John Thompson III in action (among other plays).

January 21, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Bob Scrabis, Princeton, Video

There's plenty of video evidence of John Thompson III coaching basketball, but hardly any out there of Thompson playing basketball.

A pair of recent uploads to YouTube show JTIII scoring and getting fouled, part of a quartet of layups I'm posting today. Above's clip is from Princeton's 62-49 win over Lafayette in January of 1986.

Also on the floor: Alan Williams (#24), Joe Scott (#4) and Bob Scrabis (#34).

Three more clips after the jump. I believe they're all from the same game.

Thompson again. Mike Harnum (#30) and Aaron Belz (#43) join Williams and Scott on the floor during the first half, which was the Tigers' starting five.

Williams (12-15 shooting) scored a career high 27 on the night.

Aaron Belz down the left baseline to the rim.

Dave Orlandini (#21) to Williams for two in traffic.

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Steven Postrel said,

January 21, 2012 @ 5:18 pm

Did JTIII's FT go in on that first clip? It's such a tease.

Seriously, it's fun to see the old spread, the false motion at the beginning of the set, and some pinpoint passing to cutters whom other teams might deem as "covered." Maybe the team could use a bit more of that this year to free up the inside game.

Jon Solomon said,

January 21, 2012 @ 6:17 pm

According to the box score on Princeton's web site, Thompson was 0-2 from the line against Lafayette.

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The 13-14 Schedule

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

The 12-13 Results

at Buffalo 57-53 W
vs Northeastern 67-66 L
vs Rutgers 58-52 L
at Syracuse 73-53 L
at Lafayette 72-53 W
at Wagner 48-42 L (OT)
at Kent State 62-50 W
vs Drexel 64-57 L
vs Fordham 63-60 L*
vs Rider 62-45 W
vs Bucknell 79-67 W
at Akron 62-58 L
at Elon 74-64 W
vs Penn 65-53 W
vs TCNJ 71-33 W
vs Cornell 76-59 W
vs Columbia 72-66 W
vs Brown 63-46 W
vs Yale 69-65 L
at Dartmouth 73-55 W
at Harvard 69-57 L
at Columbia 65-40 W
at Cornell 72-53 W
vs Harvard 58-53 W
vs Dartmouth 68-63 W
at Yale 71-66 L
at Brown 80-67 L
at Penn 71-58 W

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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