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Selection Sunday News:

March 14, 2010 at 10:16 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, MCCC, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's 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.

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T.J. Bray footage.

March 14, 2010 at 9:44 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

A couple highlights of this Princeton recruit (#20) from the Division 2 semis.

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Postseason chances, Saturday edition.

March 13, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Building off of yesterday's post and some additional information that has since come to light, here's a table looking at potential College Basketball Invitational and College Insider Tournament teams.

NIT-ology and The NIT Bracket Project have not been updated for Saturday, March 13th, so some of the teams listed may be bumped up to the National Invitational Tournament's 32 school field.

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Saturday News:

March 13, 2010 at 9:20 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Saturday, March 13th
(3) Richmond vs. (2) Xavier - 3:30 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Atlantic 10 Tournament

(8) Georgetown vs. (3) West Virginia - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

Georgetown (23-9) raced to the Big East Tournament championship game, using a 30-8 second half run to dispatch Marquette, 80-57.

At the Big 10 Tournament, Northwestern (20-13) pulled within one of Purdue in the final 45 seconds, but the Boilermakers held on for the 69-61 win.

Richmond (25-7) moved into the Atlantic 10 semis with a 77-72 win over UMass.

Here's a very well-crafted story on Douglas Davis from the Princeton Athletic Department.

Several Denver players earned Sun Belt Conference Academic Awards.

Tiger recruit T.J. Bray lost his grandfather on Friday, then proceeded to go out and score 30 points as Catholic Memorial beat top-ranked Wisconsin Lutheran in a Division 2 sectional semifinal. Bray was also profiled on Preps on the Net as part of a series highlighting five candidates for Wisconsin's Mr. Basketball award.

Another future Princeton player, Tom Noonan, was named Penn Charter Team MVP.

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Postseason chances, Friday edition.

March 12, 2010 at 11:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

The web site NIT-ology has, as their name might suspect, been projecting the National Invitational Tournament field since the 2004-05 season.

They had 97% of the teams correct last year, 93.8% correct in 2007-08.

Below their projected seeds table, which takes into account the NIT's automatic bids for regular season conference champions that lost in their conference tournament, are a list in red of 33 teams they see as on the NIT bubble - likely candidates for the either the College Basketball Invitational or College Insider Tournament.

While Princeton is not on this list (which includes both Harvard and Northwestern), the picture I see developing favors the Tigers for a postseason bid.

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Yale/Princeton highlights.

March 12, 2010 at 10:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

If you don't like open three point shots and easy layups, this is not the footage for you. Princeton hit 13 times behind the arc at Jadwin Gym and dissected Yale on ESPNU, 82-58.

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Friday News:

March 12, 2010 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Friday, March 12th
(7) Northwestern vs. (2) Purdue - 6:30 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

(8) Georgetown vs. (5) Marquette - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

(11) UMass vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Georgetown (22-9) advanced to the Big East Tournament semifinals by surprising Syracuse, 91-84.

Northwestern (20-12) surged past Indiana 73-58 to hit 20 wins for the first time in program history. The Wildcats forced 13 turnovers in the second half and Michael Thompson made three straight three point shots to rally his team.

A 12 point lead with 16 minutes to play wasn't a large enough lead for Oregon State (14-7), as Washington went on a 23-4 run to secure the 59-52 win in the Pac-10 Tournament.

Richmond opens their A-10 Tournament run against UMass. The Spiders are in an unfamiliar position as they head to Boardwalk Hall.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel was named First Team All-WCAC.

Future Tiger Chris Clement is Co-District 16-5A MVP.

The Princeton Packet writes about the Tigers' push for the postseason.

Will Venable is swinging the bat well in spring training. Here's video of Venable discussing the art of the stolen base.

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Regular season Plus/Minus, with Ivy splits!

March 11, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Filed under +/-, Basketball, Princeton

Princeton's athletic department was good enough to send me plus/minus sheets for the entire regular season, and I've generated my own Ivy-only plus/minus numbers in Excel out of that .pdf.

These dandy columns show the number of minutes played by each Tiger this season and the difference in points scored by the team while each player was on the floor versus points allowed by the Tigers during the same span.

Ivy and non-conference splits are also provided.

 
Player            Minutes    Ivy only    +/-   Ivy   NC
Schroeder         891:03     412:32     +184  +125  +59
Mavraides         855:32     441:03     +176   +98  +78
Hummer            509:44     252:38      +81   +19  +62
Maddox            445:40     353:34     +123   +86  +37
Davis             852:42     427:06     +145  +109  +36
Saunders          489:14     242:40     +140  +113  +27
Buczak            608:26     244:30      +84   +71  +13
Barrett           206:09      53:52      +24    +6  +18
Finley            424:50     270:22      +42   +48   -6
Connolly           73:56      31:39      +20    +2  +18
Foley              21:10       9:17      +13    +2  +11
Comfort            18:51       9:52      +11    +3   +8
Darrow             15:21      10:23       +6    +0   +6
Lake              100:17      13:58      +15   +12   +3
Sherburne          37:08      10:15      -18    -1  -17

Individual single game highs and lows went unchanged in this latest pass. Douglas Davis was +39 against Goucher and Pawel Buczak was -23 at Cal.

Ivy highs and lows were as follows: Patrick Saunders +25 at Columbia and versus Dartmouth. Kareem Maddox scored -11 versus Cornell.

The most successful lineup combination was the one that has played the most minutes together this season. Marcus Schroeder, Dan Mavraides, Pawel Buczak, Douglas Davis and Patrick Saunders were +44 in 197:17 of court time.

The least successful five? The starting lineup for the season opener and the season finale. Lake, Schroeder, Zach Finley, Mavraides and Buczak, combining to go -22 in 24:25 of play.

Compare these numbers to past +/- tables here.

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Thursday News:

March 11, 2010 at 8:31 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Thursday, March 11th
(8) Georgetown vs. (1) Syracuse - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

(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
(11) UMass vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Georgetown (21-9) won a ragged game over South Florida to advance into the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.

A good piece by Brendan Prunty in the Star Ledger about how overwhelmed by support Austin Freeman has been since it was discovered he has diabetes.

Northwestern meets Indiana yet again on the first day of the Big 10 Tournament.

Wildcat sophomore John Shurna was named the nation's Most Improved Player by the Sporting News.

Bill Carmody conducted an interesting on-line Q&A with ESPNChicago.com.

Oregon State plays late tonight against Washington as the Pac-10 Tournament gets underway.

Sydney Johnson and John Thompson III are both finalists for the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award.

Dick Jerardi had a piece about Tuesday's Penn/Princeton game in the Philadelphia Daily News.

Bob Slaughter is profiled as part of the Rockford Register Star's series on college stars from the Rock River Valley.

Here's the Princeton Athletic Department's press release about the Tigers' All-Ivy award winners.

Richmond has developed considerable depth as the season has gone on.

Will Venable hit a three run home run in yesterday's spring training action.

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2009-10 All-Ivy Men's Basketball.

March 10, 2010 at 11:16 am
Filed under All-Ivy, Basketball, Princeton

The Ivy League announced its 2009-10 All-Ivy team moments ago. Princeton's Dan Mavraides (above) and Douglas Davis were named to the second team.

Ryan Wittman of Cornell is the unanimous Player of the Year. Harvard's Kyle Casey is Rookie of the Year and Big Red center Jeff Foote repeats as Ivy Defensive Player of the Year. You can read the full press release from the league office here.

2009-10 All-Ivy Men's Basketball

First Team
Louis Dale, Cornell (Sr., G, Birmingham, Ala.)
*Jeff Foote, Cornell (Sr., C, Lockwood, N.Y.)
*Ryan Wittman, Cornell (Sr., G/F, Eden Prairie, Minn.)
*Jeremy Lin, Harvard (Sr., G, Palo Alto, Calif.)
*Zack Rosen, Penn (So., G, Colonia, N.J.)

* unanimous selection

Second Team
Matt Mullery, Brown (Sr., F, Millstone, N.J.)
Noruwa Agho, Columbia (So., G, New City, N.Y.)
Jack Eggleston, Penn (Jr., F, Noblesville, Ind.)
Douglas Davis, Princeton (So., G, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dan Mavraides, Princeton (Jr., G, San Mateo, Calif.)
Alex Zampier, Yale (Sr., G, East Greenbush, N.Y.)

Honorable Mention
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (So., G, Highland Park, Ill.)
Kyle Casey, Harvard (Fr., F, Medway, Mass.)
Michael Sands, Yale (Jr., F, Franklin Square, N.Y.)

Player of the Year
*Ryan Wittman, Cornell

Rookie of the Year
Kyle Casey, Harvard

Defensive Player of the Year
Jeff Foote, Cornell

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