May 8, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Chris Young, Fairfield, Geoff Petrie, John Rogers, Judson Wallace, Pete Carril, Today's News
The big news from yesterday was the Ivy League's announcement that NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) would be carrying between six and 10 men's basketball games in 2012-13 and 2013-14. As Soft Pretzel Logic states, these broadcasts can include non-conference matchups.
In addition, Princeton's separate agreement with the ESPN family of networks, which seems to always mean two Ivy contests at Jadwin Gym are broadcast nationally, remains in effect and continues beyond this two year deal with NBC Sports Network.
Whether that means fewer Princeton games will be part of this new package or that you'll see more Tiger action than ever before with greater ease remains to be seen.
This new partnership also includes Ivy League football and men's lacrosse games.
John Rogers recommends some "great stocks for sports lovers."
More blogging by Judson Wallace as FC Barcelona preps for the Euroleague Final Four.
Chris Young is scheduled to make his first rehab start on Thursday with the Mets' Class A-Advanced affiliate in St. Lucie.
If the Portland Trail Blazers call about their open General Manager position, the Sacramento Bee feels Geoff Petrie should listen.
Bill Bradley shares his concerns about the influence of money in politics.
On this day in 1967, Pete Carril was hired at Princeton.
Sydney Johnson feels Tony Newsom is "ready to be a head coach." Will Brown agree?
I was shocked to read late last night that Don Gowan, head coach at the Canterbury School, died suddenly. He was only 38. Gowan coached Princeton recruit Edo Lawrence and I enjoyed talking with him and exchanging emails for multiple pieces this past season. My condolences to his friends, family and colleagues.
May 4, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News
Georgetown will face Texas on December 4th at Madison Square Garden in one half of the Jimmy V Classic doubleheader.
Take an early look at the Ivy League for 2013 using Value Add. Ian Hummer also projects nicely among all “Low-Major” returnees.
Jadwin Gym has provided Princeton with one of the 50 best current overall home court records in Division I.
A tour of the minor leagues for Chris Young will wait.
There's a real good Grantland piece on how Roy Hibbert avoided becoming a stiff.
Fairfield has published an official press release on the hiring of Kyle Koncz.
Chris Mooney and Richmond welcome Butler to the Atlantic 10 conference.
Brown's search for their next basketball coach has apparently been narrowed to nine names, including a few familiar faces.
May 2, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Brian Taylor, Chris Young, Fairfield, Georgetown, Pete Carril, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith, Today's News
There is a magazine profile of Pete Carril you can read the first portion of sans subscription.
Brian Taylor has been named the Executive Director of Teleos Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona.
Vote for Princeton's NCAA Tournament victory over UCLA to represent New Jersey in ESPN's Great State Debate.
If there are no setbacks along the way, Chris Young could rejoin the Mets' rotation later this month.
A lengthy end of season Q&A with Fairfield coach Sydney Johnson ran in the Connecticut Post. Click through to read part one, part two and part three.
Kevin Broadus has been promoted to the position of assistant coach at Georgetown.
Stephen Goldsmith is the subject of a story in his school's newspaper!
Here is the apparent short list for Brown's next basketball coach.
April 27, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Howie Levy, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Next season's Northwestern team got a whole lot bigger with the official signing of a 7'0" center from Romania plus a one year forward transfer via Louisville.
Former Tiger captain Al Dufty is remembered.
More on this offseason's hot topic, a possible Ivy League basketball tournament. The most interesting bit of information to me in this piece is who drafted the proposal, which I had not seen reported previously.
Will Venable is ready for his steady approach to pay off.
A tribute to former Mercer County Community College coach Howie Landa is planned for mid-September, including the creation of the Howie Landa Fund. I know this is something current Vikings coach Howie Levy has been closely involved with for a while now.
So much for the Jerome Allen to SMU rumor. Illinois State's Tim Jankovich was hired as the Mustangs' coach-in-waiting.
April 23, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Judson Wallace, Princeton, Today's News
Bill Bradley will open a tour for his new book "We Can All Do Better" with a public talk at Princeton on May 9th.
FC Barcelona is in the Euroleague Final Four and Judson Wallace is blogging again.
There are three returning Princeton Tigers in the top 350 of a value add list of 2012-13's projected best 2,000 players.
The next stop for Chris Young is likely the Florida State League.
A USC point guard is transferring to Penn.
April 21, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
I am sorry to report the passing of Al Dufty '72.
Dufty was a three time letter winner at Princeton, captain of the 1971-72 team and recipient of the B. F. Bunn award following his final campaign.
He averaged 10.8 points as a senior on a 20-7 Tiger squad.
A memorial service will be held on Friday in Idaho, where he was associate dean of the Graduate College at Boise State.
My condolences to his family, friends and former teammates.
Here is a report on the year-ending Georgetown basketball banquet.
You can vote for Will Venable to make the 2012 All-Star Game if you so choose.
April 20, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Butch van Breda Kolff, Chris Young, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News
Hard to believe but today marks one year on the job at Princeton for Mitch Henderson.
The Daily Princetonian talks with Columbia coach Kyle Smith about a possible Ivy League tournament.
There's a long, wide-ranging piece about Princeton basketball on the Slam site.
Pete Carril is out west visiting the Sacramento Kings this week.
A number of 1960s Princeton basketball wire photos from the Baltimore Sun archives are up on eBay. This shot of Bill Bradley and Butch van Breda Kolff is worth bidding on, as are several others.
Chris Young threw a pair of live batting practice sessions as part of his recovery.
Finally, there's a report Jerome Allen could leave Penn to become "coach in waiting" under Larry Brown at SMU. We shall see.
April 17, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Mason Rocca, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
Following up on the Harvard Crimson report from before the weekend, the Daily Princetonian polled several current and former Princeton players (as well as select luminaries from other Ivy programs) about a possible conference tournament.
Perhaps more importantly, Soft Pretzel Logic uncovered a serious error in the initial article. The current proposal would eliminate one non-conference game, not one of the 14 meetings between Ivy foes as was originally stated.
Jonathan Tannenwald also has added a quote from Penn AD Steve Bilsky since this piece was originally published.
Mason Rocca spoke on behalf of Olimpia Milano during the National Day to Combat Thrombosis.
Seems like a long shot given the sheer volume of other schools interested but a forward from Newark has the Tigers on his extensive list of suitors.
A sixth freshman-to-be has committed to play for Sydney Johnson at Fairfield.
April 14, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Martin Bahar was promoted from Director of Basketball Operations to assistant coach at Fairfield.
A while ago there was some discussion about a big man from South Dakota who apparently was getting a look from Princeton. You can see where he eventually signed here.
Following nine consecutive San Diego strikeouts, Will Venable hit his first home run of the season.
Georgetown's Jason Clark and Henry Sims plus Ivy Leaguers Keith Wright and Greg Mangano were all in the starting lineup of a Portsmouth Invitational semifinal game.
April 13, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Taylor, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Today's News, Will Venable
Uh, the 13 Game Tournament? An apparent proposal for a four team Ivy League conference tourney would potentially eliminate one traditional tilt.
Princeton basketball made it to the Final Four of the school's campus-wide dodgeball tournament.
Here's a site that shows how the Tigers would have defeated most other Division I schools last season (including national champion Kentucky) using the transitive property.
The family of the late Bill Haarlow '63 was honored by the Les Turner ALS Foundation.
A Louisville forward will transfer to Northwestern for his final year of eligibility.
The son of Brian Taylor signed to play basketball in the Pac-12.
Navy's leading scorer is transferring to Richmond.
Oregon State junior Jared Cunningham declared for the NBA Draft.
Fairfield picked up a commitment from a New York City guard.
Did you know the article about Ozzie Guillen that got the Marlins manager suspended was written by Sean Gregory?
Will Venable is focused on effective base running. Here's the picture of Venable with a dolphin you never knew you always wanted.
Could the big programs really push small schools out of the NCAA Tournament?
April 5, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
While it has been seriously slow in the news department, this piece by my friend Tom Scharpling for The Classical re-imagining every 2012 NCAA Tournament coach (including John Thompson III) as a movie villain was too excellent to not share.
I was saddened and surprised to read in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly about the passing of Gib Kirwin '58. A supporter of this site and a contributor to the listerv that preceded it, I was always glad to hear from him. My condolences to his family and friends.
If you play MLB 2K12 and want to add a Will Venable cyberface, this creepy link should do the trick. The real life Venable finished spring training batting .349 with nine stolen bases.
Jimmy Tillette, who was "the first outsider to infiltrate Princeton's inner circle [of coaches]" per this 2003 Sports Illustrated feature and then served as the head coach at Samford for 15 seasons, was fired.
Both Northwestern's John Shurna and Georgetown's Henry Sims had good accountings of themselves at the Reese's College All-Star Game in New Orleans.
Freshman Adam Jones is leaving Fairfield.
Oh, and Pitt won the CBI by beating Washington State in the decisive game three of their finals series.
March 30, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Northwestern, Today's News
It was a lot of fun to watch Northwestern's John Shurna win both the Hampton Hotels Men's 3-Point Contest and the Pure Protein Battle of the Champions at the Final Four in New Orleans last night.
Shurna, who said beforehand he had never shot off a rack before, knocked down his final seven shots to claim his gender's title by one point and then facing off versus USC's Ashley Corral put up an unbeatable score of 24.
Highlights can be found here.
A Notre Dame wing whom Mitch Henderson originally tried to recruit to Evanston is transferring and NU may have interest.
Chris Young says his recovery has been a smooth one so far.
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