Scott Greenman and the USA Juniors team came up two points short of the gold medal at the Maccabiah Games, falling to Israel 79-77.
Georgetown will host Temple in an early-season game broadcast by ESPN.
The Richmond non-conference schedule now includes a meeting with Florida.
A 6'3" combo guard from Tennessee says Princeton is one of the schools recruiting him.
The Scott Greenman-coached USA Juniors Team remained undefeated at the Maccabiah Games with a 81-28 victory over Argentina. If the United States can defeat Azerbaijan today, they will advance to tomorrow's gold medal game. Greenman is interviewed about his return to Israel in today's Atlantic City Press.
A thorough interview with Georgetown product DaJuan Summers was on DC Sports Bog a few days ago. Summers speaks about his time as a Hoya and debunks a few myths about his experiences.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson has chosen an author for his book, "A Game of Character."
For those of you curious about potential recruiting targets, these brief Q&As with players at the Hoop Group Elite Camp and the Summer Classic East include several players who list Princeton as a school that is showing interest in them.
Dan Mavraides talks about his experiences this summer with The Athens Fellowship.
The dates for Princeton's two games against Penn have been announced. The Tigers will travel to the Palestra on Tuesday, February 16th and host the Quakers at Jadwin Gym on Tuesday, March 9th. See the full 2009-10 Princeton basketball schedule here.
Scott Greeenman shares some thoughts about his return to Israel with the Princeton Athletic Department.
A guard from New England who visited Princeton has committed to Harvard.
Will Venable was 1-4 at the plate as the Padres began the back half of their season with a 10-1 loss to Colorado.
I received an advance copy yesterday of Kathy Orton's book "Outside the Limelight: Basketball in the Ivy League" and immediately read it cover-to-cover. The book, which chronicles the 2005-06 Ivy season, is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in Ivy League basketball. You can preorder using the link above. A full review and an interview with the author will follow later this summer.
The Town Topics spoke to Princeton assistant Scott Greenman in advance of Greenman's trip to Israel as head coach of the USA Youth Basketball Team at the 18th Maccabiah Games. Results from the games are hard to find on the event's web site, but my research shows that Greenman's team is 3-0 with wins over Germany, Canada and Israel. The United States faces Australia on Wednesday.
Former Princeton coach Pete Carril is profiled by the Las Vegas Sun.
One of the top players in the class of 2010 is considering Oregon State.
Will Venable finished the first half of the season on a strong note, picking up the first four hit game of his career and swatting his first home run of the season in San Diego's 10-4 win over San Francisco. Venable also scored four runs. After a terrible June that finished with a .156 batting average, Venable is batting .321 through 10 games in July and has pushed his average up to .233.
The United States Juniors team that Scott Greenman is coaching at the Maccabiah Games decimated Germany 96-18.
Today's Sacramento Bee has more on Pete Carril and Tyreke Evans.
On the third day of the NBA Summer League, Sacramento lost by three to Golden State in overtime. Above, Coach Carril assesses his team's play. Fanhouse writes about the odd couple of Carril and Kings point guard Tyreke Evans.
A large group of friends and family are on hand in San Francisco to watch Will Venable play against the Giants this weekend. Last night they saw Venable go 1-4 at the plate as the Padres were shut down for the third straight game.
Oregon State will visit UIC this season.
The United States won the gold medal over Greece at the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was the USA's first title in this tournament since 1991. Northwestern's John Shurna played seven minutes and scored one point in the finals.
Will Venable was 2-3 with a double yesterday afternoon in Arizona. Venable is profiled in the latest Marin Independent Journal.
It looks like Chris Young may not be coming off the disabled list until August.
Georgetown will host Old Dominion on December 19th.
Northwestern sophomore John Shurna scored nine points for Team USA versus Lithuania in the FIBA U19 World Championships.
I haven't read the piece, and you need to be a subscriber to view the full article on-line, but Pete Hegseth is apparently quoted repeatedly in this week's New Yorker.
Robert Burke has landed at American University, filling the assistant coach position vacated by Mike Brennan.
Georgetown now knows who it will be playing in Big East play this coming season.
In addition to Pete Carril coaching the Sacramento NBA Summer League team, Armond Hill will be assisting the Celtics' squad in Orlando.
Pete Carril will be coaching the Sacramento Kings' Summer League team starting July 10 in Las Vegas.
Judson Wallace will not be following Carril to Vegas. Wallace had his contract with Benetton Treviso renewed with an buy-out clause if the NBA comes calling, but he will pass on the 2009 Summer League.
President Obama had a few words to share about Craig Robinson during an interview with the Oregonian.
Will Venable knocked in a run with the first pinch hit of his career, a double in the bottom of the seventh, as San Diego rallied to defeat Houston 4-3.
December 8th. Butler vs. Georgetown. Madison Square Garden. Jimmy V Classic.
Richmond will play a challenging non-conference schedule in 2009-10.
Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports has posted an Ivy League off-season rundown, including the news that Harvard will be playing at Georgetown.
How's your Italian? There's a multi-page article on Princeton basketball and Coach Johnson in Sutor Magazine. They were kind enough to link to this site in the piece, and I would love it if someone could translate for me!
Chris Young is unlikely to return to the Padres until after the All-Star break.
Will Venable was scratched from the starting lineup on Friday due to a wrist injury suffered in the batting cage prior to San Diego's game at Texas.
All eight schools have been announced for the 2009 Chicago Invitational Challenge. Northwestern versus Notre Dame is one of the marquee matchups.
Denver reserve Michael Vandahl will transfer to Nebraska.
Illinois State freshman Zeke Upshaw chose the Redbirds over Princeton, among other schools.
Denver has announced their 2009-10 men's basketball schedule, one that includes 16 home games at Magness Arena.
Will Venable avoided being sent down to AAA when Padre outfielder Scott Hairston came off the disabled list on Tuesday. Venable started in right field for San Diego last night, going 1-4 and striking out to end the game with the tying run on first base.
A 6'3" shooting guard from Maine says "Princeton is my top Ivy League school."
TigerBlog imagines how Chris Young would have faired in the 2002 NBA Draft.
