Sunday News:
Suffolk-Seldon NY vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET - Mercer/Burlington Classic
Mercer (0-1) dropped a tough 71-67 decision to CCRI in their season opener. Forward Gary Carthan had 13 in defeat. Rodney Walters and Jermaine Emmanuel each added 11.
Saturday News:
CCRI vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET - Mercer/Burlington Classic
Princeton recruit Clay Wilson has been awarded the Wendy's High School Heisman Award for the state of Oklahoma.
The Associated Press previews Oregon State.
Friday News:
The Trentonian has more from Princeton's Media Day, including a spotlight on Douglas Davis.
Rush The Court has been ranking all of the D-I college basketball teams on Twitter. Princeton comes in as number 87, tops in the Ivies.
The Sports Network previews the Ivy League.
Northwestern won their exhibition over Robert Morris (IL) by 20.
Will Venable is part of a group of MLB players pitching to special needs children in a fundraiser for the Miracle League of San Diego on November 13th.
Richmond's Kevin Anderson is one of 30 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
Thursday News:
The San Diego Padres officially declined their $8.5 million 2011 option on pitcher Chris Young. Now a free agent, Young told the Union-Tribune that he would like to remain with the team.
New Egypt (NJ) High School basketball coach Jay Corby says it is "down to crunch time" in the recruitment of star center Desmon Hubert. Corby talks about Princeton in comparison to Hubert's other four suiters in this Baltimore Sun piece. When he mentions the several visits Hubert has made to the campus over the years, I can add that one took place last season when the Tigers hosted Harvard.
Former Princeton standout Tim vanBlommesteyn unofficially collected two percent of the vote running as an independent candidate in the race for Congress in New Hampshire's second district.
Northwestern hosts Robert Morris (IL) in an exhibition this evening. Head coach Bill Carmody tells ESPN his team is working on improving their defense and rebounding.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Wildcats can't mask their ambition for 2010-11.
Spend close to an hour with Bill Bradley by watching this 1987 video from the C-Span library.
Tuesday News:
Princeton will honor Marvin Bressler with a "MARV" patch on their uniforms this season.
There's an excerpt of a lovely note written posthumously to Professor Bressler in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Future Tiger Clay Wilson has been named Oklahoma class 3A Preseason MVP.
The 2010-11 season opens on November 12th against Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights struggled in a foul-plaqued 80-68 exhibition victory over McGill College.
Despite returning zero starters from last season, Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College team is ranked 17th in NJCAA DII Preseason Poll.
Senior big man Tyler Adams, who had previously verbally committed to Duke changed his mind and pledged his services to Georgetown.
New Egypt center Desmond Huebert, who is deciding between Maryland, Wake Forest, Villanova, Georgia Tech and the Tigers will "probably" visit the Princeton campus this weekend.
Monday News:
Former Princeton player Mike Bechtold is the subject of a "Where Are They Now?" piece in the Lebanon Daily News.
I'm hearing that Princeton "won" their controlled scrimmage against Sacred Heart over the weekend.
Tiger recruit Denton Koon is a nominee for the 2011 McDonald's All-American high School Basketball Boys Team.
A Chicago forward verbally committed to Northwestern over heavy interest from Penn.
Who was the last Democratic nominee for governor of Florida endorsed by the Florida Times-Union prior to this year? Why it was Steve Pajcic, who played in 13 games as a member of the 1967-68 Princeton team.
Cleveland Cavs coach Byron Scott was sorry Pete Carril did not travel with the Kings to Ohio on their recent road trip.
Friday News:
After this year's Ivy Media Poll was released, I received a few questions from readers about preseason perception versus end of season reality.
Looking at the past 25 years of Ivy polls (minus 1991, 1995 and 1997, which are unavailable), I concluded that the media has not accurately predicted the top three finishers once in that time frame!
Last year was the first year since 1999-00 that the top two turned out as projected.
However, the prior five Ivy champs have all been properly prognosticated.
The Princeton athletic department, the Ivy League office, the Trentonian and the Trenton Times have more on the Tigers' new role as frontrunner for the 2010-11 Ivy crown.
This season's full Ivy League Basketball Media Guide is available on-line.
The Columbia Spectator shares what order they think this year's poll should have been in.
Here's a transcript of Bill Carmody's remarks from Big 10 Media Day.
Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn stopped by Northwestern practice and filed a report.
The Pac-10 also held their Media Day yesterday. Here are select quotes from Oregon State's Craig Robinson.
Mason Rocca had six points and 10 rebounds as Armani Jeans Milano fell to Union Olimpija in Euroleague Group D action.
The Denver Post reports on the Pioneers' budget battle as they attempt to upgrade their basketball program while remaining Division I in all of their sports.
Following up on a story from last week, the NCAA elected to conduct yearlong study into the summer recruiting period instead of following the Collegiate Commissioners Association's recommendation to abolish the July recruiting period.
Wednesday News:
The 2010-11 Ivy League Men's Basketball Preseason Media Teleconference will be held later this morning. At that time this year's Ivy Media Poll will be announced. Full coverage of both to follow.
Did you know former Princeton player Tim vanBlommesteyn is running as an independent candidate for Congress in New Hampshire?
Sticking with politics, Bill Bradley has weighed in on the Governor's race in Oregon, where former Yale standout Chris Dudley has the Republican nomination.
Richmond trumped Cal, Wake Forest and NC State for a recruit.
In the Sun Belt Conference's annual preseason coaches' poll, Denver was projected to finish third in the SBC West.
The full 2010-11 Georgetown media guide is available on-line.
Tuesday News:
Yahoo! Sports has published their preseason Princeton team report.
The Daily Princetonian talked to Craig Robinson, Randy Melville and Steve Mills about John Rogers' appointment to chair the president's Advisory Council on Financial Capability.
Former Princeton assistant Robert Burke is embracing the challenge of rebuilding Mount St. Mary's.
Duke rolled 141-68 over Division II Saint Augustine's in the first of their two exhibitions before they open their season versus Princeton.
Not directly related to Ivy basketball, but I found this article about the Sun Belt's conference-wide plan to increase their power rating fascinating.
Friday News:
Richmond was projected to finish third in the Atlantic 10 by the conference's coaches and media.
In Euroleague Group D play, Mason Rocca scored 10 points as Armani Jeans Milano upset CSKA Moscow in Russia.
The Oregonian reports from Thursday's Oregon State practice at Gill Coliseum, one that even a fire alarm couldn't stop.
Thursday News:
Georgetown's Austin Freeman was selected as the Big East's Preseason Player of the Year.
A poll of conference coaches shows the Hoyas are expected to finish fourth in the Big East this season.
There are many interest stats to digest in the Princeton athletic department's preseason news and notes.
The Conference Commissioners Association has voted to eliminate the July recruiting period starting in 2012.
Harvard guard Max Kenyi is taking a year away from school for personal reasons. He expects to return to play basketball in 2011-12.
Wednesday News:
The thorough Blue Ribbon Yearbook team preview for Princeton is up on the ESPN web site. It is my understanding this piece was written by Kathy Orton of the Washington Post. Those with ESPN Insider can read articles on all eight Ivy schools here.
The Washington Times reports from Georgetown Media Day.
Slam Magazine has a lengthy piece about what makes the Hoyas' basketball program special.
Pam Hersh of the Princeton Packet writes about Marvin Bressler's memorial service.
Here's video of Craig Robinson on C-Span talking about "A Game of Character."
Senior wing Armani Cotton has declared his intent to play basketball at Yale.
