March 21, 2008 at 10:05 am
Filed under American, Basketball, Georgetown, Mike Brennan, Princeton, Today's News
American vs. Tennessee - 12:15 pm ET - CBS
UMBC vs. Georgetown - 3:00 pm ET - CBS
Georgetown faces UMBC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this afternoon. The Hoya seniors are comfortable with their position as one of the top seeds.
American has its work cut out against Tennessee. The Princeton Packet caught up with Mike Brennan about the Eagles' success this season.
Princeton recruit John Comfort was named 2008 All-Area.
Cornell (22-6) was no match for Stanford, falling behind by 36 in a 77-53 loss.
March 20, 2008 at 9:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Princeton, Today's News
Cornell vs. Stanford - 5:00 pm ET - CBS / CSTV
The Town Topics reviews last week's Princeton loss to Penn.
Craig Robinson will be named Men’s Division I Coach of the Year at Monday's Cox Sports R.I. Basketball Media Awards Luncheon.
March 19, 2008 at 9:12 am
Filed under Basketball, Bob Scrabis, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Marvin Bressler, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
Alexander Wolff's feature on John Thompson III is in the latest Sports Illustrated. Wolff has quotes from Bob Scrabis, Gary Walters, Professor Marvin Bressler, Nate Walton, Ed Persia and Kyle Wente in this incredibly well-researched piece.
Despite 39 points from Damon Huffman in his final collegiate game, Brown (19-10) fell at Ohio in the first round of the CBI.
Richmond (16-15) was up 12 with 8:41 remaining, but Virginia rallied for a 66-64 victory in CBI action.
One more Georgetown article to bookend today's news, from the Wall Street Journal.
March 18, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Princeton, Video
Former Wildcat Tim Doyle explains a principle of "The Princeton Offense" in this segment of his series Below The Rim.
March 18, 2008 at 8:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
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.
March 17, 2008 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Richmond, Today's News
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.
March 17, 2008 at 12:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Richmond
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).
March 16, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Filed under American, Basketball, Georgetown
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).
March 16, 2008 at 10:13 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Today's News
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.
March 15, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Georgetown
box score
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.
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March 15, 2008 at 8:33 am
Filed under American, Basketball, Georgetown, Mike Brennan, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News
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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