Brown vs. Ohio - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Virginia - 7:00 pm ET - FCS
Brown kicks off CBI play tonight in Athens against the Bobcats.
Richmond stays in-state for their CBI game, visiting Virginia.
Roy Hibbert of Georgetown talks to the AP about the decision to return for his senior year.
The Washington Post writes about Cornell snapping the Penn / Princeton stranglehold.
Late last night the 16 bids for the new College Basketball Invitational were released, and as we reported in the wee hours of this morning, both Richmond and Brown will be participating.
The Washington Post reports from Georgetown's NCAA Selection Show viewing party.
Craig Robinson '83 and Brown have accepted a bid to play in the new CBI basketball tournament. Their opponent will be announced later this evening.
Update: Brown will play at Ohio on Tuesday 3/18 at 7:00 pm ET. This game will be broadcast on the CBI site.
Richmond travels to Virginia on Tuesday at 7:00 pm ET. This game will be televised by FCS.
Here's a full CBI bracket (.pdf).
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).
The Hoyas allowed 19 offensive rebounds, and Georgetown (27-5) fell to Pittsburgh in the Big East Tournament final. The New York Times has more on the game.
Tim Welsh is out at Providence and Craig Robinson is already listed as a potential candidate for the job.
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audio - coach john thompson III, jessie sapp, jonathan wallace & roy hibbert
Georgetown won the marathon, but Pittsburgh won the sprint.
The Panthers became the first seven seed to slug through all four days of the Big East Tournament, grabbing 19 offensive rebounds in a 74-65 win over the Big East regular season champion Hoyas.
Ronald Ramon scored a team-best 17 points in the 100th victory for Pittsburgh's senior class. Tournament Most Outstanding Player Sam Young recorded 16 points and DeJuan Blair added 10 along with 10 rebounds, seven on the offensive glass.
Georgetown center Roy Hibbert had 17 in the defeat, classmate Jonathan Wallace adding 12.
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.
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audio - coach john thompson III, jessie sapp & roy hibbert
audio - roy hibbert
audio - jonathan wallace
audio - john thompson III (about Jumpman commercial)
One minute into Georgetown's Big East semifinal matchup with West Virginia, Hoya center Roy Hibbert picked up an offensive foul giving a shoulder to his defender in the post. After going scoreless in 14 minutes of play before fouling out against Villanova on Thursday afternoon, was Hibbert in for another long game?
"For a little second I was like 'aw man,'" admitted the 7'2" Hibbert, "but the coaches tell me to go out there and play my game."
West Virginia vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
The Princeton Packet has two articles of note: One on the Penn game and one on fan favorite Noah Savage.
Georgetown (26-4) advanced to the Big East semifinals for the third straight year. The Washington Post has more on the the Hoyas' hot shooting and Sally Jenkins offers up a funny piece about "luck."
Richmond (16-14) lost to St. Joe's, 61-47 on the boardwalk in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Northwestern (8-22) led by 13 at halftime and had the ball with a chance to win in the game's final seconds but it was Minnesota who advanced out of the first round of the Big Ten Tournament with a 55-52 victory.
How's this for a tease? Great Wall 1, Will Venable 0.
