LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball clinches Ivy League Tournament berth with 13th straight win over Penn

Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 95-71 victory for Princeton (19-10, 8-6 Ivy) over Penn (8-19, 4-10) at Jadwin Gym Saturday that clinched an Ivy League Tournament berth for the Tigers:

Quakeaways from Penn men’s basketball’s 95-71 loss at Princeton

For the second straight year, one of the worst seasons in Penn basketball history came to an end with a humiliation at the hands of Princeton.

 

The Quakers came out sluggish and were never seriously competitive with the Tigers in a 95-71 drubbing at Jadwin Gymnasium. Penn (8-19, 4-10 Ivy) has now finished seventh in the Ivy League for a second straight season, while Princeton (19-10, 8-6) clinched a trip to the Ivy League Tournament with the easy win.

 

Penn has now lost 13 consecutive games to Princeton. The all-time series is tied at 126-126, the first time the all-time ledger has been even since the Roosevelt administration … the Theodore Roosevelt administration, that is.

 

For one last kick in the behind, the Tigers’ Xaivian Lee racked up a 23-point triple-double.

 

If you’re a masochist, read on.

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LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball’s presser after 95-71 win over Penn

Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark brings us the postgame press conference for Princeton after a 95-71 win for the Tigers (19-10, 8-6 Ivy) over Penn (8-19, 4-10) that claimed them an Ivy League Tournament berth:

Princeton women’s basketball overcomes sluggish start to defeat Dartmouth, 67-55

Twenty-four hours after winning an emotional, high-stakes contest at Harvard, Princeton women’s basketball needed to be on guard against a letdown as they took the court at Leede Arena in Hanover for a Saturday showdown with the Dartmouth Big Green.

Despite being aware of the dangers of complacency, the Tigers came out flat against a motivated Dartmouth squad and made just enough plays to scrape out a 67-55 win over the last-place Big Green.

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LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball claws past Columbia, 73-68

Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 73-68 win for Princeton (18-9, 7-5 Ivy) at Columbia (12-13, 1-11) Friday:

Princeton women’s basketball rebounds on the road to sweep Harvard, 70-58

Six days after having its 30-game home winning streak snapped by the Columbia Lions. Princeton women’s basketball hit the road and took out its frustrations on the Harvard Crimson, beating its host, 70-58, at Lavietes Pavilion Friday.

The win gave Princeton a two-game sweep of Harvard during the regular season, setting up a likely third clash in two weeks in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament.

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Q&A with Yale senior guard John Poulakidas

Yale senior guard John Poulakidas is averaging 19.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. (Yale Athletics)

Ivy Hoops Online recently caught up with Yale senior guard John Poulakidas, a Naperville, Ill. native and the Ivy League’s scoring leader at 19.5 points per game:

Ivy Hoops Online: What was your recruiting process like during COVID?

John Poulakidas: It was definitely difficult. Butler offered me. Princeton was in the mix. Not having an AAU year hindered my recruitment.

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Assessing the Ivy women’s hoops race with three games left in the regular season

Another eventful weekend of women’s hoops games has set the table for a dramatic conclusion to the Ivy League season. 

The Columbia Lions (19-5, 10-1 Ivy) seized control of the race for the regular season title with another come-from-behind win over the Princeton Tigers, 64-60, at Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday. The Lions completed a rare series sweep of the Tigers and put themselves in position to earn a third consecutive Ivy League title and the program’s first outright championship. 

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