Will Venable added three hits from the lead off slot, including an infield single (video) that tied the score in the seventh. By the end of the night the Friars had a half game lead over the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.
The Statesman Journal reports on Craig Robinson's appearance at the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley's kickoff luncheon.
There are a couple photos of Marcus Schroeder from the Reno Bighorns' August tryout camp on the team's Facebook page. The Bighorns will hold another tryout in October. No word yet if Schroeder will be participating.
Former Tiger Conor Neu gets a brief mention in Selena Roberts' Sports Illustrated column about Jeremy Tyler.
Princeton opens their season on November 12th versus Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights will be without shooting guard Tyree Graham, already out for the year with a knee injury.
Tommy Amaker has aimed high in his recruiting and had yet to land one of his elite targets until Saturday night, when one of the nation's top high school centers verbally committed to Harvard.
Dare to dream? One of the top centers in the class of 2011 released a list of seven schools he's focusing on. Included alongside Villanova, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Virginia and Wake Forest is Princeton.
A 6'8" senior wing from Georgia has offers from Boston College, Harvard, Penn and Princeton but his coach hopes to drum up interest from Georgia Tech.
Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports reports that Chris Young will make his return to the Padres as the starter in Saturday's game versus Saint Louis.
Yesterday was the first official chance Craig Robinson had to work with his team. He tells The Oregonian about what he saw.
Bill Carmody will be in California this week to watch a 6'9" prospect work out.
Carmody lauded his team's development while in Italy to the Chicago Tribune.
Dave Blatt is weighing leaving the Russian national team, claims Haaretz.
The John Thompson III Foundation will hold its Fourth Annual JTIII Foundation Community Festival on September 25th.
Finally, the Charleston Classic brackets are set. Georgetown will open against Coastal Carolina in the first of four games on November 18th.
Penn is the last of the eight Ivy schools to unveil their 2010-11 schedule.
Another stack of previously unscanned Princeton basketball programs from the 1980s and 1990s, including the above for Princeton's 1996 Ivy League playoff in Bethlehem, PA against Penn. Six additional images after the jump.
I've added a Programs category for the site this afternoon so you can go back to see past images with greater ease.
Chris Young threw 5 1/3 innings of shutout baseball for the Lake Elsinore Storm on Saturday night and declared that he's ready to return to the Padres. With 20 games left in the regular season and San Diego tied for first place, the question becomes what Young's role could be. Starter? Long reliever? Held out until 2011 to avoid another setback?
If you're curious to watch Young's pregame bullpen session, I've posted it below.
Can Harvard win without Jeremy Lin? The Dagger thinks so, predicting the Crimson to top Princeton for the Ivy crown in 2010-11.
Princeton is one of ESPN's Best of the Rest: Teams to Watch in their latest Summer Shootaround.
Andy Katz praises the way John Thompson III challenges Georgetown in the Hoyas' non-conference schedule.
Dave Blatt was Princeton Alumni Weekly's Tiger of the Week. Blatt's Russian National Team defeated Slovenia 83-78 in the 2010 FIBA World Championship's fifth place game.
The Daily Herarld shares 10 bullet points from a post-Italy trip conversation with Northwestern head coach Bill Carmody.
So read the front page headline from the March 13, 1991 Town Topics. Senior center Kit Mueller is hoisted after fans stormed the floor following his final game at Jadwin Gym - a 76-48 rout over Loyola Marymount on Selection Sunday.
The regular season finale for both teams was played in front of possibly the largest crowd in the 22 year history of the building, an announced attendance of 7,735.
Mueller's stat line for his last home game? 21 points on 8-8 shooting, nine assists and six rebounds.
A hodgepodge of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family that don't fit anywhere else starting with archival footage of John Thompson III (#22) feeding Alan Williams (#24) for a bucket inside. Given the existence of the three point line, this is likely from the 1986-87 season, but I can't make out the opponent. Other players on the floor - Joe Scott (#4) and Bob Scrabis (#34).
In October 1989, five months after playing his final game in Jadwin Gym, former Princeton guard Bob Scrabis returned to the Tigers' home court as a member of the New Jersey Nets training camp - postponing a trip to England after receiving an invitation from Nets GM Willis Reed.
Asked about Scrabis and Yale's Paul Maley '88, who was also in the Nets' camp, New Jersey head coach Bill Fitch told the Trenton Times: "I think it's great that they're here. I know that Bob, playing for the guy with the cigars, what's his name? Pete something? I know I won't have to teach him any fundamentals. I know he'll have been the best coached guy out there. They have a chance. They can obviously play, otherwise they wouldn't be here."
Scrabis strained his hamstring on the second day of camp and was waived nine days later.
Chris Young will make a third rehab start on Saturday night. This time out Young will take the ball for the Lake Elsinore Storm in the first game of the Class A California League Southern Division finals.
Andy Glockner from Sports Illustrated includes the 1998 Princeton team on his list of the most compelling college basketball teams since the early-90s UNLV squad.
Dave Blatt talks to the Associated Press about Thursday's game between Russia and the United States at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Richmond has released their 2010-11 basketball schedule.
A memorial on the Princeton campus for Marvin Bressler will be held on October 10th.
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In addition to the above video, there's a great piece on Russian national coach and Princeton alum Dave Blatt in today's New York Times. Russia meets New Zealand later today in the Eighth Finals of the 2010 FIBA World Championship, with the winner likely to face the United States on Thursday.
3 1/3 scoreless innings in his second rehab start for the Portland Beavers yesterday pleased Chris Young.
Georgetown has added a difficult home game versus Utah State to their 2010-11 schedule. The two teams will meet on December 4th.
Drew Crawford scored 21 points as Northwestern won their final game in Italy 77-55 against Pallacanestro Pavia. The Wildcats went 4-0 overseas.
Denver concluded its tour of Spain 4-2 with a four point win over Caja de Avila.
Craig Robinson will be the guest speaker at the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley's fundraising lunch on September 16th.
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.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
