Princeton in rebounding in any of the first nine games this season, he has led Princeton in rebounding eight times in the last 12 games.
More Wente - Kyle Wente has 51 assists and 23 turnovers.
Last Wente - Kyle Wente has 23 turnovers and 23 steals. Wente had 34 turnovers and 34 steals last season.
Easy, Ed - Princeton is 4-0 in Ivy League games when Ed Persia scores eight or more points.
Injury update - Andre Logan, Princeton's leading scorer, tore his ACL against Harvard Jan. 11. He had surgery Jan. 24 and will miss the remainder of the season.
Weekend update - Until Ed Persia did so last weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard, no Princeton player had scored in double figures in both games of an Ivy League weeked this season.
Spread it around - Princeton has no player averaging more than nine points per game but has seven players averaging at least five.
More spread - Princeton has had nine different players lead the team in scoring in at least one game this season.
Margin call - Of the 23 Ivy League games since John Thompson has been Princeton head coach, 18 have been decided by at least 10 points.
Ivy item - John Thompson is 18-5 in Ivy League games in two seasons as Princeton head coach.
Hoo-Ray - Ray Robins is 53 for 59 (89.8%) for his career from the foul line. The Princeton career record is 88.8%, by Joe Heiser '68.
What might have been - Had Chris Young averaged 16 points per game (one more than he did as a sophomore) the last two years, he would currently be in second place all-time at Princeton.
Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 591-577, Princeton has outrebounded its opponents for a full season once in the last 34 years (1998-99).
It's madness - Princeton is one of 22 teams in Division I to play in the postseason each of the last six years.
More madness - Princeton ranks 14th all-time in NCAA tournament appearances with 22.
A league of their own - Princeton has won eight Ivy League championships in the last 13 years.
Century city - Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (906 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
Three-peat - Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in the 1986-87 season (433 games).