Not too much to report out there in Ivy basketball country, but on Thursday Dick “Hoops” Weiss, writing for the New York Daily News, had a few Ivy points of interests in his “Hoops on Hoops” blog.
First, as stated in a brief in Friday’s DP, John Gallagher has been hired as an assistant coach to Glen Miller. But in addition to reporting on that, Weiss says that the Quakers are interested in Larry Loughery, a former St. Joseph’s Prep player who recently transferred to Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn.
Update: Loughery is coming to Penn
He also notes that Columbia hosted a Sports Ethics Symposium, but put Weiss and fellow NY Daily news columnist Pat Plunkett on the wait list despite sending out publicity emails. I wonder how that event compared to the one Columbia hosted a few years back called “A Culture of Losing.”
The last Ivy note is about Cornell coach Steve Donahue. There was a lot of talk about Brown’s coach Craig Robinson leaving, and in the end he did go to Oregon State. But Donahue has also gotten some coaching buzz after leading the Big Red to their first Ivy title since 1988. While not reporting any rumors, Weiss himself believes Bucknell might be a good fit for Donahue because it offers scholarships and Cornell has yet to expand its financial aid like some of the other Ivy schools have.
Tags: Men's Basketball, Steve Donahue
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April 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
They put me on the weight list too!
April 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
It’s called a wait list.
April 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I’ve changed it to “wait.” At the same time, is that really a grammar issue, instead of a spelling issue?
April 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I’m just glad it was a Grammar Hound this time, rather than the Grammar Nazi from a couple of posts ago.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Zach,
I very much enjoyed your paraphrasing of Mr. Weiss’ article. In the future, however, perhaps the DP could try to do some reporting rather than paraphrasing. Ok. Thanks.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Zach,
I very much enjoyed your highlighting of Mr. Weiss’ article. Additionally, in the future, perhaps the DP could try to continue to highlight parts of articles that are pertinent to Ivy League sports and link to them. Just like you did. Ok.
Thanks.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I agree with kb. I count six posts here by Zach, and a whopping 16.5% of them are nothing more than links to relevant articles! The only reporting I see is in the remaining five articles, and only one of them even manages to get to 20 paragraphs! What a disgrace.