C. Young (1-0) - 6.0 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 BB 5 K 3.00 ERA. 97 pitches, 66 strikes.
Chris Young and the Padres won their first game of the season, 4-2 over the Dodgers.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 13 points for the Bucks County All-Stars in a second round Donofrio Classic victory over Don-Len.
Chris Young takes to the hill for the first time this season as San Diego hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers. First pitch is at 10:00 pm ET.
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow achieved Honorable Mention status on the News-Gazette's 77th All-State Boys' Basketball Team.
Jimmy Sherburne will play for Division 2 South in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association 2009 All-Star Games.
The Oregonian writes about the 1965 Final Four.
Princeton recruit Gus Gabel was named Honorable Mention 2008-09 All-Tribune Boys Basketball.
Will Barrett scored four points for the Suburban All-Stars as they bested the City All-Stars by four in the Boys All-Star Labor Classic.
Two short video interviews from the end of San Diego's spring training. The first with Will Venable, the second with Chris Young.
Young made a small adjustment to his delivery on Saturday that has him feeling positive heading into his first regular season start.
John Truhan, coach at Colts Neck, was named Star-Ledger Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. Why am I linking to this story? Truhan has a close connection to Denver head coach Joe Scott and has consulted with Coach Carril about his offense.
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The first time I saw Oregon State (18-18) play this season, I could not believe how bad they were.
A bizarre assemblage of misfits and spare parts, their starting lineup would have made more sense at an open casting for a "Major League" sequel on the hardwood.
The seven foot Dutchman who was under the mistaken impression he was a point guard.
The scraggly Sasquatch of a power forward with the long, stringy hair.
The mohawk-sporting guard ripped from the front of the first Fishbone record.
Yet somewhere along the preseason, after a putrid offensive debut at Howard and a one point home loss to Yale, the Beavers began to morph from a punchline that couldn't shoot straight and might not win a Pac-10 game for the second consecutive season into a basketball team.
This turnaround was completed last night, 361 days after Craig Robinson was hired, as Oregon State silenced a sellout crowd of 12,000+ in El Paso and defeated UTEP to win the second annual College Basketball Invitational's best of three finals. 81-73.
Center Roeland Schaftenaar, who was booed loudly every time he touched the ball during both games away from Corvallis, was named the MVP of the tournament, scoring 12 points, grabbing seven rebounds and handing out seven assists from the top of the key.
The same Beavers that couldn't score back in November went 12-19 from behind the arc and shot 56.5% for the game, claiming the first postseason title in school history.
In other news, Oregon State coach Craig Robinson was part of a piece on NPR's Marketplace yesterday afternoon called "Hoop Lessons For The Economy."
Portland Beavers outfielder Will Venable was profiled on the program One on One with Jane Mitchell. Looking for video on this one.
Oregon State vs. UTEP - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
The College Basketball Invitational's championship series comes down to tonight's third game between Oregon State and UTEP.
Craig Robinson has a painting on display at the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon's Blue Ribbon Celebration.
Robinson used his experience with other Princeton basketball alums as inspiration to bring former Beavers back into the fold.
Chris Young allowed nine runs on nine hits as Seattle beat San Diego 18-3.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne (left) was named to the was named the 2009 CNI/NOW All-Suburban Boys Basketball Team.
The College Basketball Invitational's best of three championship will have a winner-take-all game on Friday night, as Oregon State (17-18) was overcome by UTEP in El Paso. The Beavers were within three points in the final minute but the Miners secured the victory at the free throw line.
The Vermont Frost Heaves saw their season end with a 96-90 loss to the Wilmington Sea Dawgs in the wild card round of the Premier Basketball League playoffs.
Oregon State vs. UTEP - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Josh Tarver and Oregon State are in El Paso tonight for game two of the College Basketball Invitational's best of three finals. The Beavers lead the series 1-0.
Former Princeton assistant and current Georgetown assistant Robert Burke has interviewed for the open head coaching position at Boston University.
Sydney Johnson has been named Ivy League Coach of the Year by collegeinsider.com.
In front of their second-largest home crowd of the season, Oregon State (17-17) built a 21 point second half lead and held off a frantic UTEP charge for the 75-69 win in game one of the CBI finals. The series shifts to El Paso for game two on Wednesday night.
Georgetown's leading scorer, junior forward DaJuan Summers, will sign with an agent and make himself eligible for the NBA draft.
Pete Carril is rubbing off on the Sacramento Kings.
In Italy, 13 points and six rebounds for Judson Wallace as Benetton Treviso blew out Scavolini Spar Pesaro. Mason Rocca had 18 points and nine boards in Armani Jeans Milano's 88-85 squeaker over Snaidero Udine.
UTEP vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Oregon State hosts Texas-El Paso in game one of the College Basketball Invitational championship series tonight.
Will Venable is taking his demotion to AAA Portland in stride.
Chris Young did not make it out of the first inning of yesterday's start, giving up six runs on seven hits.
Only one Pac-10 team is still playing basketball this late in the year - Oregon State.
"This was probably the gutsiest game and gutsiest group of guys I've been a part of, even counting when I played and certainly since I've coached." - Craig Robinson.
Oregon State (16-17) advanced to the College Basketball Invitational's best-of-three finals with a 65-62 win over Stanford. The Cardinal sent the game to overtime on a second chance turnaround jumper at the buzzer, and were up five with 2:31 left in the extra frame, but Beavers center Roeland Schaftenaar sparked a 7-0 run, hitting a three, scoring inside and then assisting on a backdoor that put OSU up to stay. The Beavers will host the first game of the CBI championship on Monday night.
In the other CBI semi, Richmond (20-16) saw its season end with a 81-69 loss to UTEP. Down all night, the Spiders cut their deficit to two with eight minutes left, but could not get any closer. Richmond head coach Chris Mooney missed the final 4:44 of action, ejected following his second technical foul.
There's a Q&A between Chris Young and Dave Hollander in the Huffington Post.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 17 points as Bucks County defeated Filly Sol in the first round of the 2009 Albert C. Donofrio Classic.
Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe selects Princeton's 1965 win over Providence as one of the five best NCAA regional finals.
UTEP vs. Richmond - 8:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Richmond hosts UTEP in the first CBI semifinal of the night.
In the evening's other CBI semi, Stanford and Oregon State face off for the fourth time this year.
