There will be a Princeton representative in the 2009 NCAA Tournament after all.
Congratulations to former Tiger guard/coach Mike Brennan '94, who is heading to the big dance for the second straight season as an assistant coach at American University.
The Eagles, who were the regular season Patriot League champions, defeated Holy Cross 73-57 this afternoon in the finals of the Patriot League Tournament to grab the conference's automatic bid.
Fox Sports reports that former Princeton and current American assistant Mike Brennan is one of four finalists for the head coaching position at Brown.
Chris Young faces St. Louis tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
Will Venable is profiled by the San Diego Union Tribune.
Georgetown (28-6) clinically disposed of UMBC, 66-47.
Highlights above. Press conference below.
American (21-12) stayed right with Tennessee for 35 minutes before the Volunteers pulled away, using a 22-8 run that concluded the 72-57 first round loss for the Eagles.
Sports Illustrated has opened a vault of classic articles to coincide with March Madness. Here's a 1965 Frank Deford piece on Bill Bradley.
American vs. Tennessee - 12:15 pm ET - CBS
UMBC vs. Georgetown - 3:00 pm ET - CBS
Georgetown faces UMBC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this afternoon. The Hoya seniors are comfortable with their position as one of the top seeds.
American has its work cut out against Tennessee. The Princeton Packet caught up with Mike Brennan about the Eagles' success this season.
Princeton recruit John Comfort was named 2008 All-Area.
Cornell (22-6) was no match for Stanford, falling behind by 36 in a 77-53 loss.
Midwest region - Friday in Raleigh, NC
(15) UMBC vs. (2) Georgetown - approx. 3:00 pm ET
East region - Friday in Birmingham, AL
(15) American vs. (2) Tennessee - 12:15 pm ET
South region - Thursday in Anaheim, CA
(14) Cornell vs. (3) Stanford - approx. 5:00 pm ET
Full bracket available here (.pdf).
Pittsburgh vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN
Congratulations to Mike Brennan, who is headed back to the NCAA Tournament as an assistant coach at American. The Eagles defeated Colgate to sew up their first-ever appearance in the big dance.
Roy Hibbert and Georgetown (27-4) beat West Virginia 72-55 in the Big East Tournament semifinals. Bob Ryan describes the game in five words - The Big Fella showed up. Luke Winn of Sports Illustrated also has some good quotes.
The 70th straight year without a NCAA appearance for Northwestern.
Stories on yesterday's Princeton / Yale game can be found on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press and on goyalebulldogs.com.
The article everyone will be discussing this week is the New York Times report about Harvard's questionable recruiting tactics. Add your thoughts in the comments.
Congratulations to former Princeton assistant Mike Brennan! In his first year at American University, the Eagles won the regular season Patriot League title and will have home court advantage in their conference tournament.
Will Venable scored the game-winning run in San Diego's 11-10 victory over Seattle.
Princeton recruit John Comfort hit four three point shots, but Fenwick fell 51-38 to OPRF in the Oak Park Boys Basketball Regional Championship.
Georgetown (24-4) stayed on top of the Big East, defeating Marquette in overtime, 70-68. The Hoyas are 8-0 in games decided by three points or less over the last two seasons.
Umass made 10 three point shots and Richmond (15-12) lost to the Minutemen, 78-74.
Denver (11-18) dropped its final game of the regular season, 58-51 at Louisiana-Lafayette.
Northwestern (8-19) was no match for Purdue, 68-43
Around the Ivy League: Congratulations to Cornell (20-5 / 12-0), who clinched the league title with an easy 86-53 win over Harvard (8-20 / 3-9). The Big Red ended 20 years of Penn / Princeton dominance and are the first team to advance to the NCAA tournament. Brown (17-9 / 9-3) matched a school record for victories and handed Penn (11-17 / 6-5) its worst-ever loss in Ivy play, 75-43. Dartmouth (10-16 / 3-9) surprised Columbia (14-13 / 7-5) on Senior Night, 63-48.
Former Princeton assistant coach Mike Brennan was officially named a member of the coaching staff at American University today. Brennan leaves Princeton after seven seasons as an assistant coach.
