News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, news and notes for Tuesday...

• Per the Virgin Islands Daily News, Jonathan Gray (Cornell '13) scored 8 points for the Virgin Islands National Team in a loss to Juan Jose Barea and Puerto Rico in the CentroBasket Tournament in Mexico.   Gray also had 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

• An ACC preview writes of Boston College, "The underwhelming hire of Jim Christian, who for all intent and purpose looks like a step down from Steve Donahue (remember how good he was at Cornell?)"

• DMV Elite updates its profiles of D.C. area college commitments, including Cornell freshman, Jordan Abdur Ra'off.

• Bleacher Report writes of Notre Dame's Jerian Grant, "He averaged 18 points and 7.7 assists against a trio of Big Ten opponents (Iowa, Indiana and Ohio State), but most of his best games did come against patsies like Miami (Ohio), Army and Cornell."

• Vanderbilt Athletics profiles Nolan Cressler.