Robert Burke press conference excerpt.
Coach Burke has kind words for Joe Scott and John Thompson III in this excerpt from today's introductory press conference at Mount St. Mary's.
Details on the 2010-11 home schedule?
I accidentally stumbled across a series of listings for 2010-11 Princeton athletic events on-line. Included in that calendar were three home men's basketball games and dates for all six weekend Ivy League contests at Jadwin Gym.
Assuming that this information published on a Princeton University web site is correct, a potential taste of the 2010-11 schedule can be found after the jump!
Richmond recruit highlights.
Clips of the Spiders' class of 2010. They'll be joined by Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Kevin Anderson, who has taken his name out of the NBA Draft pool and will return to Richmond for his senior season.
Friday News:
Here's the official press release on Mount St. Mary's hiring of Robert Burke. A press conference will be held on Monday at 2:00 pm ET to introduce the Mountaineers' new coach.
The 17-11 Padres are being patient with Will Venable, who is hitting .233 after 86 at bats. At least a cheat sheet is serving Venable well on the basepaths, where he has seven steals.
Listen to audio of Craig Robinson's recent appearance on Chicago Public Radio.
Robinson is also the subject of piece in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Denver held their men's basketball banquet on Wednesday night.
Gelf Magazine interviews "Outside The Limelight" author Kathy Orton.
Back in September we reported that Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson would serve on an 18 person task force to review university/eating club relationships at Princeton. The findings have been published and you can read them here (.pdf).
Robert Burke to coach Mount St. Mary's.
CBS Sportsline and Fox Sports are both reporting that former Princeton and Georgetown assistant Robert Burke has been hired as the new men's basketball coach at Mount St. Mary's.
Burke was on the sidelines alongside John Thompson III at Princeton from 2000-2004 and at Georgetown from 2004-2009 before leaving the Hoyas without explanation. This past season he was an assistant coach at American University.
The Mountaineers went 16-15 last season, 12-6 in the NEC.
Chris Young trading card.
While Chris Young remains frustrated by a mysteriously sore shoulder that continues to keep him on the DL, I'm not going to let that stop me from posting the first in a series of CY trading cards I won on eBay (a stack of nine different cards for a whopping $0.59 total).
This is #404 from Topps' 2009 throwback Heritage series.
Click here to enjoy our complete trading card series with classic images from Brian Taylor, Geoff Petrie and more.
Crewcuts.
When I wrote last week about my first Ivy road trip, I had difficulty recalling details about this game.
Thankfully, a copy of the Daily Princetonian from the Monday after the Tigers clinched the 1988-89 Ivy League title turned up.
Reading faded newsprint about tidbits long since forgotten (who knew a freshman Matt Eastwick scored 10 first half points?), an unexpected answer to a series of iconic images was buried towards the end of this article.
Monday News:
Columbia has selected Kyle Smith from St. Mary's as their new head coach. Smith is close with Richmond coach Chris Mooney, as they were both assistants at Air Force under Joe Scott in 2000-01.
When Smith was up for the Hawaii job in March, Mooney said Smith "is the smartest man in college basketball. I think he has the best feel and overview of basketball programs and coaching of anyone I've ever met." High praise.
All eight Ivy coaching positions are now filled.
Columbia - Kyle Smith (2010)
Dartmouth - Paul Cormier (2010)
Cornell - Bill Courtney (2010)
Penn - Jerome Allen (2010)
Brown - Jesse Agel (2008)
Princeton - Sydney Johnson (2007)
Harvard - Tommy Amaker (2007)
Yale - James Jones (1999)
Sunday's rehab start by Chris Young in San Antonio went poorly. Young allowed five earned runs, surrendered four straight walks and could not make it out of the first inning.
Those of you with access to Princeton Alumni Weekly's Class Notes should check out the piece on page 36 about Class of '35 scholarship holder and Tiger freshman center Brendan Connolly.
Here's video from Craig Robinson's most recent appearance on Jim Rome Is Burning.
Robinson is also the subject of pieces in the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Barometer.
YouTube potpourri III.
A handful of videos I haven't had found the right moment to post that have been collected over this week, starting with part one of Craig Robinson's visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Friday News:
The Chris Young rehab start that was supposed to happen yesterday has been pushed back. He is now likely to throw for AAA Portland on Sunday at Salt Lake City.
A diving catch by Will Venable (video) ended San Diego's 4-1 win over Florida on Tuesday.
TigerBlog took Wednesday's piece on this site about going to Harvard in 1989 and ran with it.
More from the Craig Robinson media bonanza: Video from his appearance on Charlie Rose, a feature on the ESPN web site, audio of his visit to NPR's Tell Me More and a Marin Independent Journal article on his visit to Dominican University.
Oregon State will visit Colorado in the 2010 Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood series.
A 6'8" guard from Louisiana has signed with Denver.
The Valley News has an worthwhile piece on new Dartmouth head coach Paul Cormier.
Duquesne postgame interviews.
Here's another request - Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson, sophomore guard Douglas Davis and junior forward Kareem Maddox talking with HDNet's Craig Ehlo after Princeton's first round CBI victory over Duquesne.
