A slumping Will Venable was demoted to AAA Tucson to improve his technique.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade was on the Seton Catholic Central golf team that captured the Section 4 Class C title.
Here's audio of a recent interview with Craig Robinson on Minnesota's WCCO.
Scott Greenman has been promoted at Georgetown. He is now the Hoyas' Director of Basketball Operations. Greenman also popped up on Twitter, so I've added him to our updated list of current and former Princeton players working with 140 characters or less.
The Town Topics talked to Noah Savage about the marathon he is running in June.
Craig Robinson continues to make the talk show rounds, including an appearance on the Mike Wise Show (audio). Robinson's Oregon State team will play at the Meadowlands in early November for the championship portion of the Legends Classic.
Later that same month Northwestern will visit Georgia Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Bill Carmody announced today that Tavaras Hardy is now the Wildcats' associate head coach.
Mitch Henderson is keeping the Princeton pipeline flowing.
Future Tiger Denton Koon was honored with the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion's Top Performer Award.
Dan Mavraides told the Hellenic Voice about his tattoo.
The Robbinsville Lacrosse Association will dedicate a field in the memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski tomorrow.
Congratulations Ian Hummer. According to Cracked Sidewalks you're the 252nd most valuable returning player in college basketball.
INC. interviews Craig Robinson.
Sydney Johnson sent a letter to friends of the Fairfield basketball program.
Here's the official press release on the hiring of Marcus Jenkins at Princeton.
Gary Walters continues to assert his touch on the athletic department.
A 29th round selection in the 1994 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Mitch Henderson will be on the field of the team that selected him this evening. The Yankees will recognize 10 collegiate coaches connected to Coaches vs. Cancer at home plate before New York and Kansas City play. Henderson is among those expected to attend the ceremony.
Stephen Goldsmith unexpectedly ran into a familiar face who now has some time on his hands at Hoagie Haven yesterday afternoon.
It is not a great shock what the Daily Princetonian has selected as their game of the year.
Craig Robinson will be part of a panel discussion on May 17th as part of a new film series at Oregon State.
A forward from southern Indiana will play for the defending Division II national champion over interest from Penn and Princeton.
Former Tiger Bill Kingston has become the the winningest high school tennis coach in history. In 38 years, his teams have an incredible 957-171 record.
It is a big offseason for Sacramento GM Geoff Petrie. The Kings staying in California's capital for at least one more year also means Pete Carril is likely to return to the team.
David Blatt and Maccabi Tel Aviv are in the Euroleague semifinals. They'll face Real Madrid on Friday.
Fairfield coach Sydney Johnson will be a guest speaker on May 17th in Stratford. Four days prior you can catch Oregon State's Craig Robinson in a roundtable discussion at the Aspen Institute's Sports & Society Program in Washington, DC.
Princeton Alumni Weekly has a brief piece on the hiring of Mitch Henderson.
Friday, March 18th
Southwest region – Chicago, IL
(11) VCU vs. (6) Georgetown – 9:50 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Saturday, March 19th
Southwest region – Denver, CO
(13) Morehead State vs. (12) Richmond – 5:15 pm ET – CBS
NCAA Tournament
(4) Northwestern vs. (1) Boston College – 11:00 am ET – ESPN
NIT
Deep breath. In addition to our recap, coverage of yesterday's season-ending loss to Kentucky can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian, in the New York Times, in the Wall Street Journal, in the New York Post, in the Tampa Tribune (probably my favorite of these stories), in the St. Petersburg Times, on Yahoo! Sports, on A Sea of Blue, on NBC Sports, in the Lexington Herald-Leader, in the Louisville Courier-Journal, on Kentucky Sports Report and on ukathletics.com.
SportsProf also took in the game.
The St. Pete Times writes about how Brendan Connolly was thrilled to play near his late mother's home town.
Gabe Lewullis was sitting a few rows behind me in the Princeton section, cheering on the Tigers.
The Star Ledger's Steve Politi says that Princeton made believers of us all.
The New York Times shared the story of Christian "Crunch" Regulski prior to yesterday's game.
Chris Young was going to make the trip over to Tampa yesterday but thought better of it at the last moment.
Yesterday was another chapter in the Langel/Earl rivalry.
The University of Chicago Magazine profiles Craig Robinson.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon is a finalist for the DiRenna Award.
Chris Mooney recorded his first postseason win as a player, assistant coach or head coach as Richmond (28-7) knocked off Vanderbilt, 66-63.
Georgetown will start fresh versus VCU in Chicago today.
Today's Game: (13) Princeton (25-6 / 12-2) vs. (4) Kentucky (25-8 / 10-6)
Location: St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL
Time: 2:45 pm ET (estimated)
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: CBS
Internet: ncaa.com/mmod
Series History: Kentucky leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Kentucky 72 Princeton 58 - 3/12/78.
| Princeton | Kentucky | |
| 12-0 | Home Record | 15-0 |
| 10-5 | Away Record | 4-7 |
| 3-1 | Neutral Record | 6-1 |
| 40 | RPI | 7 |
| 77 | Sagarin | 12 |
| 89 | Pomeroy | 6 |
| 69.6 | Points / Game | 76.4 |
| 63.2 | Points Allowed / Game | 63.8 |
| .465 | FG% | .460 |
| .731 | FT% | .718 |
| .368 | 3PT FG% | .397 |
| 34.7 | Rebounds / Game | 38.1 |
| 9.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.1 |
| +4.1 | Rebounding Margin | +4.3 |
| 13.5 | Assists / Game | 12.7 |
| 12.4 | Turnovers / Game | 10.7 |
| 4.3 | Blocks / Game | 6.3 |
| Maddox: 13.9 | Points | Knight: 17.5 |
| Maddox: 7.1 | Rebounds | Jones: 8.9 |
| Mavraides: 2.8 | Assists | Curry: 5.8 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Knight: 4.2 |
| Maddox: 1.8 | Blocks | Jones: 1.9 |
| Maddox: .565 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Harrellson: .586 |
| Darrow: .800 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Miller: .850 |
| Davis: .395 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Lamb .472 |
Thursday, March 17th
Southwest region – Denver, CO
(12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt – 4:10 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 18th
Southwest region – Chicago, IL
(11) VCU vs. (6) Georgetown – 9:50 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Saturday, March 19th
(4) Northwestern vs. (1) Boston College – 11:00 am ET – ESPN
NIT
Previews of today's game can be found on the Princeton Alumni Weekly web site, in the Star Ledger, in the Trenton Times, on CBS Sportsline, courtesy of the Associated Press and in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Kentucky players tell the Lexington Herald-Leader that they do not believe their youth is an issue.
Sydney Johnson was a guest on WFAN (.mp3) late Sunday night. The Princeton coach stopped by Sporting News Radio for a spell and was also named PAW's Tiger of the Week.
TigerBlog offers keys to today's game.
Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune exchanged emails with Coach Johnson about his days with the Moorhead Spuds.
As a companion to yesterday's Know! Your! Foe! interview, here are my answers about Princeton on Kentucky sports site Tailgate Review.
Douglas Davis tells Yahoo! Sports he would change one thing about his shot versus Harvard, a basket that still resonates five days later.
Davis is the subject of an article in the Trentonian, as is Kareem Maddox.
Bloomberg has an interesting hodgepodge of notes from Tampa, including what books Kareem Maddox brought with him to Florida and what John Bogle '51 thinks of the matchup with Kentucky.
The Trenton Times and the Tampa Bay Tribune pick up on the Tigers' relationship with Christian "Crunch" Regulski.
Enjoy video of Kareem Maddox talking about playing the Wildcats.
Patrick Saunders, Will Barrett, Jimmy Sherburne and John Comfort all get written up in their local papers.
The Daily Pennsylvanian asks a pair of Quaker players about Princeton's chances today.
There's a Town Topics story on the Ivy League playoff.
The Daily Princetonian has a great piece about Bill Greenfield, the man who created the handwritten record book for Princeton basketball.
Monmouth is narrowing their search for a new head coach and Mike Brennan remains in the picture.
John Shurna scored 25 points as Northwestern (19-13) won their first postseason game in 17 years, 70-61 over UW Milwaukee. The Wildcats travel to Boston College on Saturday.
Richmond tips against Vandy in Denver about an hour after the start of Princeton's game in Tampa.
Craig Robinson breaks down his brother in law's NCAA bracket.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade was named to the BCANY All-Section 4 team.
I was interviewed by Newsworks for a piece on local college basketball writers during the NCAA Tournament. Looking for audio of the piece as it sounded on WHYY. Thanks to those who wrote saying you heard me on the radio.
Tuesday, March 15th
(6) Harvard vs. (3) Oklahoma State – 7:30 pm ET – ESPN
NIT
Wednesday, March 16th
(5) UW Milwaukee vs. (4) Northwestern – 8:00 pm ET – ESPN3
NIT
Thursday, March 17th
East region – Tampa, FL
(13) Princeton vs. (4) Kentucky – 2:45 pm ET – CBS
NCAA Tournament
Southwest region – Denver, CO
(12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt – 4:10 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 18th
Southwest region – Chicago, IL
(11) USC/VCU vs. (6) Georgetown – 9:50 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Jeff Pearlman of Sports Illustrated has a very touching piece about how Brendan Connolly is making his family proud.
The Daily Princetonian talked to everyone from Gabe Lewullis to Marcus Schroeder about where they were when Doug Davis' shot sailed through the net, a play that even left TigerBlog without a point of comparison.
Here's how the call sounded on Harvard radio.
There's a quality slideshow of Crimson/Tigers photos on the Business Insider web site.
Princeton will take part in a free public practice in Tampa on Wednesday afternoon. See you there?
Jay Greenberg of the New York Post talks about Princeton's Selection Sunday experience.
Douglas Davis is profiled by the Philadelphia Tribune.
SB Nation and ESPN prep previews of Thursday's matchup.
The Lexington Herald-Leader writes about how Kentucky's opponent is Princeton in name, not style. The Courier Journal mines similar territory.
Bleacher Report explains why Kentucky needs to watch out for Princeton.
Forward Kareem Maddox is part of Yahoo! Sports' recipe for an upset.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon will suit up for Missouri in the 2011 Dr. Pepper Midwest All-Star Classic.
A forward from Maryland in the class of 2011 has committed to Georgetown.
Look for Gabe Lewullis on CBS during the Final Four as part of the Buick Human Highlight Reel. There's a video preview here.
Will Venable understands he needs to turn a corner this season.
Craig Robinson sees significant improvement for Oregon State in 2011-12. You can catch the Beavers' head coach on FSN's State Farm Coaches Tournament Show this evening.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, yet another angle of Douglas Davis versus Harvard. Was there anyone in the building not filming? More clips, interviews and footage after the jump.
Friday, March 11th
(8) Northwestern vs. (1) Ohio State - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big 10 Tournament
(6) Rhode Island vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET - CSN+
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Saturday, March 12th
Princeton vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com
The Daily Princetonian and the Harvard Crimson preview Saturday's playoff.
Michael "Juice" Thompson scored a Big 10 Tournament record 35 points as Northwestern (18-12) advanced to the quarterfinals with a 75-65 win over Minnesota. Next up, the top-ranked Buckeyes.
Oregon State (11-20) lost to Arizona, 78-69.
Beavers head coach Craig Robinson tells his story to Business Week.
The Princeton Packet has published their write-up on Tuesday's game.
Packet Assistant Sports Editor Justin Feil has a column about how the Tigers' deep passion runs through their head coach.
Daily Princetonian columnist Bryant Jones shares thoughts from the stands of the Palestra.
Princeton recruit Brian Fabrizius was named to the NEPSAC All-Class AA Third Team.
A tour of China awaits Georgetown this summer.
Richmond plays Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Princeton skyrockets to second place in this week's Schuylkill 16.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon discuss the end of Princeton/Harvard on Pardon The Interruption. More clips, interviews and footage after the jump.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Kareem Maddox joins the Daily Princetonian's "On The Prowl."
