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Two more schedule cards.

CJ Chapman on the front of the 1999-2000 schedule card.

Mike Bechtold's card from the following campaign.

I've made "Schedule Cards" its own category and tagged older posts retroactively, so click above to see what I've scanned to date.



Friday News:

Georgetown will play Washington in the Wooden Classic on December 12th.

6'6" forward Stepehen Stepka will join the Hoyas as a walk on this fall.

The Oregon State schedule has been released.

An article in the Reading Eagle about John Barres has both anecdotes about Pete Carril and an excellent locker room photograph.

Richmond is focusing on strength and conditioning during the off-season.

Brown has also released their 2009-10 schedule.



Wednesday News:

Scott Greenman and the USA Juniors team came up two points short of the gold medal at the Maccabiah Games, falling to Israel 79-77.

Georgetown will host Temple in an early-season game broadcast by ESPN.

The Richmond non-conference schedule now includes a meeting with Florida.

A 6'3" combo guard from Tennessee says Princeton is one of the schools recruiting him.



Assorted photographs.

I turned up a short stack of pictures - one from Princeton's 1999 NIT win over Georgetown at Jadwin Gym and two from the Tigers' subsequent victory at NC State five days later. The final two photos are undated from some point during the 1999-2000 campaign.

Have any snapshots in your collection you would like scanned? Let me know and I'd be delighted to share them.

Bill Carmody instructs his iron five against the Hoyas.

Tigers win!

Princeton cheerleaders storm the floor at Reynolds Coliseum.

Spencer Gloger and Ahmed El-Nokali.

Coach Levy and Coach Thompson (standing) with El-Nokali and Chris Young (sitting). Mike Bechtold crossing his arms in the background.



Monday News:

The Scott Greenman-coached USA Juniors Team remained undefeated at the Maccabiah Games with a 81-28 victory over Argentina. If the United States can defeat Azerbaijan today, they will advance to tomorrow's gold medal game. Greenman is interviewed about his return to Israel in today's Atlantic City Press.

A thorough interview with Georgetown product DaJuan Summers was on DC Sports Bog a few days ago. Summers speaks about his time as a Hoya and debunks a few myths about his experiences.

Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson has chosen an author for his book, "A Game of Character."

For those of you curious about potential recruiting targets, these brief Q&As with players at the Hoop Group Elite Camp and the Summer Classic East include several players who list Princeton as a school that is showing interest in them.

Dan Mavraides talks about his experiences this summer with The Athens Fellowship.



Friday News:

The dates for Princeton's two games against Penn have been announced. The Tigers will travel to the Palestra on Tuesday, February 16th and host the Quakers at Jadwin Gym on Tuesday, March 9th. See the full 2009-10 Princeton basketball schedule here.

Scott Greeenman shares some thoughts about his return to Israel with the Princeton Athletic Department.

A guard from New England who visited Princeton has committed to Harvard.

Will Venable was 1-4 at the plate as the Padres began the back half of their season with a 10-1 loss to Colorado.

I received an advance copy yesterday of Kathy Orton's book "Outside the Limelight: Basketball in the Ivy League" and immediately read it cover-to-cover. The book, which chronicles the 2005-06 Ivy season, is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in Ivy League basketball. You can preorder using the link above. A full review and an interview with the author will follow later this summer.



Wednesday News:

The Town Topics spoke to Princeton assistant Scott Greenman in advance of Greenman's trip to Israel as head coach of the USA Youth Basketball Team at the 18th Maccabiah Games. Results from the games are hard to find on the event's web site, but my research shows that Greenman's team is 3-0 with wins over Germany, Canada and Israel. The United States faces Australia on Wednesday.

Former Princeton coach Pete Carril is profiled by the Las Vegas Sun.

One of the top players in the class of 2010 is considering Oregon State.



Monday News:

Will Venable finished the first half of the season on a strong note, picking up the first four hit game of his career and swatting his first home run of the season in San Diego's 10-4 win over San Francisco. Venable also scored four runs. After a terrible June that finished with a .156 batting average, Venable is batting .321 through 10 games in July and has pushed his average up to .233.

The United States Juniors team that Scott Greenman is coaching at the Maccabiah Games decimated Germany 96-18.

Today's Sacramento Bee has more on Pete Carril and Tyreke Evans.



Sunday News:

On the third day of the NBA Summer League, Sacramento lost by three to Golden State in overtime. Above, Coach Carril assesses his team's play. Fanhouse writes about the odd couple of Carril and Kings point guard Tyreke Evans.

A large group of friends and family are on hand in San Francisco to watch Will Venable play against the Giants this weekend. Last night they saw Venable go 1-4 at the plate as the Padres were shut down for the third straight game.

Oregon State will visit UIC this season.

The United States won the gold medal over Greece at the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was the USA's first title in this tournament since 1991. Northwestern's John Shurna played seven minutes and scored one point in the finals.



Happy Birthday, Coach Carril.

Sincerely, Jason Thompson & Tyreke Evans.

The Kings lost their 2009 NBA Summer League opener to Detroit on Carril's 79th birthday, 86-77. Georgetown's DaJuan Summers led the Pistons with 24 points.

Sacramento plays Golden State later today.



Oregon State 2008-09 highlights.

A season-spanning video of Craig Robinson's successful first campaign with the Beavers.



Thursday News:

Will Venable was 2-3 with a double yesterday afternoon in Arizona. Venable is profiled in the latest Marin Independent Journal.

It looks like Chris Young may not be coming off the disabled list until August.

Georgetown will host Old Dominion on December 19th.

Northwestern sophomore John Shurna scored nine points for Team USA versus Lithuania in the FIBA U19 World Championships.

I haven't read the piece, and you need to be a subscriber to view the full article on-line, but Pete Hegseth is apparently quoted repeatedly in this week's New Yorker.



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