 |  |
Men's Basketball Preview for January 12
Complete Men's Basketball Weekly Release in pdf
format
Photo courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The gauntlet known as "The
14-Game Tournament" begins Saturday, Jan. 12 with a pair of
travel-party games between rivals in Harvard-Dartmouth and
Penn-Princeton.
Harvard begins its Ivy League title defense on the road against a
Dartmouth squad that is one of the youngest in NCAA Division I.
Both teams come into the game off wins as Harvard handled Rice
92-62 on Jan. 5 and Dartmouth got back into the win column for the
first time in eight games with a 75-58 victory over Army on Jan. 8.
The win gave Big Green head coach Paul Cormier his
100th manning the sidelines in Hanover, N.H.
The Crimson has taken the last six games in the series against
Dartmouth, including a 54-38 win in Hanover on Jan. 21, 2012.
The I-95 rivalry is renewed when Penn and Princeton meet for the
227th time in front of a national television audience on the NBC
Sports Network. Randy Moss and Dalen
Cuff are slated to call the action from Jadwin Gym.
The two teams are meeting the earliest in the season, by calendar
date, since the teams met on Jan. 6, 1996. Penn won that game,
57-55. Recent series history has been a run streaks. Princeton has
won six of the last seven meetings. Prior to that, Penn had won
five in a row from 2007-09.
The Tigers have won 17 straight Ivy League games at home, the most
since the team won 26 in a row from 1996-99, and look to start
League play with a win for the fifth time in six seasons.
Brown, Cornell and Yale are also in action Saturday with all three
taking on Division III opponents as their final tune-ups before
opening Ivy play next week. The Bears host Daniel Webster, the Big
Red hosts Old Westbury and the Bulldogs host Oberlin in games with
2 p.m. starts.
Harvard (8-5, 0-0 Ivy) at Dartmouth (3-10, 0-0
Ivy)
Date: Saturday, January 12 – 4 p.m.
Location: Leede Arena • Hanover, N.H.
Harvard-Dartmouth Series: Dartmouth leads,
94-80
Last Meeting: Harvard 54, Dartmouth 38 •
1/21/12 • Hanover, N.H.
Live Stats | Video
Harvard Game Notes | Dartmouth Game Notes
Penn (2-12, 0-0 Ivy) at Princeton (6-7, 0-0
Ivy)
Date: Saturday, January 12 – 6 p.m.
Location: Jadwin Gymnasium • Princeton,
N.J.
Television: NBC Sports Network
Penn-Princeton Series: Penn leads, 123-103
Last Meeting: Princeton 62, Penn 52 • 3/6/12
• Princeton, N.J.
Live Stats | Audio
Penn Game Notes | Princeton Game Notes
