Princeton held its 2008 Media Day on Thursday afternoon. Coach Sydney Johnson and select Tigers spoke to princetonbasketball.com about the upcoming season. These interviews are exclusive to our site. If you're interested in inside access like this all season long, please consider becoming a donor.
Photos from today by Stephen Goldsmith can be seen after the jump.
After being teased as a possibility on sites such as i95Ballerz since early August, Gonzaga high school senior standout Ian Hummer made his commitment to Princeton official last week.
The 6'7", 225 lb forward is the son of former Princeton star Ed Hummer '67 and the nephew of another Tiger legend - John Hummer '70.
We had a chance to speak with Gonzaga head coach Steve Turner on Friday and he gave us the scoop on this highly regarded prospect who passed up high major opportunities for the chance to play for the Tigers. Quotes, video highlights, player evaluations and articles can be found after the jump.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon caught up at Jadwin Gym on Monday morning to talk in detail about the 2008-09 season. Included in this discussion are questions about the new banners hanging in the rafters, meeting Bill Bradley for the first time, this year's team captains, information on player injuries, the freshman class, how practices have gone so far and a variety of other topics. This interview is 25:00+ in length, our longest interview with Coach Johnson to date.
Weekly interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every Thursday during the season.
The good recruiting news continues for Coach Sydney Johnson: 6'9" senior forward Will Barrett has confirmed that he will play his college ball for the Tigers, choosing Princeton over Columbia and interest from Michigan.
The Contra Costa Times talked to Lincoln Gunn about his decision to give up basketball.
Yesterday was Atlantic 10 Media Day. Listen to audio from Richmond head man Chris Mooney.
Craig Robinson will be happy when the presidential election is over.
This just in: The Washington Post's Recruiting Insider reports that 6'7" Gonzaga senior center Ian Hummer has decided to attend Princeton, choosing the Tigers over Northwestern and Cal. We'll have more on the newest Tiger soon.
Northwestern coach Bill Carmody speaks surprisingly highly of his freshman class, part of a recent movement by the Wildcats to look closer to home for recruits.
I'll be interviewing Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson in early November for the first in our series of weekly sit-down interviews during the 2008-09 basketball season. Donors are encouraged to send in questions you might want me to ask. Hopefully I'll be able to include some of your submissions.
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Couldn't make it to last night's dinner honoring Bill Bradley and Dick Kazmaier? I know, neither could we. Thankfully, our photographer, Stephen Goldsmith was able to attend and submit the following photo essay. Lots of familiar Princeton basketball faces - past, present and future were at Jadwin as #42 was retired across all Tiger sports. If you went, please share your memories of the event in our comments. Thanks so much to Stephen for his excellent work!
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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
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1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
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1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
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1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
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1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
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