My latest $0.99 eBay steal is another late-1970s Princeton program, this from the Tigers’ first meeting of the 1978-79 season with eventual Final Four participant Penn. On the cover you’ll find 6’11″ senior center Tom “Too Tall” Young (#45).
Highlights are scanned after the jump. Click on any image to enlarge.
Four YouTube excerpts from Coach Carril’s elucidative tapes. Interesting to hear many of these schemes explained by the man himself.
I model myself an amateur archivist and take pride in being a thorough researcher, so a discovery like the above photo was all I needed to start digging up details on what happened prior to the final buzzer of Princeton’s 56-53 victory over 19th-ranked Oklahoma State in the 1983 NCAA Tournament.
Princeton had already shut down North Carolina A&T 53-41 for their 10th straight win behind 18 from Gordon Enderle and 15 for Ivy League Player of the Year Craig Robinson in a preliminary round of the tournament to set up their meeting with OSU.
There’s much to love if you click to enlarge this image shot off the endline of Gill Colliseum in Corvalis, Oregon – from the agape hug on the far right to the joy of the unknown player rushing alone to half court still wearing his warm-up pants to Pete Carril’s blase’ gesture with his right hand as he shuffles towards the Cowboys’ bench.
Finally found this on YouTube – Sydney Johnson, John Thompson III and Craig Robinson discuss Coach Carril’s legacy during the tail end of their joint “Katz’s Corner” interview.
For just $0.74 more than it would have set me back walking in to Jadwin Gym 34 years ago, I picked up a copy of the above Penn/Princeton program on eBay this week.
Highlights are scanned after the jump. Click on any image to enlarge.
The Kings assistant and the Pistons rookie both talk with B Ball Breakdown.
Will Venable has started a rehab assignment with the Lake Elsinore Storm, San Diego’s Single A affiliate. Venable will be with the team through Sunday.
Pete Carril’s 80th birthday is the subject of a TigerBlog post. Carril had high praise for Sacramento Kings first round draft pick DeMarcus Cousins after Wednesday’s NBA Summer League game.
Princeton’s 2010-11 women’s basketball schedule has been released. It should not be too hard to figure out when the Tiger men’s Ivy games will be played based on this information. These dates jive with details we uncovered back in early May.
An amusing post on the Basketball U site is about a game in the Del Co Pro-Am Summer League where many current Penn players and Ugonna Onyekwe lost to a team featuring Kit Mueller. While the most exasperated version of this retelling has since been edited overnight, it still makes for interesting reading.
Let’s get ahead of ourselves, shall we? Rivals names Princeton coach Sydney Johnson as one of five head men who could make a big leap after the 2010-11 season.
Princeton Alumni Weekly remembers Marvin Bressler.
I’d never been able to bring myself to watch the final seconds of Princeton’s 1991 NCAA Tournament loss to Villanova since I saw it live, but the Tigers’ last shot can now be streamed here. Coach Carril’s disgust as he walks off the court sums it all up.
A guard from Illinois has committed to Northwestern over interest from Princeton, Harvard and Bucknell.
The NCAA has announced how their new 68 team format for the tournament will be bracketed.
Please join me in wishing former Princeton coach Pete Carril a happy 80th birthday.
Will Venable is having a power surge. The San Diego outfielder put his team in front to stay yesterday afternoon with a deep two run shot down the right field line (video) in the eighth inning of a 4-2 win over Florida.
On Friday, Venable overcame a shaky day in the field by slugging his seventh home run of the season (video) to give San Diego breathing room in a 3-0 decision against the Marlins. Venable has hit four HRs in his last seven games, over which he’s batting .333.
It was Venable’s girlfriend who was the first to point out the drastic difference between his day/night statistical splits.
Greg Monroe is happy to be with the Pistons, and vice versa.
Retiring after 48 years, Hamilton educator Charley Ross recalls what his JV coach in high school, Pete Carril, taught him.
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Fri. November 12
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Fri. 11/12 Rutgers
Sun. 11/14 at Duke ##
Mon. 11/22 at James Madison ##
Tue. 11/23 vs. Bucknell ##
Wed. 11/24 vs. Presbyterian ##
Sun. 11/28 Siena
Tue. 11/30 at Lafayette
Sun. 12/5 Saint Joseph's
Wed. 12/8 at Monmouth
Sun. 12/12 at Tulsa
Fri. 12/17 at Wagner
Wed. 12/22 at Towson
Wed. 12/29 vs. Northeastern **
Thu. 12/30 vs. Furman / UCF **
Wed. 1/05 Marist
Sun. 1/23 TBA
Fri. 01/28 Brown
Sat. 01/29 Yale
Fri. 02/04 Harvard
Sat. 02/05 Dartmouth
Tue. 02/08 Penn
Fri. 02/11 at Columbia
Sat. 02/12 at Cornell
Fri. 02/18 at Yale
Sat. 02/19 at Brown
Fri. 02/25 Cornell
Sat. 02/26 Columbia
Fri. 03/04 at Dartmouth
Sat. 03/05 at Harvard
Tue. 03/08 at Penn
## College Basketball Experience
** UCF Holiday Classic
at St. Louis
69-59 L CBI
at IUPUI
74-68 W 2OT CBI
vs Duquesne
65-51 W CBI
vs Penn
68-56 W
vs Harvard
54-51 W
vs Dartmouth
71-43 W
at Columbia
67-52 W
at Cornell
50-47 L
vs Brown
57-54 L
vs Yale
82-58 W
at Penn
58-51 W
vs Cornell
48-45 L
vs Columbia
55-45 W
at Dartmouth
54-38 W
at Harvard
56-53 W
at Yale
58-45 W
at Brown
63-46 W
vs Goucher
88-35 W
at Marist
77-58 W
at Maine
52-50 L
at St. Joe's
70-62 W
vs Wagner
45-42 W
vs Monmouth
46-42 W
at UNC Greensboro
65-50 W
vs Lafayette
62-48 W
at Rutgers
58-44 L
at Cal
81-60 L
at George Washington
65-50 L
vs Army
56-52 L
vs Manhattan
61-54 W
at Central Michigan
71-68 W
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