John Thompson III on CNN.
The Georgetown head coach was a guest on State of the Union yesterday morning.
Monday News:
Princeton recruit Chris Clement scored 20 points for the North team in a 104-93 loss at the 2010 Dennis Johnson Memorial Boys High School All-Star Classic.
The Padres begin their season in Arizona this afternoon with Will Venable starting in right field. Watch video of Venable smacking his third of four home runs this spring training.
Chris Mooney's new contract is believed to include a sizable raise.
Georgetown sophomore Greg Monroe was named Pete Newell Big Man of the Year by the NABC.
Princeton band on HDNet.
Footage of Princeton's band from the Tigers' CBI victory over Duquesne at Jadwin Gym.
Recognition for Tony Newsom.
Hoop Scoop's College Coach Rankings are in the latest issue of Basketball Times. Princeton assistant Tony Newsom is #35 on the Top 50 Low to Mid-Major Assistants list.
Other names of note...
Top 40 College Coaches:
19. John Thompson III - Georgetown
35. Bill Carmody - Northwestern
Top Up-and-Coming Coaches:
13. Craig Robinson - Oregon State
15. Chris Mooney - Richmond
You can compare to last year's rankings here if you're so inclined.
Sports32 Weekly visits Catholic Memorial.
The Wisconsin cable channel talks to Princeton recruit T.J. Bray and the Crusaders.
Saturday News:
Last night Chris Mooney withdrew his name from the Boston College coaching search and signed an extension at Richmond through the 2016-17 season.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray could step into a great situation in the fall.
The blog Point of the Game has a post called "Pete Carril's Children."
Major League Baseball returns tomorrow evening. Will Venable (video) finished spring training with a .345 average in 20 games, hitting four home runs.
96 tears.
By now I'm sure you've heard that the NCAA is likely on the verge of expanding the men's basketball tournament to 96 teams.
A wordy press conference was held in Indianapolis yesterday, which ESPN's Dana O'Neil summarily tore apart.
Thursday News:
It is reported that Chris Mooney will interview for the open BC job today. An interview with Cornell coach Steve Donahue yesterday went "extremely well" according to a source.
A contract extension for Mooney at Richmond lacks only his signature.
Great reporting by Brendan Prunty at the Star Ledger, creating a timeline of how Seton Hall hired Kevin Willard. Mooney and Donahue are both part of this intertwined story.
The Town Topics talks with Sydney Johnson and Marcus Schroeder about the end of Princeton's season.
Even Bill Carmody, who could benefit from NCAA Tournament expansion, is against the idea.
Denver coach Joe Scott discusses his team's improvements and where the Pioneers go from here.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 3/31/10.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this morning to record a 22:00+ one-on-one interview that looks back on the Tigers' CBI run.
Johnson and Solomon discuss Princeton's first postseason victory since 1999 against Duquesne, review the team's improbable double overtime comeback at IUPUI and break down the season-ending loss to Saint Louis.
To close the 15th episode of their weekly interview series for 2009-10, the pair touch on a few bigger picture questions about the program.
1990-91 team photo.
This framed image of the 1990-91 Princeton Tigers was sitting outside the men's basketball office when I went by Jadwin Gym this morning to interview Sydney Johnson.
I had to take a snapshot. Seeing it brought back a lot of fond memories.
Enjoy this photo while I edit some forthcoming audio. You can click to enlarge.
Wednesday News:
Jerome Allen has officially been named the head coach at Penn.
The Daily Princetonian talked to Nick Lake about the Tigers' CBI run.
Georgetown's Greg Monroe was named Third Team Associated Press All-American.
Richmond is working on a raise and a contract extension for Chris Mooney. Boston College has shown interest in both Mooney and Cornell coach Steve Donahue for their open head coaching position.
Princeton recruit Chris Clement will play for Boys North in the 2010 Dennis Johnson Memorial High School All-Star Game.
Denver has improved by at least four games in each of the last three seasons.
Pictures of the Year.
I've been nothing short of thrilled with the work Stephen Goldsmith has done for this site over the past three years, but I think he outdid himself in 2009-10.
Stephen's images have helped enhance my game stories and analysis. His shots have given members unable to regularly attend Princeton contests a better understanding of specific situations involving this year's team and have often been the only pictures capturing many moments, both home and away.
As part of a series of posts reviewing this past season, I've hand-selected my favorite 15 photos Stephen took covering games for princetonbasketball.com.
It is a tribute to Stephen's talent that I hemmed and hawed all weekend trying to pair down over two dozen top choices to these selections.
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
Like what you see? You can always review the site's complete library of photo essays here.
