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Men's Basketball to Face Kentucky in NCAA Opener Thursday
March 15, 2011 | Men's Basketball
NCAA Second Round
Thursday, March 17 at 2:45 p.m. (approx.) at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.
Princeton head coach: Sydney Johnson (Princeton '97, fourth season, 66-52 overall/at Princeton)
TV: CBS (Ian Eagle, Play-by-Play; Jim Spanarkel, Color; David Aldridge, Sideline)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 FM, GoPrincetonTigers.com (John Sadak, Play-by-Play)
Live Stats | Live Audio
All-Time Series: Kentucky leads 2-1, 1-0 in NCAA
Streak: Kentucky 2 overall, 1 neutral
Princeton's last game: Princeton 63, Harvard 62 (3/12/11 - Ivy League Playoff
Princeton stats: 2010-11 Stats
Individual 2010-11 game-by-game: 2 Maddox | 3 Sherburne | 5 Bray | 11 Foley | 12 Hazel | 14 Clement | 15 Comfort | 20 Davis | 22 Saunders | 24 Barrett | 25 Noonan | 32 Darrow | 33 Mavraides | 34 Hummer | 41 Edwards | 44 Connolly
Individual career stats can be found on each player's roster page.
Kentucky links: Kentucky men's basketball page | Kentucky game notes
Last game's starters:
20 • Douglas Davis • G • Jr. • 5-11 • Philadelphia, Pa.
Stands 16th on school's career scoring list with 1,097 points ... needs three points to become 15th player in program history with 1,100 points ... hit buzzer-beater to win the Ivy League's automatic bid Saturday against Harvard in New Haven, Conn. ... fourth on Princeton's career 3-pointers list (196) ... second-team All-Ivy 2010, honorable mention 2009.
33 • Dan Mavraides (mav-RAID-eez) • G • Sr. • 6-4 • San Mateo, Calif.
Stands 26th on school's career list at 1,040, four points behind head coach Sydney Johnson '97 (1,044) ... found Davis with the inbounds pass that led to the game-winning bucket against Harvard last Saturday ... only Tiger to start all 31 games ... 2011 and 2010 second-team All-Ivy.
22 • Patrick Saunders • F • Jr. • 6-8 • Gilford, N.H.
Has seven double-digit scoring games this season, most recently with 11 at Dartmouth on Mar. 4 ... had a pair of 3-pointers last time out at Penn.
34 • Ian Hummer • F • So. • 6-7 • Vienna, Va.
Has reached double-digit points in 25 of 31 games this season ... team's second-leading scorer (13.9 ppg) and rebounder (6.7 rpg) ... 2011 second-team All-Ivy ... father Ed and uncle John are both Princeton basketball alumni.
24 • Will Barrett • F • So. • 6-10 • Hartsville, Pa.
Has started the last two games for first career starts ... averaging 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game over the last six contests; averaged 1.0 points and 0.8 rebounds over first 13 games played.
Princeton will be making its 24th NCAA Tournament appearance, an Ivy League record. The Tigers were last in the tournament in 2004, losing to Texas in Denver, Colo. Princeton's last win in the tournament came in 1998 when it was a No. 5 seed over 12th-seeded UNLV in Hartford, Conn.
Tigers in the NCAA Tournament
Princeton has a 13-27 record in the NCAA Tournament over 23 appearances and three wins since seeding began in 1979. The wins include:
1983: The 12th-seeded Tigers, who had to win a play-in game over North Carolina A&T, went out to Corvallis, Ore. to knock off fifth-seeded Oklahoma State 56-53. Craig Robinson, a senior on that team who would later spend much more time in Gill Coliseum as Oregon State's head coach since 2008 (and gain more notoriety as the brother-in-law of President Obama), co-led the Tigers with 20 points alongside Rich Simkus.
1996: In the last of Pete Carril's 514 victories over his long career including 30 seasons at Princeton, the 13th-seeded Tigers stunned fourth-seeded UCLA 43-41. The leading scorer in that game will be at this one as well, as Sydney Johnson's 11 points paced the Tigers. Brian Earl, a current assistant coach at Princeton, had three points in that game as a freshman on that team.
1998: Princeton, then coached by current Northwestern head man Bill Carmody, entered the NCAA Tournament at 26-1 with its only loss to eventual Final Four team North Carolina by eight, 50-42, in Chapel Hill. That earned the Tigers a No. 5 seed, and Princeton advanced to the second round after defeating 12th-seeded UNLV 69-57. Fourth-seeded Michigan State defeated Princeton 63-56 in the second round.
Since 1998, Princeton has made the NCAAs in 2001, losing 70-48 to second-seeded North Carolina as a No. 15 seed, and in 2004, losing 66-49 as a No. 14 seed third-seeded Texas.
This is Princeton's third No. 13 seed and is its highest seed since the No. 5 in 1998. As a 13, Princeton defeated UCLA in Indianapolis in 1996 before losing to Mississippi State, and in 1990 fell to Arkansas 68-64 in Austin, Texas.
Since seeding began in 1979, the Tigers have been tagged with several different numbers, including as high as a No. 5 seed in 1998, a No. 11 in 1981 and 1992, a No. 12 in 1983, 1984 and 1997, a No. 13 in 1990 and 1996, a No. 14 in 2004, a No. 15 in 2001, and perhaps as the most famous No. 16 seed, in 1989. No 16th seed has come closer to defeating a No. 1 than Princeton did in Providence, R.I. in 1989, losing 50-49 to Georgetown.
No. 13 seeds are 22-82 in their first games since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. At least one 13-over-4 has occurred in 19 of the 26 years, including three straight years. Any 13-over-4 upset in 2011 would, for the first time, make it four straight years with such an upset. In 1987, 2001 and 2008, two 13 seeds managed to pull the stunner, but never have more than two 13s in the same year managed to win their opener.
Princeton is the only school with as many as three alumni coaching in the 2011 tournament, including Princeton's own Sydney Johnson '97, Georgetown's John Thompson III '88, and Richmond's Chris Mooney '94. Johnson is one of 10 coaches in this year's field who is coaching his alma mater.
Princeton is 0-2 all-time against the Southeastern Conference in the NCAA Tournament, losing to Mississippi State 61-43 in 1996 and to Kentucky 72-58 in 1977. Princeton also lost to Arkansas 68-64 in 1990, but the Razorbacks were two seasons away from joining the SEC at the time.
This is Princeton's second straight postseason after winning two games in the College Basketball Invitational in 2010. It is the first time the Tigers have made back-to-back postseason appearances since the 2001 NCAAs and 2002 NIT.
Last Time Out
It took one of the great moments in Princeton basketball history for the Tigers to make their 24th NCAA Tournament appearance. Battling Harvard in a one-game playoff for the NCAA bid necessitated by both teams finishing the Ivy with 12-2 records, Princeton trailed the Crimson by a point and had the ball with 11 seconds to go. Following a timeout with 2.8 seconds to go, Dan Mavraides inbounded the ball from the endline to Douglas Davis, who faked out his defender and with 0.2 seconds left, released a jumper from just inside the 3-point arc that swished home, giving Princeton a 63-62 win.
The Tigers countered a 51.1% to 41.8% shooting disadvantage by outrebounding Harvard 36-24. Winning that statistic by that margin was no small feat, considering that Harvard's Ivy League Player of the Year Keith Wright notched 12 double-doubles on the season. Kareem Maddox, another Ivy POY candidate, stepped up, adding 13 rebounds and four blocks to his 10 points as one of four Tigers scoring in double figures. Davis led the Tigers with 15 points while Ian Hummer added 13 and Mavraides had 11.
"Princeton Offense"
As many versions and elements of the Princeton Offense made famous by former Princeton coach Pete Carril exist today, these Tigers are far from the slow-down stereotype. The 69.6 points per game these Tigers enter the NCAA Tournament averaging are the most since the 1971-72 team averaged 79.7 points per game behind Brian Taylor, who went on to play 10 seasons in the ABA and NBA with the New York Nets, Kansas City, Denver and San Diego. Taylor averaged 25.0 points per game in '72, his junior season, before turning pro.
Princeton 69.6 point-per-game average is also a significant increase even from the first three seasons of the Sydney Johnson era. The PPG average increased from 57.7 in his first season of 2007-08 to 57.8 the following season and 60.4 ppg a year ago.
25-6 record
Only two other Princeton teams have reached the 25-win mark. One was the 1967 team that beat West Virginia in the NCAA first round and lost to North Carolina in overtime in round two on their way to finishing 25-3. The 27-2 team from 1998 is the winningest ever, losing only to eventual Final Four team North Carolina in the regular season and UNC's regional semifinal opponent Michigan State in the second round.
Princeton's first NCAA Tournament game will be its 32nd game this season, the longest in Princeton history. A year ago, Princeton played 31 games for the first time by advancing to the CBI semifinals.
Princeton's back-to-back 20-win seasons (22-9 in 2009-10) are its first since the 1998 and 1999 seasons.
Following a
2-4 start to the 2009-10 season, Princeton has won 45 of its last 56
games. Following a 2-3 start to this season, Princeton has won 23 of its last 26
games. Two of Princeton's three early losses this season, to James Madison (one) and Presbyterian (two) came by a combined three points.
Against the Kentucky and the SEC
Princeton is 4-13 against teams in the Southeastern Conference at the time of the game. That includes games against Alabama (1-2), Georgia (0-1), Mississippi State (1-1), Tennessee (0-1), Vanderbilt (0-4), South Carolina (1-2) and Kentucky (1-2). Princeton's last game against an SEC team was Dec. 2, 2008, an 84-58 loss to South Carolina in Jadwin Gym. Princeton's last win against an SEC team was Dec. 5, 1992, a 51-40 win over South Carolina in Charlotte, N.C.
The South Carolina game in Dec. 2008 is the only time Sydney Johnson has coached against an SEC team while at Princeton.
The only SEC-Ivy game this year involved Kentucky and Princeton's rival, Penn. The Quakers led by as much as 12 with six minutes to go in the first half, but the Wildcats outscored Penn 53-30 after the break. Kentucky had five players in double figures, led by Brandon Knight with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, while Josh Harrellson had 12 points and 11 boards.
Kentucky is no stranger to Ivy schools in the NCAA Tournament. The 'Cats are 4-0 against Ivies in the tournament, defeating Dartmouth in 1942, Columbia in 1948, Princeton in 1977 and Cornell just a year ago.
Princeton's last result in the three-game all-time series against Kentucky is from far back enough that Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson, now a youthful 36, had yet to turn three years old when the Tigers and Wildcats squared off in the 1977 NCAAs in Philadelphia. Princeton lost that game on March 12, 1977 by a 72-58 final, following up a Dec. 8, 1971 loss at Kentucky by a 96-82 score. Princeton's only win in the series came on Dec. 31, 1926, when the Tigers beat the Wildcats 30-26 as part of a four-game swing through Ohio and Kentucky that took the Tigers to a game against the Firestone Tire Company (Princeton's main library is named after company founder Harvey Firestone), Ohio State, Kentucky and Cincinnati. The Tigers were off for more than a week before and after the trip.
The 1971 game between Princeton and Kentucky was also the only meeting between two particular coaches who combined to amass 1,390 victories, Pete Carril and Adolph Rupp.
Princeton has not defeated two major-conference schools in the same season since 1998-99, when the Tigers defeated Florida State and Texas on back-to-back nights in Hawaii in Dec. 1998. Princeton defeated Rutgers to open the season on Nov. 12, marking the first time since Dec. 2004 that Princeton had defeated any major-conference team.
The last time Princeton defeated an AP-ranked team was on Dec. 19, 1997, when the Tigers knocked off No. 23 Wake Forest 69-64. Princeton was the No. 19-ranked team in the country at the time. Since that Wake Forest game, Princeton has come up short 20 times against AP-ranked opponents. The Tigers threatened in their last opportunity to do so, leading for much of the game before falling 68-62 at then-undefeated No. 19 Central Florida on Dec. 30 of this season.
Princeton has faced Kentucky coach John Calipari once, on Dec. 14, 1994 when Calipari was at UMass and Sydney Johnson was a Tiger sophomore. Johnson had four points, five rebounds and six assists as senior Rick Hielscher '95 led Princeton with 20 points. Marcus Camby was 14 of 20 from the field on his way to 30 points and an 88-67 UMass win.
Jadwin Gym Success
Princeton wrapped up a 12-0 home schedule, tying these Tigers with the 1990 and 1998 teams for the most games won in Jadwin (opened Jan. 25, 1969) without a loss in a single season. The 2010-11 Tigers are the sixth team in the 42 full seasons of Jadwin Gym to complete the slate without a loss, following the 1975 (10-0), 1977 (11-0), 1990 (12-0), 1991 (9-0) and 1998 (12-0) teams.
It has been more than a full calendar year without a home loss for Princeton, which last lost in Jadwin on Feb. 20, 2010 to Brown. Princeton's 16-game Jadwin winning streak is tied for the 13th-longest active home winning streak in Division I. Duke holds the longest streak at 36 games, followed by Kentucky at 34 and Utah State at 31.
The 16-game
home winning streak is Princeton's longest since the Tigers won 22 in a
row from Jan. 6, 1997 to Dec. 9, 1998. It is tied for the fourth-longest winning
streak in Jadwin Gym history, alongside a 16-gamer from 1973-75, and behind an
18-gamer from 1976-78, the 22-gamer from 1997-98 and a 28-gamer from
1989-91.
Historical Notes
After getting his fifth double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds at Brown on Feb. 19, Ian Hummer is the first Princeton player since Bob Roma '79 in 1979 to have five double-doubles in one season. Andy Rimol '74, with seven in 1974, was the last Princeton player with more than five.
As far as fellow sophomores getting five double-doubles, Ian Hummer has the most since Andy Rimol had five in 1972, while Chris Thomforde '69 is next on the list chronologically with 11 in 1967.
Ian Hummer still has a way to go to reach his family record for double-doubles in a season, as uncle John Hummer '70 had nine as a senior, while father Ed Hummer '67 had a high of six in 1966 as a junior.
Sydney Johnson '97 is now the fifth Princeton coach in history to have at least two 20-win seasons. Albert Wittmer (1923-32) also had two, while Bill Carmody (1996-00) and Butch van Breda Kolff '45 (1962-67) had three apiece and Pete Carril (1967-96) had 10.
Individual Milestones
Princeton has two 1,000-point scorers on its roster for the first time since 2005. Douglas Davis is in 16th place at 1,097, two points from 15th (Ted Manakas '73) and 25 behind 14th (Chris Thomforde '69). Dan Mavraides is in 26th at 1,040, four points behind a familiar name, Sydney Johnson '97.
Kareem Maddox's block numbers have increased each season, from nine as a freshman to 16 as a sophomore, then 27 as a junior and already 56 this season for a career total of 108. Maddox is the third Tiger since the block stat began being recorded regularly in 1975-76 to record 100 career blocks, alongside Chris Young '02 (145) and Rick Hielscher '95 (159).
Maddox's 56 blocks this season have him behind only Chris Young '02, who had 90 as a sophomore in 1999-00 before signing a baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, ending his eligibility. Young is now a New York Met.
Douglas Davis stands fourth on the career 3-point list at 192 with still a way to go to pass Gabe Lewullis '99 (212). Sean Jackson '92 (235) and current assistant coach Brian Earl '99 (281) are the only two beyond 212. Dan Mavraides is fifth on the list at 164 with no one between him and Davis.
Douglas Davis is one of five Princeton players in the 25 years the rule has been in place to hit 50 3-pointers in each of three seasons, along with Sean Jackson '92, Gabe Lewullis '99, Brian Earl '99 and Kyle Koncz '08. Next year, he could join Earl as the only Tiger to hit 50 in all four seasons. Dan Mavraides, with two such seasons, is the seventh Tiger with multiple 50 3-pointer seasons.
Davis and Mavraides are fourth and seventh respectively on the school's career list of 3-pointers attempted. Davis (482) is behind Sean Jackson '92 (501), while next up for Mavraides (426) is former teammate Kyle Koncz '08 (438). Current assistant coach Brian Earl '99 is the leader at 675.
Princeton in the Ivy and NCAA Rankings
Princeton has no individual leaders in any Ivy all-season rankings but leads the league as a team in scoring defense (63.2 ppg), in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.326), in rebounding margin (+4.2) and in defensive rebound percentage (.731),
In the NCAA rankings, Princeton's top national standing other than winning percentage (14th, .806) is in field goal percentage (41st, .465). Ian Hummer held Princeton's top individual ranking, in field goal percentage (27th, .557).
Tiger Trends
Princeton is 15-0 when it shoots better than 46.0% from the field this season.
Princeton is 8-0 when it shoots 42% or better from beyond the arc.
Princeton is 13-0 this season when opponents shoot 40% or lower from the field.
Princeton is 19-0 when opponents shoot 36% or lower from distance.
Princeton is 11-0 this season when holding opponents to fewer than 10 assists.
The magic number on the scoreboard for Princeton this season has been 68. The Tigers are 15-0 this season when they score 68 points. Princeton is also 19-0 when opponents score 64 or fewer points.
Princeton is 14-0 this season when an opponent has not reached 28 points by halftime.
The Tigers are 18-2 when leading at the half, 6-4 when trailing and 1-0 when tied. The comebacks include: Siena (down four, won by nine in OT), Tulsa (down one, won by four in double OT), home vs. Harvard (down one, won by four), home vs. Columbia (down one, won by five), at Penn (down four, won by 12) and in the playoff against Harvard (down seven, won by one). The givebacks include James Madison (up by 13, lost by one) and UCF (up by eight, lost by six).
Rebounding has not had a perfect correlation to victory for the Tigers this season, who are 8-2 when they get outrebounded and 18-3 when they win the battle of the boards.
Princeton has four players averaging double-figure points, with Kareem Maddox at 13.9, Ian Hummer at 13.9, Dan Mavraides at 12.7, and Douglas Davis at 11.9. Princeton has not had four players finish a season in double figures since 2003, when four starters, including current San Diego Padres outfielder Will Venable '05, did so.Excluding senior night, Princeton has used
three starting lineups this season. Dan Mavraides has started all 31 games, while Ian Hummer and Douglas Davis started all 30 except for senior night, Brendan Connolly started the first 29 before Will Barrett started the last two, and Patrick Saunders has started the last 28 after Kareem Maddox held that spot for the first three contests. The senior night lineup included Mavraides, Maddox, Connolly, Saunders and Bobby Foley.
If It Happens...
The Tigers set a program record with four OT victories in one season when they beat Penn 62-59 on Feb. 8. This team is the fifth Tiger program to play in at least four OT games, alongside 1978-79, 1994-95 and 1998-99. The record for OT games in one season belongs to the 1980-81 Tigers, who played in five. Only one Princeton NCAA Tournament game has gone to overtime, the 1967 second-round game against North Carolina that the Tar Heels won 78-70.
If Kareem Maddox scores 30 points again this season, he would join Bill Bradley '65, Geoff Petrie '70 and Brian Taylor '84 as the only Tigers in program history with three 30-point games in a season. He is the only Ivy Leaguer with two 30-point games this season (31 at Tulsa, 30 vs. Siena), and he is the first Tiger with two 30-point games in a season since Kevin Mullin '84.
Princeton has had five players scoring in double-figures in four games this season, against Marist, Towson, Monmouth and Saint Joseph's. It is the first time Princeton has had five players reach double figures in as many as four games since the 1973-74 season. The 1971-72 season was the last time Princeton had five such games. The 1967-68 team holds the record with nine such games.
Princeton has had as many as six players reach double figures in a game three times, in 1956, 1967 and 2000. The 2000 game, coming Mar. 4 against Brown, is the only time in program history Princeton had seven players in double figures.
Princeton's last game in which two players each had a double-double came on March 2, 1974 at Columbia. Barnes Hauptfuhrer (14 pts., 12 reb.) and Andy Rimol (21 pts., 11 reb.) performed the feat that day, and Ian Hummer and Kareem Maddox have come close this season.
Coach Sydney Johnson
Sydney Johnson (2007-) has coached the sixth-most games in Princeton history at 118 entering the NCAAs. Pete Carril (1967-96) leads at 775, followed by Franklin "Cappy" Cappon (1938-43, 46-61) at 431, Albert Wittmer (1923-32) at 201, Frederick Leuhring (1912-20) at 143, and Butch van Breda Kolff '45 (1962-67) at 134.
Johnson has 66 victories as Princeton's head coach, good for eighth on the program's list. Up next is John Thompson III '88 at 68.
Johnson is the third-longest tenured coach in the Ivy League, one week short of Harvard's Tommy Amaker, with both men in their fourth seasons at their current schools. Yale's James Jones is the Ivy dean, in his 12th season.
Since the beginning of calendar year 2009, Johnson's record is 58-21.
Johnson is one of five Princeton alumni who are currently Division I head coaches, all disciples of Pete Carril. The other four are Chris Mooney '94 (Richmond), John Thompson III '88 (Georgetown), Joe Scott '87 (Denver) and Craig Robinson '83 (Oregon State). Princeton is tied with Indiana, and behind North Carolina (seven), for the second-most active Division I head coaches produced.
Johnson was the 1997 Ivy League Player of the Year, winning the award despite still being the only recipient not to average double-figure points in the award-winning year (9.2). Johnson holds the school's career record for steals (169) stands sixth on the career assist list (280) while also being among the 28-member group of Princeton 1,000-point scorers.
Johnson has undertaken an impressive turnaround of a long-term successful program that had experienced some lean years of late. The Tigers were 6-23 in his first season of 2007-08, 13-14 in 2008-09 and 22-9 a year ago.
"MARV" and "CRUNCH"
Princeton's "MARV" patches are in honor of Marvin Bressler, the late professor who came to Princeton in 1963 and began serving in an informal advisor role with the team. He was an inspiration for current Princeton athletic director Gary Walters '67, a Princeton basketball alumnus, to create the Academic-Athletic Fellows program that serves all Princeton teams. Bressler was an Academic-Athletic Fellow for men's basketball through the 2009-10 season before he passed away on July 7, 2010 at age 87.
The "CRUNCH" patches on Princeton's warmups are in honor of Christian "Crunch" Regulski, an 11-year-old boy who passed away on Feb. 10, 2011. "Crunch" was connected with the Tigers through the Friends of Jaclyn organization that links children living with brain tumors to supportive local sports teams.
The Opponent
Individual Notes
2 • Kareem Maddox • F • 6-8 • Sr.
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year ... unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection ... started the first three games of the season and senior night, but no other game ... won back-to-back Ivy League Player of the Week honors Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 and again on Feb. 28 ... included on ESPN's Most Respected Players list by Jay Bilas last month ... one of three Princeton players in last 35 years to record 100+ career blocks ... has hit 10+ free throws in four games this season ... is shooting .565 from the field on the season ... team's leading scorer (13.9 ppg) rebounder (7.1 rpg) and shot blocker (56) ... second on the team in assists (78) ... has had four double-doubles this season and five in his career ... had a strong all-around stat line with 10 points, 13 boards, four assists and four blocks in the Ivy playoff against Harvard ... won the team's sixth-man award last season.
3 • Jimmy Sherburne • G • 6-3 • So.
Has played in 15 games this season with a high of seven minutes twice, most recently against Marist on Jan. 5 ... saw limited minutes (38 in six games) last season due to injury and illness.
5 • T.J. Bray • G • 6-6 • Fr.
Has played in all 31 games, only freshman to do so ... leads freshman class in minutes per game (10.7) ... career-high nine points came earlier this month at Dartmouth ... Wisconsin Mr. Basketball 2010.
11 • Bobby Foley • G • 6-5 • Sr.
Has played in 14 games ... had first career start on senior night vs. Columbia ... played in eight
games as a reserve last season ... played in 28 career games over first
three seasons ... hit a 3-pointer each against Duke, TCNJ, in both Brown games and at Dartmouth ... one of three seniors on the roster.
12 • Ben Hazel (HAY-zul) • G/F • 6-5 • Fr.
Has played in 18 games this season ... played double-digit minutes in 7 of 8 games from Jan. 23-Feb. 12 but no more than five minutes in a game since ... first-team All-Washington Catholic Athletic
Conference as a senior ... played against current teammate Ian Hummer on
opposing league teams.
14 • Chris Clement (CLEM-ent) • G • 6-2 • Fr.
Played a season-high 10 minutes against TCNJ on Jan. 23 ... has played in eight games (Duke, James Madison, Lafayette, Saint Joseph's, Towson, TCNJ, Brown, Dartmouth) ... averaged 15 points per game as a senior,
leading to district MVP and all-region honors in Texas 5A.
15 • John Comfort • F • 6-8 • Jr.
Against TCNJ and Brown, played in back-to-back games for the first time this season ... scored four points against TCNJ on Jan. 23 ... played the final minute at Duke ... played in 28 games over first two seasons ... 11 of 36 career from three-point range.
20 • Douglas Davis • G • 5-11 • Jr.
Second-team
All-Ivy 2010, All-Ivy honorable mention 2009 ... leads team in 3-pointers (68) ... one of five players in program history, and first since Kyle Koncz '08, to have 50 3-pointers in each of at least three seasons ... has scored double digits 20 times this season with a high of 23 against Presbyterian on Nov. 24 ... has made multiple 3-pointers in 19 of 31 games this season ... stands fourth on school's career 3-point list at 192 (Gabe Lewullis '99, 3rd at 212) ... stands 16th on school's 1,000-point list at 1,097 ... hit buzzer-beating jumper to gain Ivy League's auto bid to the NCAAs Saturday vs. Harvard.
22 • Patrick Saunders • F • 6-8 • Jr.
Made season's first start vs.
Bucknell and has started the last 28 games ... reached double digits in points at Dartmouth (11) on Mar. 4 for first time since Feb. 8 ... has scored points in all 30 games after missing the season opener.
24 • Will Barrett • F • 6-10 • So.
Has started the last two games for career's first starts ... played a season-high 22 minutes against Cornell on Feb. 25 ... has scored points in six straight games for the first time in his career.
25 • Tom Noonan • F • 6-9 • Fr.
Saw first collegiate action on Jan. 23 against TCNJ with five minutes ... also played four minutes vs. Brown, scoring his first collegiate points (two), and one minute each vs. Dartmouth and at Columbia ... team MVP as a senior at Penn Charter ... first-team all-league and honorable mention All-Philadelphia as a senior.
32 • Mack Darrow (like "arrow") • F • 6-9 • So.
Averaging 18.4 minutes per game after playing 17 minutes total last season ... most minutes per game for any player who has not started a game this season ... has scored 134 points so far this season after scoring six points all last season ... had 26 assists in Ivy regular season with only four turnovers ... has three double-digit scoring games this season with 10 against Columbia on Feb. 26, 11 vs. Penn on Feb. 8 and 13 vs. Bucknell on Nov. 23.
33 • Dan Mavraides (mav-RAID-eez) • G • 6-4 • Sr.
Second-team
All-Ivy 2011 and 2010 ... 26 double-digit scoring games this season ... leads the team in assists (87) ... stands 26th on Princeton's career scoring list at 1,040, just four behind head coach Sydney Johnson '97 ... stepped up to can five 3-pointers on the way to 25 points in the game at Harvard on Mar. 5; had 11 points in the playoff game.
34 • Ian Hummer • F • 6-7 • So.
Second-team All-Ivy 2011 ... team's second-leading scorer at 13.9 ppg and second-leading rebounder at 6.7 rpg ... has had five double-doubles this season, most for any Tiger since 1979 ... second on the team in blocks (35), second in steals (34) and third in assists (61) ... both father Ed and uncle
John played at Princeton ... John played six seasons in the NBA from
1970-76 for Buffalo Braves, Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics.
41 • Daniel Edwards • F • 6-8 • Fr.
Scored first collegiate points against Brown (two) in third game played this season ... averaged a double-double (17 points, 10
rebounds) as a HS senior ... two-year team offensive MVP ... two-time
first-team all-district honoree.
44 • Brendan Connolly • C • 6-11 • So.
Has had two 10-point games this season, at Wagner on Dec. 17 and vs. Marist on Jan. 5 ... played 39 minutes in the Rutgers game but no more than 19 in any game since while making 29 starts ... after not playing in the regular-season finale against Penn, scored nine points in the playoff vs. Harvard, his most since scoring 10 against Marist on Jan. 5 ... played 79 minutes in 15 games last season.
Tigers from the Line
Player 2010-11 Season/Career
2 Maddox 124-159 (.780)/241-307 (.785)
3 Sherburne 0-0 (.000)/1-2 (.500)
5 Bray 13-19 (.684)/13-19 (.684)
11 Foley 0-0 (.000)/0-1 (.000)
12 Hazel 7-11 (.636)/7-11 (.636)
14 Clement 4-5 (.800)/4-5 (.800)
15 Comfort 1-3 (.333)/6-11 (.545)
20 Davis 49-65 (.754)/135-169 (.799)
22 Saunders 9-14 (.643)/57-70 (.814)
24 Barrett 11-17 (.647)/17-25 (.680)
25 Noonan 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
32 Darrow 28-35 (.800)/28-35 (.800)
33 Mavraides 94-118 (.797)/229-288 (.795)
34 Hummer 80-124 (.645)/126-202 (.624)
41 Edwards 0-4 (.000)/0-4 (.000)
44 Connolly 20-28 (.714)/21-30 (.700)
Individual Season & Career Highs (highs set last game in bold)
Will Barrett
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 6 vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Rebounds: 7 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Assists: 4 vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Steals: 1, last at Penn (3/8/11)
Blocks: 2, last vs. Columbia (2/26/11)
Field Goals: 2, last vs. Harvard (3/12/11)
Three-Pointers: 1, last vs. Harvard (3/12/11)
Free Throws: 2, last at Harvard (3/5/11)
Minutes: 22 vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Career Highs
Points: 13 vs. Goucher (1/24/10)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Goucher (1/24/10)
Assists: 4 vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Steals: 3, last at George Washington (11/24/09)
Blocks: 2, last vs. Columbia (2/26/11)
Field Goals: 5 vs. Goucher (1/24/10)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Goucher (1/24/10)
Free Throws: 5 at California (11/29/09)
Minutes: 26 vs. Army (11/21/09)
T.J. Bray
2010-11 Season/Career Highs
Points: 9 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Rebounds: 5 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Assists: 2, last at Penn (3/8/11)
Steals: 3 at Brown (2/19/11)
Blocks: 1 vs. Siena (11/28/10)
Field Goals: 4 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Free Throws: 2, last vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Minutes: 22 at Brown (2/19/11)
Chris Clement
2010-11 Season/Career Highs
Points: 3, last vs. Saint Joseph's (12/5/10)
Rebounds: 1, last vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Assists: 1 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Steals: 1, last vs. Saint Joseph's (12/5/10)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1 vs. Saint Joseph's (12/5/10)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 3 at Lafayette (11/30/10)
Minutes: 10 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
John Comfort
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 4 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Rebounds: 1, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Assists: 1, last vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 2 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 1 vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Minutes: 5 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Career Highs
Points: 6, last vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Rebounds: 3 at Yale (2/13/09)
Assists: 1, last vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Steals: 1 vs. Goucher (1/24/10)
Blocks: 1 vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Field Goals: 2, last vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Three-Pointers: 2 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Free Throws: 2, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
Minutes: 19 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Brendan Connolly
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 10, last vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Rebounds: 11 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Assists: 5 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Steals: 2 at UCF (12/30/10)
Blocks: 2, last at Yale (2/18/11)
Field Goals: 5 vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 3 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Minutes: 39 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Career Highs
Points: 10, last vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Rebounds: 11 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Assists: 5, last vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Steals: 2, last at UCF (12/30/10)
Blocks: 2, last at Yale (2/18/11)
Field Goals: 5 vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 3 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Minutes: 39 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Mack Darrow
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 13 vs. Bucknell (11/23/10)
Rebounds: 8 at Yale (2/18/11)
Assists: 5, last vs. Dartmouth (2/5/11)
Steals: 3 at Yale (2/18/11)
Blocks: 3 at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Field Goals: 4 vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Free Throws: 5, last vs. Columbia (2/26/11)
Minutes: 33, last vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Career Highs
Points: 13 vs. Bucknell (11/23/10)
Rebounds: 8 at Yale (2/18/11)
Assists: 5, last vs. Dartmouth (2/5/11)
Steals: 3 at Yale (2/18/11)
Blocks: 3 at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Field Goals: 4 vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Free Throws: 5, last vs. Columbia (2/26/11)
Minutes: 33, last vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Douglas Davis
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 23 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/10)
Rebounds: 5 at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Assists: 4, last at Wagner (12/17/10)
Steals: 6 vs. Dartmouth (2/5/11)
Blocks: 1 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Field Goals: 8 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/10)
Three-Pointers: 6, last at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Free Throws: 6, last vs. Harvard (3/12/11)
Minutes: 44 vs. Siena (11/28/10)
Career Highs
Points: 27 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Rebounds: 5, last at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Assists: 4, last at Wagner (12/17/10)
Steals: 6 vs. Dartmouth (2/5/11)
Blocks: 2 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Field Goals: 10, last vs. Manhattan (12/14/08)
Three-Pointers: 7 vs. Lafayette (12/6/09)
Free Throws: 6, last vs. Harvard (3/12/11)
Minutes: 44 vs. Siena (11/28/08)
Daniel Edwards
2010-11 Season/Career Highs
Points: 2, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Rebounds: 2 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Assists: 0
Steals: 2 at Duke (11/14/10)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 4 vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Bobby Foley
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 3, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Rebounds: 1 vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 8 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Career Highs
Points: 6, last vs. Lafayette (1/9/08)
Rebounds: 4 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Assists: 2 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Steals: 1, last vs. Goucher (1/24/10)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 2, last at Yale (2/13/08)
Three-Pointers: 2, last vs. Lafayette (1/9/08)
Free Throws: None
Minutes: 22 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Ben Hazel
2010-11 Season/Career Highs
Points: 7 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Rebounds: 5 at Columbia (2/11/11)
Assists: 2 at Columbia (2/11/11)
Steals: 1 vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Blocks: 1 vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Field Goals: 2 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Brown (2/19/11)
Free Throws: 3 vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Minutes: 20 at Cornell (2/12/11)
Ian Hummer
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 25 at Columbia (2/11/11)
Rebounds: 14 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/10)
Assists: 5, last vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Steals: 3, last at Penn (3/8/11)
Blocks: 3, last at Cornell (2/12/11)
Field Goals: 10, last at Lafayette (11/30/10)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 7 at Columbia (2/11/11)
Minutes: 46 at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Career Highs
Points: 25 at Columbia (2/11/11)
Rebounds: 14 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/10)
Assists: 5, last vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Steals: 3, last vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Blocks: 3, last at Cornell (2/12/11)
Field Goals: 10, last at Lafayette (11/30/10)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 9 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Minutes: 46 at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Kareem Maddox
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 31 at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Dartmouth (2/5/11)
Assists: 6, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Steals: 3, last vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Blocks: 5, last vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Field Goals: 10, last at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 11, last at Penn (3/8/11)
Minutes: 43 vs. Siena (11/28/10)
Career Highs
Points: 31 at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Dartmouth (2/5/11)
Assists: 6, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Steals: 3, last vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Blocks: 5, last vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Field Goals: 10, last at Tulsa, (12/12/10)
Three-Pointers: 2, last at Brown (2/13/09)
Free Throws: 11, last at Penn (2/19/11)
Minutes: 45 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Dan Mavraides
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 26 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Rebounds: 10 at Yale (2/18/11)
Assists: 6, last vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Steals: 3, last vs. Harvard (2/4/11)
Blocks: 2 at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Field Goals: 9 at Harvard (3/5/11)
Three-Pointers: 6 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Free Throws: 8, last vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Minutes: 49 at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Career Highs
Points: 26 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Rebounds: 10 at Yale (2/18/11)
Assists: 6, last vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Steals: 4 vs. Monmouth (12/16/09)
Blocks: 2 at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Field Goals: 9 at Harvard (3/5/11)
Three-Pointers: 6 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Free Throws: 10 at Penn (2/16/10)
Minutes: 49, last at Tulsa (12/12/10)
Tom Noonan
2010-11 Season/Career Highs
Points: 2 vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Rebounds: 1 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Assists: 1 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Steals: 0
Blocks: 1 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Field Goals: 1 vs. Brown (1/28/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 5 vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Patrick Saunders
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 15 at Towson (12/22/10)
Rebounds: 8 at Towson (12/22/10)
Assists: 3, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Steals: 1, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Columbia (2/26/11)
Field Goals: 7 at Towson (12/22/10)
Three-Pointers: 4 vs. Saint Joseph's (12/5/10)
Free Throws: 2, last vs. Penn (2/8/11)
Minutes: 38 at Wagner (12/17/10)
Career Highs
Points: 21 at Marist (1/6/10)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Assists: 3, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Steals: 2 vs. Yale (2/19/10)
Blocks: 6 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Field Goals: 8 at Marist (1/6/10)
Three-Pointers: 5 at Marist (1/6/10)
Free Throws: 4, last vs. Dartmouth (3/5/10)
Minutes: 38 at Wagner (12/17/10)
Jimmy Sherburne
2010-11 Season Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 3, last at Columbia (2/11/11)
Assists: 2 at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Steals: 1, last at Dartmouth (3/4/11)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1 vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 7, last vs. Marist (1/5/11)
Career Highs
Points: 3 at Marist (1/6/10)
Rebounds: 3, last at Columbia (2/11/11)
Assists: 1, last vs. TCNJ (1/23/11)
Steals: 1 vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Blocks: 1 at Saint Joseph's (1/2/10)
Field Goals: 1, last vs. Cornell (2/25/11)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 1 at Marist (1/6/10)
Minutes: 11, last vs. Dartmouth (3/5/10)