Will Venable is taking his demotion to AAA Portland in stride.
Chris Young did not make it out of the first inning of yesterday's start, giving up six runs on seven hits.
Only one Pac-10 team is still playing basketball this late in the year - Oregon State.
Oregon State (15-17) advanced to the semifinals of the CBI with a one point overtime victory over Vermont. Calvin Haynes' off-balance bank shot with six seconds to go was the game winner. Stanford will be Oregon State's opponent on Wednesday night in Corvallis, the fourth meeting between the two schools this season.
After the win, Beavers coach Craig Robinson answered questions about his possible interest in two open head coaching jobs and a variety of other subjects.
Kevin Anderson's up and under jumper in the paint with nine seconds left secured a two point Richmond (20-15) win over College of Charleston. Anderson finished with 21, his sixth straight 20 point game. The Spiders will host UTEP in the CBI semifinals on Wednesday.
If you missed the excitement last night, you can read the archive of the live chat we held during the games.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne was named Third Team 2009 AP Wisconsin State Boys All-State.
Chris Young gave up three runs in 4 1/3 innings yesterday for San Diego against the Royals.
Will Venable was one of seven players sent to the Padres' minor league camp. It is expected that Venable will start the season in AAA Portland.
Is college basketball in Colorado in critical condition? Joe Scott doesn't agree with CBS 4's report (video).
A 19 point, 16 rebound game for Judson Wallace as Benetton Treviso defeated GMAC Bologna, 80-77.
Oregon State has accepted a bid to host a College Basketball Invitational first round game next week. It is the Beavers' first postseason trip since 2005.
New Jersey Monthly attempts to explain the "Princeton Offense."
Chris Young is happy with the progress he's making in spring training, yet espn.com's Keith Law describes Young's last start as "awful all around."
Will Venable will start the season with AAA Portland, according to padreshome.com.
Look for updates on the site later tonight as NCAA, NIT, CBI and collegeinsider.com postseason bids are announced.
Craig Robinson was profiled on yesterday's edition of CBS Sunday Morning. Video is above.
Read about the Tigers' weekend sweep in the Daily Princetonian and the Yale Daily News.
Oregon State (13-14) led Oregon by 10 at halftime, but the Ducks' full court pressure overwhelmed the Beavers, who lost the 331st Civil War, 79-69.
Denver (14-15) dropped their regular season finale to North Texas, 73-59.
Princeton recruit Ian Hummer scored 22 points and had seven rebounds as Gonzaga advanced to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game.
Will Barrett had nine in Central Bucks South's PIAA District One Class AAAA seventh-place game loss to Lower Merion.
Many are hoping that Chris Young will have greater durability this season.
Two hits and a run batted in for Will Venable in Cactus League play.
Today's Game: Yale (12-13 / 7-4) vs. Princeton (11-12 / 6-4)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-81.
Last meeting: Yale 60 Princeton 48 - 2/13/09.
| Yale | Princeton | |
| 7-2 | Home Record | 7-6 |
| 5-11 | Away Record | 4-6 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 218 | RPI | 300 |
| 242 | Sagarin | 278 |
| 229 | Pomeroy | 253 |
| 63.4 | Points / Game | 58.5 |
| 63.6 | Points Allowed / Game | 57.3 |
| .441 | FG% | .429 |
| .655 | FT% | .739 |
| .286 | 3PT FG% | .379 |
| 34.2 | Rebounds / Game | 31.1 |
| 10.7 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 7.8 |
| 13.6 | Assists / Game | 11.2 |
| 15.4 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 3.0 | Blocks / Game | 3.2 |
| Zampier: 13.3 | Points | Davis: 12.4 |
| Morin: 6.0 | Rebounds | Finley: 4.5 |
| Pinick: 3.0 | Assists | Schroeder: 2.9 |
| Zampier: 1.6 | Steals | Mavraides: 1.1 |
| Mangano: 0.7 | Blocks | Saunders: 0.9 |
| Pinick: .533 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Buczak: .567 |
| Pinick: .835 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Maddox: .824 |
| Andrews: .343 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Schroeder: .556 |
Villanova vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
George Washington vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about last night's Princeton victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times and on brownbears.com.
It is Senior Day in Evanston, as Northwestern welcomes Iowa.
DaJuan Summers and Georgetown are at Villanova. Health permitting, princetonbasketball.com will be there covering the game.
Richmond hosts George Washington.
Princeton recruit Brendan Connolly scored 19 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as Father Ryan advanced to the Division II-AA title game.
Will Venable was one of 29 San Diego Padres to ink one year deals yesterday.
Former Princeton player Ed Persia has signed on as an Italian scout.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (12-13 / 7-4) bested Penn (4-6 / 8-16), 87-79. Harvard (12-13 / 4-7) won by nine over Columbia (11-14 / 6-5). Cornell (19-8 / 9-2) has passed a big hurdle in their attempt to repeat as Ivy champs. The Big Red defeated Dartmouth (8-17 / 6-5) in Hanover, 75-57.
Duquesne vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson is interviewed by The Quad, the New York Times' college basketball blog.
Pete Carril wasn't at the ceremony last night to induct he and Gary Walters into the Berks Basketball Hall of Fame, but his presence was still felt.
The remarkably wonky Trenton Times web site finally spit out the article on Saturday night's Columbia/Princeton game.
In a surprise to no one, Will Venable and Chris Young are both on the San Diego Padres' spring training roster. Young reports to Arizona on Friday, Venable on Monday.
Mercer (12-12) fell by three at home to Burlington.
Losers of four straight in conference play, Richmond hosts Duquesne.
Today's Game: Columbia (8-11 / 3-2) vs. Princeton (8-8 / 3-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 136-83.
Last meeting: Princeton 75 Columbia 64 - 3/7/08.
| Columbia | Princeton | |
| 5-5 | Home Record | 4-4 |
| 2-5 | Away Record | 4-4 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 282 | RPI | 260 |
| 297 | Sagarin | 243 |
| 259 | Pomeroy | 215 |
| 62.4 | Points / Game | 59.9 |
| 64.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 58.1 |
| .404 | FG% | .432 |
| .651 | FT% | .725 |
| .299 | 3PT FG% | .369 |
| 36.2 | Rebounds / Game | 32.1 |
| 11.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.4 |
| 12.0 | Assists / Game | 11.5 |
| 15.0 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 2.1 | Blocks / Game | 2.8 |
| Foley: 11.8 | Points | Davis: 13.0 |
| Miller: 7.0 | Rebounds | Buczak: 4.6 |
| Bulger: 2.6 | Assists | Buczak: 2.3 |
| Agho: 1.4 | Steals | Davis: 1.2 |
| Miller: 0.8 | Blocks | Maddox: 0.8 |
| Miller: .545 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Schroeder: .621 |
| Foley: .846 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Mavraides: .789 |
| Scott: .420 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Schroeder: .625 |
Cincinnati vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - MASN/SNY
MCCC vs. Harcum - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Iowa - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 8:30 pm ET - FSN NW/AZ
Brown vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about last night's surprising win over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Ithaca Journal and on cornellbigred.com.
Now blogging on the Eurocup web site, Judson Wallace.
Will Venable is vying for a spot in the San Diego Padres' outfield.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 23 as Central Bucks South clinched the Suburban One Continental league title. Mack Darrow had 17, but Barrington fell to Schaumburg.
Jessie Sapp and Georgetown host Cincinnati at noon.
Northwestern plays at Iowa. The Wildcats have been receiving contributions during their three game winning streak from more than just Kevin Coble and Craig Moore.
#23 Arizona State visits Oregon State.
Denver is on the road at Arkansas-Little Rock.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (5-14 / 2-3) won its second straight conference game, a 63-61 overtime devision versus Brown (6-13 / 0-5). Columbia (8-11 / 3-2) was victorious at The Palestra for the first time since 2002, defeating Penn (5-12 / 1-2) by 11. Yale (8-11 / 3-2) routed Harvard (9-10 / 1-4), 87-66.
Denver vs New Orleans - 3:30 pm ET
Happy New Year!
Will Venable hopes to be the Padres' everyday center fielder in 2009.
Northwestern (8-3) had an 11 point second half lead and was controlling yesterday's game at Penn State. Then Big Ten leading scorer Talor Battle got hot, going off for 19 second half points as the Nittany Lions held off the Wildcats, 61-57.
Richmond (7-6) was up seven with three minutes to play, but VMI rallied for the 73-70 victory.
Winners of five straight at home, Denver looks to end a 36 game road losing streak at New Orleans.
Princeton's next opponent, UNC Greensboro, lost 75-53 to Akron yesterday afternoon. The Spartans are 1-9 heading into Saturday's game at Jadwin Gym.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-6) outgunned Quinnipiac, 73-70. Harvard (6-6) fell 67-54 at William & Mary.
Savannah State vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET
Judson Wallace had a near-"triple double" over the weekend, scoring 18 points, grabbing 13 boards and handing out nine assists as Benetton Treviso defeated Scavolini Spar Pesaro, 103-97.
Staying in Italy for a moment, Mason Rocca tallied seven points and snatched eight rebounds in Armani Jeans Milano's 85-78 decision over Snaidero Udine.
The Daily Princetonian talks to Nick Lake about Princeton's loss to St. Bonaventure.
For a different viewpoint pertaining to Saturday night's game, there's the BonaBlog.
Georgetown hosts Savannah State tonight.
Where in the world is Will Venable? Playing for Cibao in the Dominican-Puerto Rican Interleague. Venable, who is hitting .292 this winter, was 1-5 with a run scored on Saturday as Gigantes topped Carolina 4-2.
Will Venable was 0-4 at the plate in the Padres' final game of the year, a 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh.
Venable's final stats:
28 games. 110 at-bats. 16 runs. 29 hits.
4 doubles. 2 triples. 2 home runs. 10 RBIs.
13 BBs. 21 strikeouts.
.339 OBP / .391 SLG / .264 AVG
C. Young (7-6) - 6.0 IP 5 H 1 ER 0 BB 5 K 3.96 ERA. 98 pitches, 64 strikes.
Chris Young finished his season with a victory over Pittsburgh. Young improved to 4-0 with a 1.51 ERA against the team that drafted him.
Will Venable was one of Padres manager Bud Black's "pleasant surprises" in 2008.
The New York Times reports that Harvard coach Tommy Amaker has cut five returning players from the Crimson roster.
Chris Young pitches for the final time this season as San Diego hosts Pittsburgh at 10:05 pm ET.
Will Venable was 2-4 at the plate in the Padres' 6-3 loss to the Pirates last night.
Three well-regarded prospects are reportedly making unofficial visits to Princeton this weekend.
When Blake Wilson left Princeton in late 2006, he was quoted that he would try and walk on at Saint Joseph's after sitting out a year. To update that story, Wilson is not on the 2008-09 Hawks roster.
