Penn pictures.
Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Monday News:
Judson Wallace (left) scored 13 points with nine rebounds as Benetton Treviso moved to 9-6 following a victory over La Fortezza Bologna by 13.
Mason Rocca (right) totaled 12 and grabbed six boards in Armani Jeans Milano's 78-65 loss to undefeated Montepaschi.
Northwestern (9-6) used a 24-5 halftime-spanning run to defeat #17 Minnesota, 74-65.
Congratulations to Princeton assistant coach Brian Earl, who will be inducted into the Al Carino Memorial South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame on February 9th.
Wednesday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (2-6) vs. Penn State (4-4)
Location: Bryce Jordan Center - State College, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn State leads 7-3.
Last meeting: Penn State 65 Princeton 52 - 12/26/00.
The Tigers head into Happy Valley looking to end a six game losing streak.
The Daily Princetonian, the Daily Collegian and the Evening Sun preview tonight's game.
The Penn State/Princeton matchup will reunite Brian Earl and his brother Dan.
Princeton recruit John Comfort scored 19 points as Fenwick defeated Mt. Carmel 57-50.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (3-6) was tripped up by Boston University 76-67.
Brian Earl joins Princeton coaching staff.
Newsom, Earl Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coaches at Princeton
Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications
Release: 05/18/2007
PRINCETON--Tony Newsom and Brian Earl ’99 have been named assistant men’s basketball coaches at Princeton, head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 announced today.
Before joining Johnson’s staff, Newsom spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach on the Princeton staff under head coach Joe Scott.
“I am pleased that Tony has decided to continue working with Princeton basketball,” Johnson says. “His leadership, enthusiasm and basketball knowledge will be an asset to our program moving forward.”
From 2001-04, Newsom was a member of the coaching staff at Holy Cross under Ralph Willard. He was the associate head coach in 2003-04 and an assistant coach the previous two seasons, helping the Crusaders to a pair of Patriot League titles and NCAA berths.
A Metuchen native, Newsom was an assistant coach at Rider from 1997-2001 and at Siena for two seasons prior to that. He played collegiately at Niagara before graduating with a degree in Business Commerce in 1993.
Earl, who played in more winning basketball games (95) than any player in Princeton history, returns as an assistant coach following a professional basketball career in Europe and the United States and a subsequent career in the corporate world with Sallie Mae.
The 1999 Ivy League Player of the Year and the leading three-point shooter in league history, Earl helped the Tigers to three NCAA tournament appearances in his four seasons, including trips to the second round in both 1996 and 1998. The Tigers also advanced to the NIT quarterfinals his senior season.
“As Brian’s teammate at Princeton, I could always tell that he saw the game like a coach,” says Johnson. “I have a great deal of trust and confidence in Brian’s ability to make an outstanding contribution to the future of Princeton basketball.”
In addition to his team-record 281 three-pointers, the Medford Lakes native ranks fifth all-time at Princeton with 1,428 career points. He is also seventh in Princeton history with 263 assists and eighth in program history with 140 steals.
Earl also holds school records for games played (116) and games started (113) in a career. After graduating with a degree in economics, he played professionally in Germany and England as well as in the USBL and EBA in the United States.
Tuesday News:
Stephen Goldsmith/princetonbasketball.com
Many articles below about yesterday's press conference with Sydney Johnson.
The native of Towson, Md., said assistant coach Tony Newsom will remain on staff as his No. 1 assistant and he has candidates in mind for the two other spots, not giving specifics on the futures of Mike Brennan and Howard Levy. It's possible Brennan will get the coaching spot that Johnson vacated at Georgetown.
The Tigers players also are feeling more connected the more they get to work with Johnson. Mike Strittmatter went through his first workout Monday afternoon.
"Coach Johnson was there and 10 minutes into it, Brian Earl showed up," said the junior forward. "I've heard that Coach Scott was a good player, but I've never seen game film of him. I've seen game film of Coach Johnson and Brian Earl. They looked like they could play with us now and at least hold their own. It's impressive for us. It's not like we wouldn't listen to them if they hadn't played here, but it lends more credibility."
Princeton introduced Sydney Johnson as its new basketball coach on Monday.
Johnson takes over for Joe Scott, who resigned last month to take the head coaching position at the University of Denver. Before Johnson took the job, however, someone else also was in the running: former 76ers coach Larry Brown.
Multiple sources told Comcast SportsNet that Brown met with Princeton officials last week regarding the head coaching position.
Dana Pennett O'Neil - Phillynews.com
Princeton recruit Jason Liberman will receive the The Jules D. Mazor Award - given to the Outstanding Jewish High School Scholar Athlete of the Year Award - on April 29th at the Suffolk YJCC in Commack, NY. This award will be presented by the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Will Venable picks up two more hits and San Antonio returns home with a 2-0 win over Frisco.
