Chris Denorfia and Will Venable have formed a potent right field platoon for the Padres.
Chris Young was among the Mets who met with families from Tuesday’s Children prior to Tuesday's game.
The Boston Herald is reporting that Harvard point guard Brandyn Curry will also miss the 2012-13 season. Andy Katz has more on how the situation in Cambridge will effect the Crimson on the court.
Will Venable drove in three for San Diego in yesterday's victory over St. Louis. The Padres have won 14 of their last 18 games.
The landscape of both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 Ivy League men's basketball seasons have potentially changed significantly with the news that Harvard co-captain and top returning scorer Kyle Casey will withdraw from school for a year after being embroiled in an academic cheating scandal. Fellow co-captain Brandyn Curry has also been implicated but has yet to make a decision on his future.
C. Young (4-7) - 6.0 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 BB 7 K 4.39 ERA. 97 pitches, 56 strikes.
Chris Young still hasn't won a game at Citi Field this season, but he pitched well versus Atlanta yesterday. However the Braves yet again trumped Young's Mets, this time in 10 innings.
Congratulations Mitch Henderson, you're the 152nd most-followed Division I head coach on Twitter.
The ESPN profile for Princeton recruit Steven Cook has been updated.
Craig Robinson discusses balancing basketball and politics.
I believe I missed this piece on Dave Blatt the first time through.
Four players found double figures once again for the orange and black, and Will Barrett had his second straight double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lone starting guard Chris Clement scored 18 without a turnover.
The Tigers, who were outpaced 27-17 in the first quarter, shot 4-25 from three point range, just 1-12 after intermission. I'll look more at the estadísticas de Espana in a separate post. In the meantime, a single play from the game is embedded below.
Former Princeton and current Fairfield assistant coach Martin Bahar is raising money for the 2012 Light The Night walk, which supports The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Bahar's sister Madeleine suffered from plasma cell leukemia and passed away in 2009 at the age of 25. You can show your support for Maddie's team (and possibly even take them over their fundraising goal) by following this link.
Princeton's third game in Spain was a 94-72 loss to Lucentum Alicante. You can see a full box score here. The Tigers were outscored in all four quarters.
Four players found double figures for the orange and black, including Will Barrett with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
The hosts shot 56.5% from the floor and knocked down 13 three pointers. Lucentum Blogging gathered some more information about the game, which I've translated.
Tomorrow Princeton plays its final contest overseas versus Club Melilla Baloncesto of LEB Oro.
Wisconsin forward Luke Worthington opted for BYU over fellow finalists Davidson, Princeton and Penn.
Inside Northwestern has an excellent interview with Bill Carmody.
Craig Robinson made an appearance on stage at the Democratic National Convention last night.
A familiar name has been added to the Oregon State roster.
Princeton basketball announcer John Sadak also calls games for the Wilmington Blue Rocks and was named 2012 Carolina League Broadcaster.
Brown and Harvard have released their schedules with the latter revealing (not to any great surprise) that the Crimson's visit to Jadwin will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Princeton won their second game in Spain, 66-61 over C.B. Prat. You can see a full box score here. Ian Hummer again led the Tigers, this time with 20 points and seven rebounds. Brendan Connolly added 12 and Will Barrett tallied seven plus a game-best 13 boards.
As he has already done twice so far in games stateside, Mack Darrow's two free throws during the final seconds secured Princeton the victory.
Also of note, 10 points for Chris Clement starting a second straight time at guard and nine for sophomore big Bobby Garbade off the bench.
Princeton won despite shooting 1-9 from three point range and 11-22 on free throws. Turnovers were down considerably from game one against Manresa.
Next on the docket is Tuesday's contest versus LEB Oro squad CB Lucentum Alicante. I believe Darryl Middleton, who at 46 years of age is older than the combined age of any two current Tigers of your choosing, is on this team's roster.
Back home the Mets scored five runs before Chris Young (4-7) had thrown his first pitch versus Florida and the former two sport Princeton standout pitched five innings of five hit, one run baseball as New York won 5-1. Will Venable (video) also slugged his ninth home run of the season.
Finally, a forthcoming book on the Sacramento Kings touches upon Pete Carril and Princeton's 1996 NCAA victory over UCLA.
The Tigers led 26-24 after a fast-paced first quarter, but were outscored 18-10 and 19-15 in the following two stanzas, even with their hosts 15-15 over the final 10 minutes.
Ian Hummer reportedly played quite well tallying 21 points and six rebounds, recording a game-best value of 23. Will Barrett had 13 puntos and seven rebotes, but also committed seven of the Tigers' 25 turnovers.
Neither T.J. Bray or Jimmy Sherburne saw the floor for Princeton so guard duty was handled by Clay Wilson (3), Chris Clement (5) and Denton Koon (6).
Tomorrow afternoon in Spain the Tigers will face C.B. Prat from the country's LEB Plata.
The ACB and PDR sites have more on the game, with both articles already translated for your convenience. CollegeBasketballTalk adds some thoughts as well.
Pete Carril is interviewed at length about how the "Princeton Offense" might work for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Princeton es en Espana, with Los Tigres' first game coming tomorrow versus Assignia Manresa of Liga ACB, who went 15-19 last season in their country's top division.
Before the team departed, T.J. Bray and head coach Mitch Henderson spoke to the Town Topics.
Northwestern's already big (numerically and vertically) freshman class got even bigger with the late addition of 6'10" Aaron Liberman.
Georgetown players and coaches spent a day volunteering at So Others Might Eat.
The Patriot League has stayed aggressive during conference realignment, adding Loyola (Md.) for next season and beyond.
Before recording an out last night Chris Young surrendered two walks, hit a batter and then gave up a grand slam. Young would settle in, allowing five earned runs on four hits in 4.1 frames of work. The Mets rallied and bested Philadelphia 9-5 in 10 innings.
Will Venable continues to streak, hitting .389 in his last 10 games.
The Trenton Times has more on Princeton's trip to Spain.
Above, Mitch Henderson answers a few questions in advance of Princeton's trip to Spain.
Speaking of the Tigers' overseas trip, the special uniforms the team will be wearing are very sharp.
Oregon State is already having success in Europe, where the Beavers are 3-0.
Here are conference-by-conference, school-by-school results for ESPN's 50 in 50 series. After Penn and Princeton, another Ivy program doesn't appear for the next 229 positions.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III will speak at Coaches 4 Character on September 17 in Greenville, SC.
I was flattered that my awkward personal interaction with Rick Majerus from 2005 would get referenced in Sports Illustrated. Read the original one act play here!
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
