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Wednesday News:

Chris Young will throw a bullpen session before today's Padres game.

The Trentonian has a piece on tonight's Derek's Dreams event.

Georgetown assistant Mike Brennan was up in the Boston area to look at a 6'8" sophomore center/forward.

You must sign up to listen, but Craig Robinson was a guest on Jim Rome's radio show yesterday.



Tuesday News:

A benefit for Derek's Dreams is being held on Wednesday night at Nanina’s in Belleville. There will be silent auction items provided by John Thompson III, Armond Hill, Pete Carril, Bill Bradley, Joe Scott and more.

The Trenton Times ran an article about Howie Levy's involvement with Derek DiGregorio's family and his work helping put on this gala.

You can walk alongside the Georgetown basketball coach and Troop Thompson at the 2010 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, DC on May 1st.

Will the shoulder of Chris Young be ok? At this point, nobody is sure.

Will Venable (video) hit a sacrifice fly that scored a run as San Diego won its fourth straight, 3-2 over San Francisco.

Richmond junior guard and Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Kevin Anderson has put his name in for the NBA draft, but will not hire an agent.

There's a short Craig Robinson Q&A in the Chicago Tribune.

Hoopdirt mentions some potential names in the Columbia coaching search.



Sunday News:

Georgetown sophomore Greg Monroe has declared for the NBA draft and will hire an agent.

ESPN's Tim Kurkjian has an excellent feature on Padres outfielder Will Venable.

Chris Young may miss more time than originally expected.

A web site called Josh's Sports Journal has analysis of Princeton's recruit T.J. Bray in their final senior rankings.



Monday News:

Chris Young was placed on the 15 day disabled list retroactive to April 7th.

Here's video of Will Venable clearing the bases with a triple in San Diego's 15 inning win over Colorado on Saturday night.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray can add Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Boys Basketball Area Player of the Year to his resume.



Saturday News:

A story from the Princeton Athletic Department about the basketball team's involvement in the Friends of Jaclyn program.

Uh oh. Here we go again? Chris Young will miss the Padres' home opener with tightness in his right shoulder.

Postgame video of Princeton recruit T.J. Bray after his team won the WIAA Division 2 state title and he was named Wisconsin's "Mr. Basketball."

Bray will play in a Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-state game on June 19.

Here's a season-ending feature on Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College squad.

Joe Scott thinks the basketball is beginning to bounce Denver's way.

As anticipated, Columbia coach Joe Jones officially resigned yesterday to become the Associate Head Coach at Boston College.



Wednesday News:

C. Young (1-0) 6.0 IP 1 H 0 ER 3 BB 5 K 0.00 ERA. 86 pitches, 49 strikes.

The return of Chris Young to the mound for the first time in 10 months was a rousing success. Young pitched six innings of shutout, one hit baseball as San Diego defeated Arizona 6-3. You can watch highlights of Young's night here.

Teammate Will Venable provided Young with support, hitting a solo home run to right field in the fourth inning.

Tiger recruit Ben Hazel, who I can confirm did receive official admission to Princeton, was named Honorable Mention 2010 All-Met Boys Basketball.

Northwestern backup center Kyle Rowley is transferring.



Tuesday News:

Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports just reported that according to multiple sources Steve Donahue will be the next head coach at Boston College.

Chris Young makes his first start of the year for San Diego tonight at 9:40 pm ET in Arizona. Yesterday, in the Padres' season opener, Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate.

There's a MLB Extra Innings free preview happening through April 11th, so you should be able to watch this game gratis on your cable system.

Chris Mooney talks about what led him to take his name out of the BC coaching search.

The schedule arranged for Craig Robinson in April is exhausting. He'll be a guest with everyone from Stephen Colbert to Larry King to Jimmy Kimmel promoting his book.

Denver coach Joe Scott was a guest on ESPN Radio 1600 yesterday previewing the Butler/Duke game.

Alexander Wolff writes about the true reason behind NCAA Tournament expansion.



Saturday News:

Sunday, March 21st
(12) Cornell vs. (4) Wisconsin - 2:50 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

Monday, March 22nd
Princeton vs. IUPUI - 7:00 pm ET
CBI Tournament

Congratulations to Cornell (28-4), who recorded the Ivy League's first NCAA Tournament win since 1998 with a convincing 78-63 performance versus Temple. Soft Pretzel Logic has a great post about this game.

With the Big Red and Princeton both winning, 2009-10 is just the second year where two different Ivy men's basketball teams have been victorious in the postseason. Can you name the other time this happened? No peaking at our Twitter feed for the answer...

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 25 points, 12 rebounds and three assists as Catholic Memorial advanced to the WIAA Division 2 state finals. If anyone wants to watch it, the championship game versus Maple Northwestern will stream live at 7:30 pm ET tonight here.

Will Venable hit a titanic home run in spring training, while Chris Young labored over four innings of work.

I enjoyed this multimedia piece where Northwestern players and assistant coach Mitch Henderson were asked to share their thoughts on possible NCAA Tournament expansion.



Monday News:

Tuesday, March 16th
MCCC vs. (6) Kishwaukee - 7:30 pm ET
NJCAA Division II Tournament

Wednesday, March 17th
Duquesne vs. Princeton - 7:00 pm ET - HDNet
CBI Tournament

(7) Northwestern vs. (2) Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
NIT

Boston vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - HDNet
CBI Tournament

Harvard vs. Appalachian State - TBA pm ET
collegeinsider.com Tournament

Thursday, March 18th
(10) Saint Mary’s vs. (7) Richmond - 2:50 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

(14) Ohio vs. (3) Georgetown - 7:25 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

Friday, March 19th
(12) Cornell vs. (5) Temple - 12:30 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

As you know by now, the Tigers are in the CBI. Read official press releases about Wednesday's home game on the Princeton and Duquesne web sites.

Richmond (26-8) missed a chance to tie with seven seconds left and Temple won their third straight Atlantic 10 Tournament championship, 56-52. The Spiders drew a seven seed and will play St. Mary's in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Providence, RI.

Joining them in the Ocean State is three seed Georgetown, who will play Ohio on Thursday night. The Hoyas are the three seed out of the Midwest region.

One day earlier and a few miles down the road, Northwestern visits the Rhode Island Rams in the first round of the NIT.

Defending champion Oregon State will get a chance to defend their CBI crown. The Beavers host Boston University on Wednesday night.

Steve Donahue and Cornell were paired against mentor Fran Dunphy's team and Temple in the NCAA Tournament.

Harvard grabbed a CIT bid and will play at Appalachian State.

Today's Trenton Times has a Mark Eckel column on Howie Levy and the Mercer men's basketball team.

A bit more detail about Catholic Memorial's WIAA Division 2 sectional final victory. In the game, Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 16 points, 15 rebounds, plus five assists and two steals.

Chris Young pitched three solid innings versus the Indians.



Selection Sunday News:

Sunday, March 14th
(3) Richmond vs. (1) Temple - 1:00 pm ET - CBS
Atlantic 10 Tournament

A week after falling in double overtime to Xavier, Richmond (26-7) returned the favor, getting past the Musketeers 89-85 in OT. The backcourt of Kevin Anderson and David Gonzalvez combined for 53 points. The Spiders will play in the A-10 Conference championship game this afternoon.

Georgetown (23-10) fell in the final seconds of the Big East Tournament championship to Da'Sean Butler and West Virginia.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 16 points as Catholic Memorial beat Whitefish Bay in the Division 2 sectional finals to advance to Wisconsin's state tournament.

Former Arkansas standout Corliss Williamson has been hired as the new head coach of Central Arkansas. Williamson says one of his mentors is Pete Carril.

Here's an article on Uros Kovacevic and the Mercer men's basketball team. The Vikings are aiming for a JUCO title at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Championships starting Tuesday in Danville, IL.

Two Padres videos, one a season forecast for Will Venable and the other highlights of three shutout spring training innings by Chris Young.



Wednesday News:

Wednesday, March 10th
(9) South Florida vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

Thursday, March 11th
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

(6) Oregon State vs. (3) Washington - 11:40 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament

Friday, March 12th
(6) (11) UMass vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET
Atlantic 10 Tournament

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's regular season finale on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Daily Pennsylvanian and on pennathletics.com.

The Mid Majority has Princeton on a short list of eight teams for this year's "Who's Next?"

Georgetown looks for a consistent effort against South Florida this afternoon.

A 6'6" shooting guard has committed to the Hoyas.

Brian Taylor visited his alma mater, Perth Amboy High School, on Monday.

A well-constructed article about Richmond coach Chris Mooney can be found in today's Bucks County Courier Times.

Chris Young pitched three strong innings and Will Venable had two extra base hits as San Diego fell to the Angels, 6-5.



Friday News:

Today's Game: Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-18) vs. Princeton (17-8 / 8-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 54 Dartmouth 38 - 2/6/10.

Dartmouth Princeton
5-10 Home Record 7-3
0-11 Away Record 10-5
0-0 Neutral Record 0-0
330 RPI 137
339 Sagarin 145
341 Pomeroy 124
53.9 Points / Game 59.2
64.8 Points Allowed / Game 52.6
.384 FG% .437
.644 FT% .732
.288 3PT FG% .369
30.7 Rebounds / Game 30.2
10.1 Off. Rebounds / Game         8.7
-6.0 Rebounding Margin +1.4
10.2 Assists / Game 11.7
13.5 Turnovers / Game 13.6
2.4 Blocks / Game 2.9
Dixon: 9.2 Points Davis, Mavraides: 12.5
Weeden: 4.9 Rebounds Mavraides: 4.5
Pride: 2.3 Assists Schroeder: 3.0
Rufful: 1.4 Steals Schroeder: 1.7
Weeden: 0.6 Blocks Maddox: 0.8
Pride: .431 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Finley: .608
Dixon: .818 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Saunders: .909
Griffin: .370 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Saunders: .479

Harvard vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Richmond (23-7) was outplayed and outhustled most of the night by Dayton, but seven straight points late from senior David Gonzalvez and 14 steals willed the Spiders to the 60-56 win.

Oregon State (14-15) nearly let an 18 point halftime lead get away, holding on for the 59-55 victory over Washington State. Jared Cunningham tied a school record with eight steals.

The Daily Princetonian previews this weekend's games.

Did you have a good Thursday? Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had a better Thursday. Bray became Catholic Memorial's all time leading scorer in a 72-62 Crusader victory over Lakeside Lutheran in the second-round of the WIAA Division 2 tournament - recording 24 points, grabbing 20 rebounds, dishing out 10 assists and adding five blocks for good measure. Lordy.

I know there's a presentation honoring Brian Taylor at halftime of the Harvard/Princeton game, but the LA Times reports Princeton will also retire his jersey number.

Denver won their final 15 consecutive home games this season.

Chris Young pitched an inning for the Padres yesterday, his first action in almost nine months.



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