Brian Taylor reception pictures.
Photos from last night's postgame reception honoring Brian Taylor courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
A new Brian Taylor card!
The summer before last I spent a fair amount of time scanning classic trading cards of Princeton greats who played in the ABA and/or NBA including Brian Taylor, Geoff Petrie and Armond Hill.
Last night a new card was introduced, handed out to fans entering Jadwin Gym as part of the evening's festivities surrounding Taylor. Images of both sides have been added to this series and can be seen above.
Photos from the stellar postgame reception honoring Taylor will be up later today.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-18) vs. Princeton (17-8 / 8-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 54 Dartmouth 38 - 2/6/10.
| Dartmouth | Princeton | |
| 5-10 | Home Record | 7-3 |
| 0-11 | Away Record | 10-5 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 330 | RPI | 137 |
| 339 | Sagarin | 145 |
| 341 | Pomeroy | 124 |
| 53.9 | Points / Game | 59.2 |
| 64.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 52.6 |
| .384 | FG% | .437 |
| .644 | FT% | .732 |
| .288 | 3PT FG% | .369 |
| 30.7 | Rebounds / Game | 30.2 |
| 10.1 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.7 |
| -6.0 | Rebounding Margin | +1.4 |
| 10.2 | Assists / Game | 11.7 |
| 13.5 | Turnovers / Game | 13.6 |
| 2.4 | Blocks / Game | 2.9 |
| Dixon: 9.2 | Points | Davis, Mavraides: 12.5 |
| Weeden: 4.9 | Rebounds | Mavraides: 4.5 |
| Pride: 2.3 | Assists | Schroeder: 3.0 |
| Rufful: 1.4 | Steals | Schroeder: 1.7 |
| Weeden: 0.6 | Blocks | Maddox: 0.8 |
| Pride: .431 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Finley: .608 |
| Dixon: .818 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Saunders: .909 |
| Griffin: .370 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Saunders: .479 |
Harvard vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond (23-7) was outplayed and outhustled most of the night by Dayton, but seven straight points late from senior David Gonzalvez and 14 steals willed the Spiders to the 60-56 win.
Oregon State (14-15) nearly let an 18 point halftime lead get away, holding on for the 59-55 victory over Washington State. Jared Cunningham tied a school record with eight steals.
The Daily Princetonian previews this weekend's games.
Did you have a good Thursday? Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had a better Thursday. Bray became Catholic Memorial's all time leading scorer in a 72-62 Crusader victory over Lakeside Lutheran in the second-round of the WIAA Division 2 tournament - recording 24 points, grabbing 20 rebounds, dishing out 10 assists and adding five blocks for good measure. Lordy.
I know there's a presentation honoring Brian Taylor at halftime of the Harvard/Princeton game, but the LA Times reports Princeton will also retire his jersey number.
Denver won their final 15 consecutive home games this season.
Chris Young pitched an inning for the Padres yesterday, his first action in almost nine months.
Wednesday News:
Oregon State will hold its Media Day this afternoon.
Beavers head coach Craig Robinson and his staff are ready to get back on the court.
ESPNU will feature Georgetown as part of their Midnight Madness coverage on Friday.
John Thompson III spoke to the Washington Post about the Hoyas' upcoming season. Hoya Hoops has more from yesterday's Georgetown Media Day.
Slam Magazine profiles Hoya sophomore center Greg Monroe.
Former Princeton great Brian Taylor is part of a new documentary called "Spirit of Champions: Memories of the 1968 State Basketball Championship Season" about his junior year at Perth Amboy High School.
"Carril Court" ceremony pictures.
Photos of Saturday night's "Carril Court" halftime ceremony. Assistance naming all of the former players in attendence would be greatly appreciated.
Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Brian Taylor.
A reader sent us an oversized trading card featuring the pride of Perth Amboy that we did not have in our collection. It is 1977 Topps trading card #73. If you missed our scans of trading cards featuring Princeton stars of the 1970s last summer, click here to enjoy the series.
Brian Taylor.
1981 was the last year until the early 1990s that Topps made basketball trading cards. Each card in this set had three players on it, with perforations that allowed for division into three smaller cards. This is our final Brian Taylor scan, 1981 Topps trading card #216.
Brian Taylor.
1981 was the last year until the early 1990s that Topps made basketball trading cards. Each card in this set had three players on it, with perforations that allowed for division into three smaller cards. This Brian Taylor card was #221 in the ill-fated series, from Taylor's penultimate NBA campaign.
Monday News:
Will Venable was named the minor leagues' tenth best corner outfielder by Baseball America. Venable's San Antonio team has lost three of four since our last update.
August 2nd: 2-5 in a 4-3 loss to Corpus Christi.
August 3rd: 1-4 with a run scored in a 5-0 win over Frisco. Venable also made two big catches in the game to keep the RoughRiders scoreless.
August 4th: 1-3 in a 4-1 loss to Frisco.
August 5th: 0-5 in a 7-2 loss to Frisco.
Check your local listings for NBA TV's rebroadcast of the sixth game of the 1976 ABA finals. I happened upon the second half of this program late Saturday night. Former Nets Brian Taylor and Julius Erving are in-studio for the whole show.
Brian Taylor.
Another Brian Taylor scan. The back of the card might be my favorite one yet. 1978 Topps #14, from his second NBA season.
