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Thursday News:

Tonight is Luke Owings' charity bout. Read our interview with Owings about his training and motivation to step in the ring here and consider making a donation to support Haymakers For Hope.

Chris Young pitched into the sixth inning during yesterday's second rehab start down in Florida. Young's next stop is likely AAA Buffalo.

Georgetown's Jeff Green will graduate this weekend, five years after leaving school for the NBA. A great story.

Will Venable had four hits (video) in a San Diego victory at Washington. Venable is third on the Padres with a .278 batting average.

On the recruiting front a guard from New Jersey lists Princeton as one of his four Ivy League suitors.



Friday News:

Bill Bradley spoke at Princeton on Wednesday. The Daily Princetonian engaged the former Senator for a Q&A.

Tiger head coach Mitch Henderson is scheduled to participate in the New York Yankees/New Era Pinstripe Bowl Charity Golf Tournament on Tuesday.

It was a successful minor league start for Chris Young down in Florida. The former Princeton two sport standout pitched five shutout innings for the St. Lucie Mets.

Judson Wallace is interviewed as FC Barcelona arrived in Turkey for their Eurocup Final Four matchup with Olympiacos. The game takes place at 2:00 pm ET today and can be streamed on ESPN3.

A big man from Florida is a late signee for Georgetown's 2012 recruiting class.



Friday News:

Georgetown will face Texas on December 4th at Madison Square Garden in one half of the Jimmy V Classic doubleheader.

Take an early look at the Ivy League for 2013 using Value Add. Ian Hummer also projects nicely among all “Low-Major” returnees.

Jadwin Gym has provided Princeton with one of the 50 best current overall home court records in Division I.

A tour of the minor leagues for Chris Young will wait.

There's a real good Grantland piece on how Roy Hibbert avoided becoming a stiff.

Fairfield has published an official press release on the hiring of Kyle Koncz.

Chris Mooney and Richmond welcome Butler to the Atlantic 10 conference.

Brown's search for their next basketball coach has apparently been narrowed to nine names, including a few familiar faces.



Wednesday News:

There is a magazine profile of Pete Carril you can read the first portion of sans subscription.

Brian Taylor has been named the Executive Director of Teleos Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona.

Vote for Princeton's NCAA Tournament victory over UCLA to represent New Jersey in ESPN's Great State Debate.

If there are no setbacks along the way, Chris Young could rejoin the Mets' rotation later this month.

A lengthy end of season Q&A with Fairfield coach Sydney Johnson ran in the Connecticut Post. Click through to read part one, part two and part three.

Kevin Broadus has been promoted to the position of assistant coach at Georgetown.

Stephen Goldsmith is the subject of a story in his school's newspaper!

Here is the apparent short list for Brown's next basketball coach.



YouTube potpourri LXVIII.

Here’s the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, 2011-12 Georgetown season highlights.

Eight additional videos follow after the jump.

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Saturday News:

I am sorry to report the passing of Al Dufty '72.

Dufty was a three time letter winner at Princeton, captain of the 1971-72 team and recipient of the B. F. Bunn award following his final campaign.

He averaged 10.8 points as a senior on a 20-7 Tiger squad.

A memorial service will be held on Friday in Idaho, where he was associate dean of the Graduate College at Boise State.

My condolences to his family, friends and former teammates.

Here is a report on the year-ending Georgetown basketball banquet.

You can vote for Will Venable to make the 2012 All-Star Game if you so choose.



Saturday News:

Martin Bahar was promoted from Director of Basketball Operations to assistant coach at Fairfield.

A while ago there was some discussion about a big man from South Dakota who apparently was getting a look from Princeton. You can see where he eventually signed here.

Following nine consecutive San Diego strikeouts, Will Venable hit his first home run of the season.

Georgetown's Jason Clark and Henry Sims plus Ivy Leaguers Keith Wright and Greg Mangano were all in the starting lineup of a Portsmouth Invitational semifinal game.



Thursday News:

While it has been seriously slow in the news department, this piece by my friend Tom Scharpling for The Classical re-imagining every 2012 NCAA Tournament coach (including John Thompson III) as a movie villain was too excellent to not share.

I was saddened and surprised to read in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly about the passing of Gib Kirwin '58. A supporter of this site and a contributor to the listerv that preceded it, I was always glad to hear from him. My condolences to his family and friends.

If you play MLB 2K12 and want to add a Will Venable cyberface, this creepy link should do the trick. The real life Venable finished spring training batting .349 with nine stolen bases.

Jimmy Tillette, who was "the first outsider to infiltrate Princeton's inner circle [of coaches]" per this 2003 Sports Illustrated feature and then served as the head coach at Samford for 15 seasons, was fired.

Both Northwestern's John Shurna and Georgetown's Henry Sims had good accountings of themselves at the Reese's College All-Star Game in New Orleans.

Freshman Adam Jones is leaving Fairfield.

Oh, and Pitt won the CBI by beating Washington State in the decisive game three of their finals series.



Wednesday News:

The Daily Princetonian, who in retrospect I should have awarded MOST IMPROVED COVERAGE OF THE YEAR status to in the first-annual site awards, has a lengthy piece on the legacy of (expert counter) Douglas Davis.

They also published a full transcript of their interview with Davis and count down the senior guard's top five games.

As was fully expected, Georgetown's Hollis Thompson will sign with an agent and enter the NBA Draft.

Sydney Johnson's first season at Fairfield was "not bad overall."

The Stags will be without Jamel Fields next year, as the sophomore guard has decided to transfer elsewhere.



Tuesday News:

The New York Mets have signed Chris Young to a minor league deal.

Atlanta apparently inquired with San Diego about the availability of outfielder Will Venable and were told he was unavailable.

A Princeton representative appears on Big Apple Buckets' second installment of the Top 25 players in the New York metro area.

Northwestern's John Shurna was named an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American.

John Thompson III joined GameTime to talk about the improvements of Greg Monroe and Roy Hibbert.

Hoya senior Henry Sims will play in the 2012 Reese's Division I College All-Star Game this weekend. Also on his team: The aforementioned Shurna and Keith Wright from Harvard.



Hoop Scoop's College Coach Rankings.

Hoop Scoop's annual College Coach Rankings are in the latest issue of Basketball Times. Familiar names of note from various Top 50 and Top 30 categories after the jump.

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Sunday News:

The season ended for Fairfield (22-15) in a 66-59 loss to Mercer. The depleted Stags trailed the majority of the way in this CIT semifinal.

What's next for Georgetown?

If I can get it finished by then, look for the First-Annual Site Awards tomorrow!



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