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Wednesday News:

March 5, 2008 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Richmond, Today's News

Fordham vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. New Orleans - 8:00 pm ET

Here's audio of an interview the NCAA blog conducted with Georgetown senior guard Jonathan Wallace.

A Northwestern (8-20) rally fell just short in a 67-62 loss to Iowa.

Richmond welcomes Fordham in the Spiders' final home game of the season.

Denver travels to New Orleans in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

The New York Times reports that Harvard and the Ivy League will be looking into the possibility that Harvard committed recruiting violations. Pete Carril is quoted at the end of the piece.

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Stephen Schreiber said,

March 5, 2008 @ 10:00 am

Yesterday there were several posts about the lack of basketball talent at PU. The question should be asked by Jon to Gary Walters. As AD it is his reponsibility to represent the Atheltic Department to the Administration and to the public. If Princeton has made a sea change about admissions, then he should tell us all so that we change our expectations. If not, then what other factors does he see as being the problem with recruiting. We can speculate all day lone, but Walters should know the answers and should tell us. He is supposed to be one of the best AD's around.

Jon Solomon said,

March 5, 2008 @ 10:36 am

Stephen,

At the Friends of Princeton Basketball meeting during Reunions 2007, Gary Walters was the person who first brought up the fact that the Tigers' talent level was not where it needed to be. He's certainly aware of the issue and that changes are needed.

Jon

Rodney Johnson said,

March 5, 2008 @ 11:13 am

Meanwhile Harvard gets another 6 10 commitment, so that is two 6 10's and a 6 9 recruit.......

David Lewis said,

March 5, 2008 @ 1:54 pm

Jon,

Did Gary Walters specify why the talent level had dropped off? Some have said that it's because the Princeton style of play is not attractive to many recruits. This may be true to some extent but unlikely to be a major cause since many schools now run Princeton sets and have no trouble getting recruits. Did Walters say what changes are being made?

Jon Solomon said,

March 5, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

David,

Gary did not say anything specific that I recall beyond that statement. I think there may have been discussion about the incoming (i.e. current) freshman class and the fact that they weren't going to be immediate difference-makers.

This event was held only six weeks after Coach Johnson had been hired and it was the first time many Princeton alums were getting a chance to speak with Sydney, so any talk of changes out of Gary during his introduction of the new men's basketball coach would have been:

-Drawing the spotlight.

-Premature for public discussion.

Jon

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