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Wednesday News:

Chris Young will throw a bullpen session before today's Padres game.

The Trentonian has a piece on tonight's Derek's Dreams event.

Georgetown assistant Mike Brennan was up in the Boston area to look at a 6'8" sophomore center/forward.

You must sign up to listen, but Craig Robinson was a guest on Jim Rome's radio show yesterday.



Tuesday News:

A benefit for Derek's Dreams is being held on Wednesday night at Nanina’s in Belleville. There will be silent auction items provided by John Thompson III, Armond Hill, Pete Carril, Bill Bradley, Joe Scott and more.

The Trenton Times ran an article about Howie Levy's involvement with Derek DiGregorio's family and his work helping put on this gala.

You can walk alongside the Georgetown basketball coach and Troop Thompson at the 2010 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, DC on May 1st.

Will the shoulder of Chris Young be ok? At this point, nobody is sure.

Will Venable (video) hit a sacrifice fly that scored a run as San Diego won its fourth straight, 3-2 over San Francisco.

Richmond junior guard and Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Kevin Anderson has put his name in for the NBA draft, but will not hire an agent.

There's a short Craig Robinson Q&A in the Chicago Tribune.

Hoopdirt mentions some potential names in the Columbia coaching search.



Craig Robinson on The Today Show.

The "A Game of Character" book tour begins.

I'll have my own review and interview up later this month, but in the meantime, you can order a copy of Robinson's worthwhile read here.



Thursday News:

Dick "Hoops" Weiss of the New York Daily News is reporting that Columbia coach Joe Jones will step down to become an assistant at Boston College. The Columbia Spectator says this is just speculation.

Penn assistant John Gallagher is confirmed as leaving Philadelphia to join Steve Donahue's staff.

Chris Mooney was a guest on Inbounds with Mac McDonald on Tuesday. Listen to hear what he had to say.

Bill Reynolds at the Providence Journal reviews Craig Robinson's book.

College Insider has a 65 slot bracket to determine America's Best Dressed Coach. Sydney Johnson is a seven seed in the East. John Thompson III and Chris Mooney are also in the running.

There's a Princeton Alumni Weekly story on the Tigers' season finale against Penn.

Do you remember how, on the eve of his first game as a head coach, Sydney Johnson gave a lecture entitled "The Challenge of Adding to the Legacy of Princeton Basketball"? You can stream this talk in its entirety here. There is also video available on this page from a talk by one of the team's Academic Fellows, Hal Feiveson.



Tuesday News:

Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports just reported that according to multiple sources Steve Donahue will be the next head coach at Boston College.

Chris Young makes his first start of the year for San Diego tonight at 9:40 pm ET in Arizona. Yesterday, in the Padres' season opener, Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate.

There's a MLB Extra Innings free preview happening through April 11th, so you should be able to watch this game gratis on your cable system.

Chris Mooney talks about what led him to take his name out of the BC coaching search.

The schedule arranged for Craig Robinson in April is exhausting. He'll be a guest with everyone from Stephen Colbert to Larry King to Jimmy Kimmel promoting his book.

Denver coach Joe Scott was a guest on ESPN Radio 1600 yesterday previewing the Butler/Duke game.

Alexander Wolff writes about the true reason behind NCAA Tournament expansion.



1982 Princeton program.

I pride myself on many things, one of which is my status as "king of the $0.99 eBay purchase." Here's the latest find, a program from Princeton's game against Penn at Jadwin Gym in the 1981-82 season.

Highlights from this 46 page booklet are scanned after the jump. Click on any image to enlarge.

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Thursday News:

Dayton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Washington State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Northwestern (19-11) set a school record for wins in a season with a 72-49 decision over Chicago State.

The Mercer web site has a piece about the Vikings' Region XIX tournament victory.

Richmond hosts Dayton on Senior Night.

Oregon State welcomes Washington State to Corvallis.

Beavers head coach Craig Robinson did a Q&A with The Oregonian about his contract extension.

Georgetown's Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes.

There's a video interview with Will Venable on mlb.com.

Fellow Padre Chris Young is eager for today's start.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is four points away from becoming Catholic Memorial's all-time leading scorer. The Crusaders beat Fort Atkinson 96-35 in the Division 2 regional quarterfinals.

Bray, Ben Hazel and Daniel Edwards all show up in the Hoop Scoop rankings of the nation's top 750 seniors.

Princeton moves up to fourth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.



Wednesday News:

Chicago State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com

Craig Robinson has signed a two year extension at Oregon State through the 2015-16 season.

Read this piece from The Oregonian on Beavers freshman forward Joe Burton.

The Trenton Times has more on last night's Mercer win.

Northwestern plays their regular season home finale against Chicago State tonight. Before the game senior Jeremy Nash will be honored.

Denver's Nate Rohnert was named to the 2009-10 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team.



Thursday News:

Iowa vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Denver vs. South Alabama - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. UCLA - 11:00 pm ET - FSN

Northwestern hosts Iowa. The Wildcats' bubble may have burst, but the future looks bright.

South Alabama welcomes Denver.

Oregon State travels to UCLA. Talking about the postseason, Beavers coach Craig Robinson says Pete Carril turned down multiple NIT bids when he was at Princeton. Anyone know how true this is?

Richmond is an underdog no more.

Princeton assistant Tony Newsom was in Tennessee to watch a senior post player who was subsequently named a finalist for the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Division II-A Mr. Basketball.

Taken with 50,435,333,253,672,119,000,000 grains of salt: Blogging The Bracket projects Princeton will participate in this year's CollegeInsider.com Tournament.



Sunday News:

Georgetown vs. Rutgers - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's battle versus Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Cornell Daily Sun, in the Press & Sun-Bulletin and on cornellbigred.com.

A Bleacher Report writer calls last night "a game for the ages."

Richmond (20-6) outscored St. Bonaventure by 20 in the second half of a 68-49 decision.

Uros Kovacevic had 21 points and four assists as Mercer (16-11) won their sixth in a row, 73-62 over Del Tech Stanton.

Oregon State (11-13) was victorious at Arizona for the first time in 27 years.

Despite a New York Times report to the contrary, Beaver coach Craig Robinson denies that a representative of his has approached DePaul about their head coaching position.

Denver (14-11) played well on the road but fell 64-59 at North Texas.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 25 points as Catholic Memorial clipped Milwaukee Pius, 60-48.

Newman Smith won versus Highland Park, 46-39. Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 18 points and eight rebounds in defeat.

The Reading Eagle has named Pete Carril one of Berks County's four most famous sports figures.

Georgetown visits a Rutgers team that has won three of four. Look for full coverage on the site after this game.

Minnesota plays at Northwestern.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (17-5 / 6-2) tied the school record for road wins in a season, winning 81-67 at Brown (8-17 / 2-6). Niko Scott scored a career high 29 as Columbia (9-13 / 3-5) won at Penn (4-16 / 3-3). Yale (10-15 / 4-4) held Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-8) to 18.8% shooting in the second half, rallying for the 69-56 triumph.



Craig Robinson on Good Morning America.

Robin Roberts profiles Oregon State's head coach.



1981 Ohio State/Princeton box score.

When Barack Obama stopped by the CBS broadcast booth to join Clark Kellogg and Verne Lundquist during Saturday's Duke/Georgetown game, Kellogg and the President joked about a 1981 meeting between Ohio State and a Princeton team led by Craig Robinson.

This contest, played at Madison Square Garden, ended with Kellogg's Buckeyes on top by four.

TigerBlog has more on the match-up and the Princeton Athletic Department was nice enough to scan a box score, which is pictured above.

When the two teams met the prior season (a 72-46 OSU romp in Columbus), Robinson had 15 points and eight boards while Kellogg scored 13 and grabbed six.

Click to enlarge.



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