Chris Young pitches for the Padres tonight at Colorado. 9:05 pm ET first pitch.
The Associated Press and The Hoya have both picked up the Daily Princetonian's report about Sydney Johnson. Update:ESPN now has the AP story up on the front page of their web site, but provides no additional information.
The Princeton Packet writes about the lack of information as of 5:00 pm ET on Thursday, but knows that this selection will set a tone for the future of the Tigers.
The Star Ledger's M.A. Mehta builds off yesterday's blog posts with this morning's article about the Princeton coaching search.
San Antonio is back in action, with the Missions falling 10-4 at Midland. Will Venable was 0-3.
Check this post's timestamp to see if there are news updates throughout the day.
The Denver Post has a q&a with new head coach Joe Scott.
Princeton athletic director Gary Walters has released the following statement:
"As of now, the Princeton men's basketball coaching search remains ongoing."
Following the lead of the Daily Princetonian, M.A. Mehta from The Star Ledger tracked down Coach Pete Carril earlier today for a quote about Sydney Johnson. Carril had the following to say:
"I always thought from the very beginning when I recruited him out of Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia that he had leadership qualities," Carril told The Star-Ledger this morning. "As a coach, you apply all of those qualities and your experiences.
"He was a very good defensive player, captain of the team. He was very unselfish and just a good all-around player. He'll be fine. He'll do a nice job. If he's the choice and he accepts, it'll be a fine choice."
Update: In a amendment to their first post on the subject The Star Ledger is now quoting a source who calls the Daily Princetonian's initial report about Sydney Johnson "premature."
The Georgetown Hoyas were honored at halftime of the Magic/Wizards game on Tuesday night.
princetonbasketball.com has learned that Georgetown assistant and Princeton standout Sydney Johnson has been offered the head coaching job at Princeton. As of earlier today Johnson had not yet accepted the job, but was expected to. The Daily Princetonian is also reporting this news, citing "individuals close to the program and the search."
Johnson '97 was a three-time captain of the Tigers and was named Ivy League Player of the Year after his senior season. Johnson, 32, has been an assistant at Georgetown the last three years after returning stateside following a successful seven year professional basketball career in Spain and Italy.
The Wisconsin State Journal adds another candidate to the list of possible Princeton coaches.
The Princeton Athletic Department provides some further detail on the awards and award winners from last night's basketball banquet.
Georgetown's Jeff Green says there is a '70-30' chance he will return to the Hoyas next season instead of heading off to the NBA. Roy Hibbert puts his odds at '50-50.'
Gregg Lange writes about the 1966-67 Princeton Tigers, calling that squad the program's best ever.
Jeff Peterson has given an oral commitment to Iowa and has until Monday to sign a letter of intent.
Air Force assistant and former Falcon A.J. Kuhle plans to join Joe Scott's staff at Denver once his contract is finalized. A source says former Princeton assistant Robert Burke was a candidate for the Air Force job, and that discussions reached the negotiation stage before Jeff Reynolds was hired.
Will Venable goes 0-3, as the Missions are shut out.
Princeton held its awards banquet at Jadwin Gym tonight.
The worthy recipients of honors at the 2006-2007 banquet included:
Class of 1959 Bob Rock Sixth Man Award - Edwin Buffmire.
B.F. Bunn Trophy - Kyle Koncz.
Friedman Memorial Award Trophy - Justin Conway.
The heartfelt speeches by the three seniors and the good feelings that came from seeing so many people who care about Princeton basketball in the same room made for a meaningful end to the season and created many positive feelings as a new chapter of Tiger basketball is about to begin.
Joseph White from AP has the first interview with John Thompson III since the Final Four.
ESPN The Magazine writes about Chris Young and his thesis on Jackie Robinson. Young will pitch Sunday night on ESPN as Major League Baseball honors the 60th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox writes a lengthy testimonial for Baseline To Baseline, a service that helps high school players improve their skills.
Chris Mooney announces that Richmond has signed five players to play basketball for the Spiders.
Finally, Tommy Amaker was officially named the men's basketball coach at Harvard. This leaves 12 open head coaching positions in Division I, including Princeton.
In light of yesterday's story, if I had come across the sign for a one man show at the High Art Museum one day sooner, I would have taken it as a very positive omen.
Instead, I just took it as another opportunity to eat a banana.
While the Georgetown Hoyas may have come up short of a national title, another Princeton alum was watching his team triumph this week. The Vermont Frost Heaves - a franchise owned by Sports Illustrated writer Alex Wolff '79 - won the ABA Championship on Thursday night, defeating the Texas Tycoons 143-95. It was a storybook conclusion to the Frost Heaves' inaugural season.
There were few bumps in the road for Wolff's team, who finished their season with a 34-6 record. The city of Barre celebrated the Frost Heaves' accomplishments with a parade and pot luck dinner on Friday.
Wolff reflects on his team's championship season here.
Throughout Georgetown's incredible run to the 2007 Final Four, there has been an oft-incomprehensible member of the HoyaTalk message board posting the same story again and again.
It is a parable told in all caps and awash in emoticons, but the tale goes something like this:
As a young man, legendary coach Al McGuire was at the beach with his grandmother.
Al was about to go out with his friends.
Al's grandmother offered him a banana to eat but McGuire said he was not hungry.
When McGuire returned famished later that day, the banana was gone.
The moral was - as his grandmother informed him - "Al, when you have the banana, eat the banana."
This fable had become the rallying cry for Hoya faithful during every comeback and each heart-pausing victory that beget another fantastic finish.
In the first semifinal of this evening's NCAA Final Four, it was Ohio State that ate the banana.
It had been another rally for the Hoyas, who had trailed by eight points in the first half. Georgetown drew even at 44 with 9:45 left on Jonathan Wallace's step-back three point shot.
Hoya center Roy Hibbert picked up his fourth personal foul, called for holding on a loose ball scramble as both teams tried to track down Ron Lewis' missed three pointer. Hibbert headed to the sidelines.
Saddled with three personal fouls of his own, Ohio State freshman center Greg Oden came back off the bench and started a 7-0 Buckeye run with a right-handed hook over the Hoyas' Jeff Green. Two transition layups for Ohio State, each following a missed Georgetown three point shot, gave the Buckeyes six points in a single minute. By the time Hibbert returned to the lineup three possessions separated the two teams.
When Jessie Saap drove to the basket for a layup with 3:21 left Georgetown was back to within four, 56-52. The Hoyas would get the ball as Oden missed from just outside his comfort range. Oden was whistled for his fourth foul as Green drove on him and was hacked.
Georgetown did a great job this season calling set plays out of time outs, but did not have similar success after the game's final media stoppage.
Inbounding in the frontcourt, Hibbert flashed to the rim, however ball did not come his way. Green made a move to the basket from the wing as the defense swarmed to the Hoyas' 7'2" big man, but one Buckeye defender got in Green's way to draw an offensive foul.
Down at the other side of the Georgia Dome, a short Oden jumper went back iron and in, and Ohio State could start to peel their spot in Monday's championship game.
Hibbert finished with 19 points and 6 rebounds. Oden had 13 points and 9 boards. Both manchildren were hampered by foul problems. Hibbert was whistled on the game's first possession. Oden picked up two fouls in the first three minutes. It took Hibbert 13 minutes to get called for his second foul, flagged on a bump after having just recorded consecutive slams.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
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1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
