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).
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A diving catch (video), his 11th home run of the season (video) and stolen base number 25 for the year were all part of Will Venable’s night as San Diego blanked Arizona, 5-0.
Northwestern has named seniors “Juice” Thompson and Jeff Ryan their captains for the 2010-11 season. The Wildcats leave for four games in Italy on Saturday.
Charlotte will visit Oregon State on Thanksgiving eve.
Watch an interview with John Rogers on “Intelligent Investing with Steve Forbes” from earlier this summer.
Chris Young threw 40 pitches in a second bullpen session followed by 50 more before Friday’s game.
More on the commitments of Princeton recruits Denton Koon and Clay Wilson.
The Wall Street Journal offers a feature on John Rogers and Ariel Investments. Great photo of a young Rogers working as a Chicago White Sox vendor.
Oregon State will have the services of 6′9″ onetime UTEP signee Eric Moreland in 2010-11. Moreland was cleared to play immediately for the Beavers by the NCAA and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
Denver is heading on a two week tour of Spain later this month, where the Pioneers will play six professional Spanish teams.
Richmond guard Kevin Anderson answers the Times-Dispatch’s questions.
Texas-Pan American will host Northwestern and visit Oregon State this season.
Like Gabe Lewullis, John Rogers (center) is also in Sports Illustrated’s “Where Are They Now?” issue. Rogers can be found in a special section about YouTube sensations.
Bob Scrabis gets a brief mention in the same SI as part of “Men Of The Moment,” which updates the lives of significant players from the last quarter century of NCAA Tournaments. Unfortunately, the picture accompanying Scrabis’ blurb is actually one of Kit Mueller!
Northwestern is off to a good start with their 2012 recruiting class.
The Wildcats’ Alex Marcotullio averaged 13.9 ppg for Great Britain at the FIBA U20 European Championship.
Bill Bradley discusses the current state of the NBA with SB Nation.
Chicago Magazine interviews John Rogers.
Craig Robinson is profiled by the Los Angeles Daily News.
Team captain Mason Rocca was one of four Armani Jeans Milano players in double figures as the “Little Red Shoes” took a 1-0 series lead over Pepsi Caserta in the Lega A semifinals.
Richmond will play in fifth annual Chicago Invitational.
Not much new on the Will Venable front, so enjoy video of a sliding catch he made in a game versus the Cardinals last week.
On the publicity tour for “A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago’s Southside to the Ivy League and Beyond” (Gotham Books), Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson estimates he’s told the story of playing pick-up basketball with Barack Obama to parse the character of his sister’s new boyfriend no less than 80 times.
While this anecdote has drawn repeated attention on talk shows, in print interviews and is the focus of many reviews, this moment is just a small part of Robinson’s worthwhile biography, which begins in 1960s Chicago and concludes in contemporary Corvallis, Oregon.
It would have been easy for Robinson to capitalize on his unexpected fame and write primarily about his brother in law but “A Game of Character” is a book that instead tells the complete story of Robinson’s life long before he became “Michelle Obama’s big brother.”
The tales of growing up under the watchful eye of Marian and Fraser Robinson have a distinct charm, but it is the time spent at Princeton playing for Pete Carril that should be especially worthwhile to visitors of this site. The two time Ivy League Player of the Year is the first former Tiger I can recall who has written in detail about what it was like to play for Carril, and the highs and lows of that experience shape Robinson as he first sets into the financial world and then returns to basketball as an assistant coach at Northwestern.
This morning I had a chance to speak with Coach Robinson about his story, his time at Princeton and his life since the release of this book. Robinson joined me by phone for over 32 minutes and I think you will find this wide-spanning discussion a worthwhile one that bypasses the questions Robinson has already answered ad nauseum.
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan is part of a three-on-three team (”Ariel Slow & Steady”) that includes Kit Mueller (above right), Sean Jackson and John Rogers.
Will Venable (video) golfed a shot deep to right as San Diego beat the Reds 5-0 for the team’s eighth straight win.
Venable earned praise from his manager for mastering the lost art of the delayed steal.
AOL News’ Weekend Questionnaire asks Craig Robinson an assortment of questions he hasn’t faced during his book tour.
Photos from last night’s postgame reception honoring Brian Taylor courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
UNCW vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Northern Colorado - 9:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Kean vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond welcomes UNC-Wilmington to the Robins Center. It is the first of three non conference games remaining for the Spiders before the start of Atlantic 10 play.
Northern Colorado hosts Denver.
Oregon State is preparing to start their Pac-10 slate at Washington on New Year’s Eve.
Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 20 for Penn Charter in a 73-59 loss to Atlantic Christian at the Eastern States Invitational.
A recent Trenton Times article on Lawrenceville School center Mat Piotrowski mentions that he is being recruited by Princeton and Harvard in addition to several major D-I programs.
Former Tiger captain John Rogers is part of a New York Times piece about several Chicagoans connected by a random shooting.
John Rogers talks about the lessons he learned playing for Pete Carril and the impact that Carril has had on Rogers’ business.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Northwestern Wildcats, Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
Editor - Jon Solomon
Photographer - Stephen Goldsmith
Fri. November 12
vs Rutgers
7:00 pm ET
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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