Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

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Koncz Leads Princeton Past Brown

2/29/08 @ Brown (8-16)

Final: 60-54

Fueled by Kyle Koncz's 31 points and a lights-out first half performance, the Princeton Tigers avoided a meltdown in the closing minutes to grab their 15th win of the year. Princeton held a comfortable 35-23 lead at halftime, with Koncz already having 20 points in the first half alone. Brown started double-teaming Koncz in the second half, which would slow his production down a bit as he only scored 11 second half points. Brown would actually take a 51-50 lead with a little over four minutes remaining as the Brown faithful were on their feet rooting for their home team. However, a few clutch shots by Kyle Koncz gave Princeton the lead again and a few clutch foul shots by Michael Strittmatter sealed the ballgame for the Princeton Tigers. "We played very well in the first half," Coach Frizzell commented. "However, we played pretty poorly in the second half and we just about lost the game because of it. Luckily Kyle Koncz was on fire for us out there. I believe he scored 31 points. That's more than half of our total points!" Kyle Koncz hit 10/11 from the field, 5/6 from three point range, and 6/8 from the foul line in the 31 point offensive explosion.

Princeton Key Players
K. Koncz - 31 points, 6 rebounds, 10/11 FG, 5/6 3 pt. FG
Z. Woolridge - 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists

Brown Key Players
M. McAndrew - 19 points, 2 rebounds
M. MacDonald - 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists

Princeton improves to 15-10 (8-2).

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I should also note that the second half of the Brown game was played on All-American, which I will use from now on. I felt it was getting a bit too easy on All-Conference, so hopefully this should help!

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February Wrapup

Top 25 Media Poll
1. Kansas (25-1)
2. North Carolina (24-4)
3. Marquette (22-5)
4. UCLA (24-3)
5. Tennessee (20-7)
6. Duke (19-7)
7. Georgetown (21-6)
8. UAB (25-3)
9. Arizona (19-8)
10. Memphis (21-7)
11. Louisvile (20-9)
12. Washington (22-7)
13. Xavier (22-6)
14. Clemson (18-7)
15. Arkansas (18-9)
16. Michigan State (18-7)
17. LSU (20-7)
18. Missouri (18-8)
19. Virginia (19-7)
20. Kentucky (18-10)
21. Austin Peay (24-5)
22. Texas A&M (17-7)
23. Auburn (18-7)
24. Texas (17-10)
25. Seton Hall (18-10)

Mid Major Top 25 Poll
1. Austin Peay (24-5)
2. New Mexico State (20-7)
3. Fresno State (19-6)
4. George Mason (21-6)
5. Nevada (19-7)
6. Western Kentucky (19-7)
7. Western Michigan (19-7)
8. Southern Illinois (18-9)
9. Utah State (18-9)
10. Columbia (20-7)
11. UL-Monroe (22-7)
12. Bradley (21-8)
13. Davidson (16-9)
14. Drexel (20-9)
15. Winthrop (16-9)
16. Old Dominion (18-11)
17. Wagner (19-9)
18. Robert Morris (22-8)
19. Butler (20-8)
20. Lafayette (19-9)
21. Siena (19-10)
22. Loyola (MD) (20-9)
23. Gonzaga (16-12)
24. New Orleans (18-8)
25. Saint Mary's (16-10)

Ivy League Standings (RPI: 23)
1. Columbia (9-2) (20-7) (70)
2. Princeton (8-2) (15-10) (128)
3. Cornell (8-3) (14-10) (157)
4. Yale (7-4) (14-9) (117)
5. Dartmouth (5-6) (11-13) (263)
6. Penn (4-6) (8-18) (277)
7. Brown (2-9) (8-17) (288)
8. Harvard (0-11) (1-26) (338)

February Games
vs. Dartmouth W 67-62
vs. Harvard W 74-55
@ Cornell L 78-81
@ Columbia W 68-49
@ Penn W 76-45
vs. Yale L 64-68
vs. Brown W 66-47
@ Harvard W 72-58
@ Dartmouth W 60-44
@ Brown W 60-54

February Record: 8-2
Overall Record: 15-10


Record Breakdown & Polls
Last 10: 8-2
Vs. Top 25: 0-0
Road/Neutral: 8-7
Home Win Streak: 1 Game
RPI 1-50: 0-3
RPI 51-100: 1-3
RPI 101-200: 4-4
RPI 200+: 10-0
RPI: 128
Media: NR
Coaches: NR

Team Stats
PPG: 65.5 (3rd)
FG: 43.1% (3rd)
3PT: 35.5% (3rd)
FT: 67.5% (5th)
RPG: 29.9 (1st)
APG: 12.7 (2nd)
SPG: 9.6 (1st)
BPG: 1.0 (7th)
TOPG: 9.6 (1st)

Individual Stats Leaders
Points: Kyle Koncz (17.8), Zach Woolridge (9.2), Michael Strittmatter (9.0)
Rebounds: Zach Woolridge (7.7), Kyle Koncz (4.7), Noah Savage (4.3)
Assists: Marcus Schroeder (3.1), Zach Woolridge (1.8), Noah Savage (1.6)

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Winning Streak Snapped As Princeton Loses Tough Road Game to Yale

3/1/08 @ Yale (14-9)

Final: 65-68

Despite a valiant comeback, the Princeton Tigers could not come back, as Yale grabbed the 68-65 home victory. Yale jumped out to an early lead and was dominating early, though Princeton made a bit of a run towards the end of the first half to cut the lead to seven at halftime, with the score 32-25 in Princeton's favor. Princeton had turned the ball over 10 times already in the first half, which is significant considering they only turn the ball over 9.6 times in the entire game on average. They would end up with 14 turnovers by game's end. Princeton would stay between 10 and 12 points back for most of the second half before making a huge run to cut Yale's lead to only two points with 10 seconds left. Yale made one of two free throws, giving them a 68-65 lead with 7.2 seconds left. Princeton ran the ball upcourt through a surprising Yale press and got the ball over halfcourt with four seconds left. Point guard Marcus Schroeder passes the ball to a wide open Kyle Koncz, who had a horrible day, only making three of 13 field goals and one of eight from behind the arc. He got the ball off just before the buzzer sounded with nobody within 10 feet of him. He missed it as the ball hit the left side of the rim and bounced out and he missed the shot that would have sent the game to overtime in quite possibly the worst game of the season right after he hit 10/11 on field goals in his previous game. Both teams shot 43%, but Princeton's 14 turnovers to Yale's nine ultimately decided the game. "It's a tough loss to take," Coach Frizzell commented, "but we deserved to lose. We were not ready for their press in the first half as we made some errant passes out there and made some horrible decisions. Luckily we dissected how to attack their press in the locker room at halftime and were able to break it more successfully in the second half, but the seven point hole we were already in was too much to overcome against a very good Yale team."

Princeton Key Players
M. Strittmatter - 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
Z. Woolridge - 14 points, 12 rebounds
L. Gunn - 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals

Yale Key Players
E. Flato - 24 points, 3 assists, 2 steals
C. Holmes - 11 points, 3 rebounds
T. Pinick - 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals

Princeton falls to 15-11 (8-3). They will face conference leading Columbia (21-7) next in a very pivotal game for Princeton's chances of making it to the NCAA Tournament. If they lose, their chances will most likely be over. If they win, they will still be very much alive as two more games remain following the Columbia game.

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Ivy League Standings (RPI: 24)
1. Columbia (10-2) (21-7) (64)
2. Cornell (9-3) (15-10) (158)
3. Princeton (8-3) (15-11) (136)
4. Yale (8-4) (15-9) (101)
5. Dartmouth (5-7) (11-14) (258)
6. Penn (4-7) (8-19) (293)
7. Brown (3-9) (9-17) (284)
8. Harvard (0-12) (1-27) (336)

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Press Conference

In today's press conference Coach Frizzell talked about the remaining three games for his Princeton Tigers. "Well," he said, "I think we will have to win out to have a chance. We have three losses as does Cornell. Columbia has only two losses, but we play them one more time, so we have the opportunity to knock them out of the top spot as we did earlier this season when we beat them pretty good. I think we have a chance, but as I said, we will probably have to win out assuming Columbia or Cornell don't lay eggs in their remaining games. Whether we win the conference or not, I think we have had a great season. I would love to end that with an Ivy League Championship, but if nothing else we will have a pretty good record which exceeded my own expectations at the beginning of the season. We will finish about .500 now, which I am pretty impressed with. I would love to make it to the Big Dance for all our seniors and fans, so we will definitely try our best out there to go get you all a conference title!"

Princeton has three games left to play this season, all of which will be played at home. The first will be on Friday, March 7th against Columbia (21-7), who leads the conference. On Saturday, March 8th, the Tigers will face off against Cornell (15-10), which will be another tough game for the Princeton Tigers. Senior Night will be on Tuesday, March 11th, against Penn (8-19).

[doncoryell]

Go Tigers Go!

Good luck to you and ol' PU in these big Ivy League games coming up.

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Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

Go Tigers Go! Good luck to you and ol' PU in these big Ivy League games coming up.

Thanks. We just had a very good game against Columbia. We must have their number or something because even though they are very good, we still beat up on them.