Looking ahead

• As a result of this evening's loss, the Tigers will play the loser -- rather than the winner -- of tonight's matchup between Ohio State and the Virginia Military Institute. The game will be played at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday), and "Dispatches from the sidelines" will again be there to bring you all the action live.
• Ohio State, the host of the BCA Classic, is the 4th ranked team in Division I, according to the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. With eight minutes, 32 seconds to go in the first half, the Buckeyes lead VMI 29-22. Unlike Princeton's game earlier this evening, this game is being watched by a nearly full arena of spectators. Among them are Tiger head coach Joe Scott '87 and a team of his assistants, who are scouting their two potential opponents for tomorrow.
• Both Ohio State and VMI players have their names printed on the back of their jerseys. Princeton showed off their new Nike jerseys in game action for the first time this evening and -- because of the collective buzz-cutting of the freshman class prior to tip-off -- some some stitched-on surnames might have been useful for identification purposes.
• Freshman guard Marcus Schroeder revealed after the loss that Scott personally asked him and classmate Gunn to tidy up their once-shaggy heads of hair. As a result, the entire freshman class decided that a trip to the barbershop would be in order.