Dear Coach Johnson,
You were a great player at Princeton, but I have a new favorite #5.
Maggie Crockett Solomon-Scheller was born this morning at 5:28 am ET.
Mom, dad and baby are all doing well and look forward to seeing you at Jadwin, if not sooner!
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
Judson Wallace is on the move, signing a two year contract with Benetton Treviso of Italy's Lega A.
Another MRI is scheduled for Chris Young as he continues to recover from a line drive to the face that fractured his nose, face and skull.
The Sacramento Kings exercised their club option on President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie.
Bleacher Report names Georgetown's John Thompson III one of the five best coaches in the game today.
An article about a 6'8" florida high school player who says Princeton has shown interest in him.
Craig Robinson continues to lay groundwork for the future at Oregon State.
The Ivy League has hired a new Associate Director for Communications and a new Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials.
Fox Sports reports that former Princeton and current American assistant Mike Brennan is one of four finalists for the head coaching position at Brown.
Chris Young faces St. Louis tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
Will Venable is profiled by the San Diego Union Tribune.
C. Young (4-3) - 6.0 IP 5 H 4 ER 4 BB 5 K 4.18 ERA. 99 pitches, 95 strikes.
Chris Young didn't have his best stuff, but San Diego scored five early runs before Young settled down as the Padres defeated Seattle 6-4.
A short piece on Will Venable and his father.
Some of the steps Craig Robinson has taken to revive the Oregon State basketball program are revealed.
Marcus Schroeder, Nick Lake and Kareem Maddox will all be working at the 2008 Princeton Boys' Basketball Camps this summer.
Will Venable hit his first two home runs of the season, but Portland fell 10-6 at Des Moines.
Former Princeton recruit Chris O'Brien will be staying on the west coast.
This is a stretch, but...
Remember the video they were filming at halftime of this year's Princeton / Columbia game at Levien Gym? It was for a sketch on the series Human Giant, which is presented above. At least Kyle Koncz can always say a charge he took was broadcast on MTV.
Sophomore Georgetown guard Jeremiah Rivers has announced his intention to transfer to a different school.
Denver's latest signee is a 6'3" point guard.
Two current Ivy League head coaches are both apparently on Bucknell's wish list to replace Pat Flannery.
C. Young (2-3) - 5.0 IP 9 H 5 ER 2 BB 4 K 4.31 ERA. 98 pitches, 59 strikes.
Chris Young felt he threw some of his best stuff of the season, but the Atlanta Braves still topped San Diego 5-3.
Ivy League men's basketball has the nation's top APR average. To read Princeton's report, click here (.pdf).
Will Venable stats update - the Portland Beavers outfielder is hitting .333 through 18 games and is 3-12 as a DH and pinch hitter since coming off the disabled list.
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres visit Atlanta at 7:05 pm ET this evening.
Senior center Jack Trotter has decided where he will go to college this fall.
Bill Bradley made ESPN's list of the Best of the Euroleague and NBA.
Northwestern has picked up a heralded big man, as 7'0" center Kyle Rowley has committed to Bill Carmody and the Wildcats.
Former Princeton and current Georgetown assistant Robert Burke was named to Fox Sports' list of the Top 20 High Major Assistants.
The destination for the transferring Vernon Macklin has been revealed.
The Providence Journal reports Brown has narrowed their head coaching search down to 10 candidates and hopes to announce a hire by the end of the month.
Just back from the recruiting trail, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson made some time for princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon at Jadwin Gym on Thursday afternoon to talk in detail about his first recruiting class, discuss preliminary plans for the 2008-09 schedule and to touch on some other topics of interest heading into the summer. This interview is 16:00+ in length.
(Sorry about the high-pitched background noise. They were changing lightbulbs at the top of Jadwin using an oversized, squeaky crane.)
