Practice is underway at Richmond.
During yesterday's teleconference, Soft Pretzel Logic asked each of the eight Ivy coaches their thoughts on an Ivy League tournament.
Five Georgetown recruits have already become fast friends.
Northwestern coach Bill Carmody met the media on Monday.
Another first-hand report from the pre-dawn practices at Oregon State.
Reporters were invited to the first practices of the season at Northwestern and Oregon State. Some interesting observations of both schools' coaches in these two articles.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne tells the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel why he decided to play basketball for the Tigers.
Georgetown recruit Nate Lubick is profiled by the Milford Daily News.
Samford head coach Jimmy Tillette explains how hard it was to initially get Princeton's coaches to teach him about their offense.
Happy 79th birthday, Harvey Yavener!
We've finished up 2008-09 calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams. You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA. Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time changes or new TV information is revealed. These links will work best with iCal, so your mileage may vary.
The 2008-09 Princeton media guide is now on-line. Read up!
Rush The Court has published their Ivy League preview.
Reports on the first practices of the season out of Northwestern and Denver.
Oregon State players are focused on what coach Craig Robinson has to say. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports on the Beavers' rebuilding job.
LSU women's basketball assistant coach Bob Starkey recommends Pete Carril's "The Smart Takes From The Strong."
I am pretty sure Noah Savage scored 28 points in his Swiss debut, but someone who speaks Italian better than I do (i.e. at all) will have to confirm.
Yesterday was Media Day at Georgetown. The Washington Post and the Associated Press file their reports.
The Daily Herald spoke to Northwestern head man Bill Carmody and The Oregonian chatted with Craig Robinson as we inch closer to most schools holding their first official practices of the year this weekend.
It no longer appears that former Providence guard Dwain Williams will be transferring to Oregon State.
Read about a local guard who picked Navy over interest from Princeton and Cornell.
Chris Young starts for San Diego against Tim Lincecum in San Francisco tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
Matt Steinmetz from Golden State Warriors Examiner interviews Geoff Petrie about Pete Carril.
Will Venable continues to thrive as a Padre.
Richmond head coach Chris Mooney is not a cheater, writes Ed Kracz of the Bucks County Intelligencer.
Craig Robinson has landed a "program-changing recruit" at Oregon State.
A 6'4 guard has picked Northwestern over Wake Forest, Oklahoma State and Loyola.
The Princeton Packet talks to Will Venable.
Oregon State has released its 2008-09 schedule.
Will Venable remains on a roll, batting .411 over his last 10 games, including a 4-4 performance with two doubles on Saturday as Portland bested Tacoma 4-2.
Chris Young threw his first bullpen session since being hit in the face with an Albert Pujols line drive on May 21st. Young will have septum surgery at the end of the month and hopes to return to the Padres' roster after the All Star Game break.
Two articles with quotes from Georgetown head man John Thompson III: The first about the draft prospects of Roy Hibbert and the second about incoming Hoya freshman Greg Monroe.
Stats from Zane Ma's first two games for Team Future in the Rico's Get Better Summer League: four points and eight rebounds in 74-70 loss to Team Get Better and two points and four rebounds in a 72-70 loss to Team San Diego.
In other summer league news, Noah Savage had two high-scoring games for George's Rosters/Ivy Inn in the Princeton Summer League.
More details on Oregon State's non-conference schedule, including a game against Yale.
Former Princeton sharpshooter Mike Bechtold will be inducted into Lebanon High School’s sports Hall of Fame next year.
Chris Young authored a piece for the San Diego Union Tribune about "the bright side of a line drive."
Some 2008-09 schedules are starting to take shape. Oregon State will visit Iowa State as part of this year's Big 12/Pac-10 series.
Will Venable hit in 10 straight games for Portland and is now batting .307 through 51 games in AAA.
Two honors handed out recently - Pete Carril received the Carl A. Fields Memorial University Service Award from the Association of Black Princeton Alumni and Princeton Athletic Director Gary Walters was named AstroTurf AD of the Year - Northeast / Football Championship Subdivision by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
Here's a 6'6" Arizona high school player who just took an unofficial visit to Princeton.
Chris Richard, who sat out last season at Richmond with knee tendonitis, will transfer to Oregon State.
Former Princeton assistant and former Cornell head coach Jan van Breda Kolff will be the head man for ABA expansion team the Nashville Broncs.
Dave Blatt has been hired as the head coach of Dynamo Moscow.
The Daily Princetonian sums up the Tigers' 07-08 season just in time for Reunions.
George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated writes about Craig Robinson. Providence point guard Dwain Williams will transfer to join Robinson at Oregon State.
Georgetown alum Roy Hibbert worked out with the Utah Jazz today.
Michael Vandahl will walk on to play for Joe Scott at Denver.
The Sacramento Kings exercised their club option on President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie.
Bleacher Report names Georgetown's John Thompson III one of the five best coaches in the game today.
An article about a 6'8" florida high school player who says Princeton has shown interest in him.
Craig Robinson continues to lay groundwork for the future at Oregon State.
The Ivy League has hired a new Associate Director for Communications and a new Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials.
