Richmond vs. Memphis - 9:00 pm ET - 2k Sports College Hoops Classic - ESPNU
In front of a crowd numbering less than 100 people, Richmond (1-0) held on against Maine 44-42 in college basketball's first game of the season.
Georgetown's Roy Hibbert has been named a preseason All-American by the Associated Press.
The Daily Herald asks - Does Northwestern have a shot?
In their first interview of the year, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym to discuss the current state of Princeton basketball leading up to the Tigers' first two games of the season. This interview is 13:00+ in length. New interviews with Coach Johnson will be available every week during the 2007-08 basketball season.
Look for full coverage of Princeton's 2007 Media Day tomorrow on the site.
Congratulations to Jamie Mastaglio, who finished yesterday's New York City Marathon in under four hours and raised a lot of money for the Dave Nee Foundation in the process.
Richmond vs. Maine - 4:00 pm ET - 2k Sports College Hoops Classic
The college basketball season kicks off this afternoon, with Chris Mooney's Richmond Spiders doing the honors today in Memphis.
Today's Washington Post has a feature on the John Thompson III Foundation.
The Hoyas will start the season ranked #5 in the Associated Press poll.
Will Venable was 2-4 with a run scored in Saturday's Arizona Fall League action.
Roy Hibbert has no regrets about returning to Georgetown for his senior season.
Congratulations to John Rogers, class of 1980, who is a recipient of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Award.
Both the Trenton Times and goprincetontigers.com have quotes from Princeton coach Sydney Johnson on the Tigers' seventh-place projection in the 2007-08 Ivy League Media Poll.
After a slow start in the Arizona Fall League due to injury, Will Venable's statistics have improved.
How close is Will Venable to playing in the major leagues?
Richmond coach Chris Mooney answers questions about the upcoming season. The Spiders kick off the NCAA college basketball calendar on Monday afternoon against Maine.
I'll be interviewing Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson in early November for the first in our series of weekly sit-down interviews during the 2007-08 basketball season. Donors are encouraged to send in questions you might want me to ask. Hopefully I'll be able to include some of your submissions.
If you want to sign up for princetonbasketball.com's donor-only content to get access to these exclusive interviews and have the opportunity to ask Coach Johnson your questions this season, sign up here.
Best,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
A few words from Princeton's two captains and their coach about what this honor means to each of them.
Guard Jordan Smart has committed to Vanderbilt. Smart "had been considering" Princeton, among other Ivy League schools.
Finally, a .pdf of the ESPN Full Court 2007-08 master schedule. No Princeton games, but plenty of Hoyas.
Will Venable talks about "learning despite injury" in the Arizona Fall League.
Georgetown is ranked fifth in the preseason ESPN/USA Today poll.
We've finished up 2007-08 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.
