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YouTube potpourri XCV.

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Judson Wallace celebrates 100 games with FC Barcelona and looks back on his time as a Tiger.

Eight additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.

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Wednesday News:

Will Venable hit his first home run of the season (video) and added a bases loaded triple (video) as San Diego won their home opener over Los Angeles.

Prior to Wichita State's appearance in the Final Four last weekend, Bill Bradley spoke about the 58 points he scored the previous time the Shockers advanced so far.

Big Apple Buckets talked with a candid Sydney Johnson about Fairfield's up and down season.

John Thompson III is just one of the countless people in Jeff Green's corner.



Saturday News:

Bill Bradley was selected as one the top 15 All-Time March Madness Players by the NCAA.

After looking for a major league deal elsewhere, Chris Young rejoined Washington for an incentive-laden minor league agreement.

A piece on Michigan head coach John Beilein has several quotes from Richmond coach Chris Mooney.

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso was awarded First Team All-Mercury News status.

Fairfield has already named their captain for next season.

The first transfer list of 2013 includes one Ivy League name.



Hoop Scoop's 2013 College Coach Rankings.

Hoop Scoop's annual College Coach Rankings are in the latest issue of Basketball Times. Familiar names of note from various categories after the jump.

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Wednesday News:

Big Apple Buckets ranks the desirability of the eight Ivy League coaching jobs.

A stroll down NCAA Tournament memory lane stops to talk with Bill Bradley.

Not a shock given the size of Princeton's 2013 recruiting class, but a west coast big man who had once seen interest from the Tigers will officially walk on at Stanford.

Fairfield forward Keith Matthews is transferring.



Tuesday News:

Ian Hummer is one of 40 players to earn Honorable Mention AP All-American status.

Hummer is also on the Big Apple Buckets All-MET squad's first team.

Kareem Maddox returned from an injury with another double-double.

The Washington Nationals remain in contact with Chris Young.

Somehow I missed this piece from before the start of the NCAA Tournament that talked with Will Venable about his experience.



The (fearsome and mammoth) "Next Year" thread.

The NCAA Tournament is winding down and new site content is accordingly slowing to a measured pace.

This strikes me as a perfect time to open the FEARSOME and MAMMOTH "Next Year" thread.

Princeton will return five of their top six leading scorers from 2012-13 including four starters and a pair of All-Ivy selections in T.J. Bray (second team) and Denton Koon (honorable mention). They also retain the services of Division I's top three point shooter, Will Barrett.

Gone is the Ivy League's Player of the Year, Ian Hummer. With the additional losses of Mack Darrow and Brendan Connolly the Tigers go from a front court-focused squad to one with a greater back court balance.

Added to the roster for the coming campaign are six recruits (read about them all here) plus a trio of scheduled returning upperclassmen in Jimmy Sherburne, Ben Hazel and Daniel Edwards. There's also the 7'2" Edo Lawrence, who was lost most of his freshman campaign due to various issues.

Harvard will be formidable. The league as a whole should be stronger from top to bottom than it was one season previous.

Expectations?

Anticipations?

Theories?

Hopes?

Requirements?

Concerns?

Regressions?

Transformations?

Discuss it all in the comments!



Saturday News:

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso was named the Daily News' Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Yesterday I posted about Luke Owings and his involvement with the Fullbridge Program. Owings adds that "Anyone who wants to learn more about the company or about the coaching role, please reach out to me. I'm always looking to contract out coaches and I can't imagine a richer network for that than the Princeton basketball one."

The Chicago Tribune writes that a Deerfield High School guard's senior season was "a precursor to his involvement in college basketball, which will begin at either Harvard, Princeton or La Salle." I'm not sure what that wording means.



Friday News:

While it doesn't directly tie to basketball, I still wanted to acknowledge the death of Rabbi Jim Diamond, who was killed yesterday in a bizarre accident.

I knew Rabbi Diamond as a fellow WPRB DJ, through his friendship with my parents and from interviewing him about the late Marvin Bressler two years ago.

(He described Marvin perfectly with the line "He was a profound and responsible skeptic.")

Diamond was also Professor Bressler's choice to lead his funeral ceremony and it was Diamond who permitted the beautiful gesture of Bressler being buried with a basketball to occur.

Rabbi Diamond was a friend to many at Princeton and a kind, funny man. My condolences.

A funeral is scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 pm ET at the Jewish Center in Princeton.

Luke Owings is part of a piece about the Fullbridge Program.

Princeton over UCLA makes a Sports Illustrated list of biggest NCAA Tournament upsets.



Thursday News:

Is Georgetown actually the victim of The Curse of Kit Mueller?!

Northwestern made it official, hiring Duke assistant Chris Collins to replace Bill Carmody as the Wildcats' new head coach.

Princeton assistant Dan Geriot advanced to the second round of the Fashionable 4's assistant coach bracket.

Check out the Tigers' Chris Clement with a brief commentary at the 73 minute mark of yesterday's GameChangersLive.



Wednesday News:

Ian Hummer was named First Team All-District 13 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

As expected, the Nationals gave Chris Young his release yesterday. It sounds like a good number of other teams are interested in Young's services but the Mets apparently are not one of them.



Tuesday News:

Will Barrett is among the Princeton players talking about getting back to work after the conclusion of the season.

In a game with 15 ties and 16 lead changes, Richmond (19-15) lost 57-51 at Wright State in the CBI quarterfinals.

Following four effective innings in his final spring training start, it appears Chris Young will opt out of his minor league deal with the Washington Nationals.

Thomas Boswell has ideas on how to reverse Georgetown's recent postseason misfortunes.

Did you know that as a senior Ian Hummer was one of 15 players nationally raked in the Top 50 for usage who also had an offensive rating greater than 109.5?

Researching when the last time was an All-State player from New Jersey was heading to play basketball at Princeton, I came across this 1995 article about the toughening of Brian Earl during practice before the start of his freshman campaign.



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