June 23, 2008 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Will Venable remains on a roll, batting .411 over his last 10 games, including a 4-4 performance with two doubles on Saturday as Portland bested Tacoma 4-2.
Chris Young threw his first bullpen session since being hit in the face with an Albert Pujols line drive on May 21st. Young will have septum surgery at the end of the month and hopes to return to the Padres' roster after the All Star Game break.
Two articles with quotes from Georgetown head man John Thompson III: The first about the draft prospects of Roy Hibbert and the second about incoming Hoya freshman Greg Monroe.
Stats from Zane Ma's first two games for Team Future in the Rico's Get Better Summer League: four points and eight rebounds in 74-70 loss to Team Get Better and two points and four rebounds in a 72-70 loss to Team San Diego.
In other summer league news, Noah Savage had two high-scoring games for George's Rosters/Ivy Inn in the Princeton Summer League.
More details on Oregon State's non-conference schedule, including a game against Yale.
June 10, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Today's News, Will Venable

The Washington Times talks with John Thompson III.
Will Venable picked up two more hits in Portland's 8-4 loss to Las Vegas. Venable and his father Max are profiled in the Sacramento Bee.
Brown introduced Jesse Agel as their new head coach at a press conference yesterday afternoon. The Providence Journal was on the scene.
June 4, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News
Dave Blatt has been hired as the head coach of Dynamo Moscow.
The Daily Princetonian sums up the Tigers' 07-08 season just in time for Reunions.
George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated writes about Craig Robinson. Providence point guard Dwain Williams will transfer to join Robinson at Oregon State.
Georgetown alum Roy Hibbert worked out with the Utah Jazz today.
Michael Vandahl will walk on to play for Joe Scott at Denver.
May 29, 2008 at 8:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Geoff Petrie, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

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.
May 12, 2008 at 10:19 am
Filed under Chris Young, Georgetown, Today's News

C. Young (3-3) - 6.0 IP 5 H 1 ER 2 BB 7 K 3.94 ERA. 100 pitches, 67 strikes.
Chris Young tossed six shutout innings before leaving with the bases loaded and no out in the top of the seventh against Colorado on Sunday afternoon. The Padres bullpen cleaned up the jam as San Diego defeated the Rockies 6-1.
John Thompson III talks about the recent turnover in the Georgetown roster.
May 8, 2008 at 9:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Recruiting

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.
May 6, 2008 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Chris Young, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

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.
April 30, 2008 at 8:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

Chris Young is in Philadelphia tonight, as the Padres face the Phillies at 7:05 pm ET.
Will Venable is off the disabled list.
The Daily Princetonian summarizes the incoming men's basketball recruiting class.
A junior guard from Indiana says Princeton has shown interest in him.
Georgetown will play in the 2008 Old Spice Classic.
April 25, 2008 at 9:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

C. Young (1-2) - 7.0 IP 2 H 1 ER 3 BB 10 K 3.77 ERA. 121 pitches, 74 strikes.
Chris Young allowed just two hits over seven innings, but Rich Aurilia's solo home run was the difference, as the run-starved Padres fell 1-0 to San Francisco.
The Princeton basketball squad lasted until the semifinals of yesterday's campus-wide dodgeball tournament, when last man standing Marcus Schroeder was knocked out by the victorious JV tennis team.
Georgetown sophomore center Vernon Macklin will transfer to another school.
John Thompson III is one of the assistant coaches on USA Basketball's U-18 team.
April 18, 2008 at 9:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Senior center Emerson Kampen, who had been associated with Princeton during his recruiting, will walk on at Butler this fall.
The Georgetown basketball banquet was held on Wednesday night.
Northwestern hosted "Open Gym Day" for fans earlier this week.
Chris Young was flipped with Greg Maddox in the Padres' rotation and will start tomorrow night against Arizona.
Finally, a piece from the Register-Guard on the work Craig Robinson has cut out for himself at Oregon State.
April 12, 2008 at 7:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Chris Young sees Los Angeles in a second straight start, tonight at 10:10 pm ET.
Amateur anthropologist Will Venable analyses the "culture" of the Portland Beavers. Venable drove in four to raise his average to .323 during last night's 11-9 victory over Salt Lake.
The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton Packet offer up their thoughts on Craig Robinson's hire.
There is still time to sign up for John Thompson III's Georgetown Basketball School.
Richmond received a NCAA waiver to play a charity game benefiting the National Arthritis Foundation's Virginia Chapter.
Alex Wolff's book "Big Game Small World" is discussed in a recent post on the excellent UniWatch blog.
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