Links to profiles and news on the Princeton class of 2012. That's Edo Lawrence pictured above.
Hans Brase - 6'9" : 220 lbs - The Hill School
Edo Lawrence - 7'2" : 225 lbs - Canterbury School
Mike Washington, Jr. - 6'3" : 190 lbs - Oak Harbor High School
Princeton can start full team practices this evening and Mitch Henderson is ready to roll.
Henderson is also quoted in a piece encouraging recruits to contact coaches directly if they're interested in a specific school.
Two of the Tigers' non-conference games have been added to ESPN3's schedule.
More on the commitment to Princeton of Mike Washington, Jr.
The Washington Post and Washington Times have stories from Georgetown's media day.
Bill Carmody is not making any predictions for this season.
The Atlantic 10's preseason coaches/media poll is out. Richmond is picked fifth. The Spiders will ask Darien Brothers to play a different roll than he did last year.
Oregon State has launched a sharp-looking web site for their men's basketball team. The Beavers are shooting high in 2011-12.
In his first regular season game for Landstede Basketbal, Kareem Maddox scored five points in 19 minutes of play.
As the head coach at the Hill School the past 11 seasons - coaching in the Mid Atlantic Prep League against future Princeton players Douglas Davis and Noah Savage for a school located less than 90 minutes away from Jadwin Gym - Seth Eilberg has a decent understanding of what is required to be a standout Tiger.
In 2012 Eilberg will send the Blues' senior big man Hans Brase to Princeton and Eilberg feels the strong, physical 6'9" forward has what it takes to succeed in the Ivy League.
Brase joins Edo Lawrence and Mike Washington, Jr. in what is shaping up to be a quality initial recruiting class for Mitch Henderson.
Eilberg and I discussed Brase at length this afternoon. Exclusive quotes and analysis plus links to player evaluations and videos can be found after the jump.
Gabe Lewullis has joined the staff of a hospital in Delaware.
Former Princeton player Harrison Schaen is the terminal point of a piece on recruiting service rankings and how they play out in the Ivy League.
A one-time NC State commitment has decided to play for Fairfield instead.
College Sports Madness has posted their preseason All-Ivy teams.
The Pacific Northwest has developed into a basketball hotbed in recent years and Princeton has reached out to that region with the verbal commitment late last week of high-scoring, muscular guard Mike Washington, Jr.
The 6'3" and 190 pound Washington, who models his game after that of fellow Emerald City native Brandon Roy, plays at Oak Harbor High School just north of Seattle and is coached by his father Mike Washington, Sr.
This evening I caught up with Washington, Sr. to discuss his son's commitment to Mitch Henderson's first recruiting class. Exclusive quotes and analysis plus links to player evaluations and seven videos can be found after the jump.
Yesterday was a big day for Mitch Henderson and the Princeton basketball program with the verbal commitments of three different 2012 recruits, but no part of this unprecedented afternoon was bigger than nearly 7'2" center Edward Lawrence.
When he arrives on campus next year Lawrence, who everybody calls Edo (rhymes with "meadow") will be the tallest player to ever suit up for the Tigers.
This morning I spoke with Lawrence's prep school coach Don Gowan from Canterbury School in New Milford, CT. Lawrence has only been playing organized basketball for four years, two in the United States and two overseas, but already Gowan has witnessed some incredible development, especially this summer.
Gowan's exclusive quotes and analysis plus links to player evaluations, photos and videos of Lawrence can be found after the jump.
Profiles of the other two players joining Lawrence in Princeton's 2012 recruiting class will follow in the next few days. I'll add a 2012 Princeton Recruits page on the site after those go live.
Tickets are on sale now for the November 17th luncheon in New York City honoring Pete Carril, Jim Phelan and Debbie Ryan with the 2011 Lapchick Award. If you would like to attend follow this link.
Here's the story of how Dan Geriot was selected for the open assistant coach's position at Princeton.
Geriot's college coach Chris Mooney is remaking the Richmond Spiders again.
In ESPN's non-conference schedule analysis, Princeton shows up five times as an opponent in the "toughest" or "next-toughest" tier.
Why are the Tigers traveling to Drexel in December? Because Mitch Henderson and Bruiser Flint sat next to one another on a plane.
I'm a voter in the Big Apple Buckets NYC Area Power Poll this season. To answer the question before you ask it, I selected Princeton seventh out of the 23 eligible teams.
If you missed the late addition of a third member to Princeton's 2012 recruiting class, read the updated version of this story.
According to ESPN senior recruiting analyst Dave Telep, Mitch Henderson has received verbal commitments from his first two recruits as Princeton head coach.
Update: While I was out at a memorial service this afternoon/evening word broke that a third player has committed to Coach Henderson. Crazy, unprecidented day.
Information added after the jump.
A new site covering Ivy League basketball reviews Princeton's championship season.
Tickets for Princeton's game at Harvard in February are already going fast. If you're planning on making the trip I'd secure admission ASAP.
Judson Wallace scored five points as FC Barcelona won their third straight Spanish Super Cup.
Northwestern's John Shurna was named to the John Wooden Award's Preseason Top 50. Keith Wright of Harvard is also on the list.
A player considered New York City's best big man by some has committed to Fairfield.
Congratulations Dan Mavraides, you now have your own Wikipedia page.
Landstede Basketbal lost a friendly to the Belgian team Verviers Pepinster. Kareem Maddox scored six points in defeat.
Will Venable capped 2011 with his first career grand slam (video) as San Diego beat the Cubs 9-2. Venable hit .154 over his final 10 games of the year, lovering his season average to .246 with an on base percentage of .310. The former two sport Princeton star had 91 hits, nine home runs, 44 runs batted in and 28 stolen bases across 121 games. He dropped his strikeout total from 128 in 392 at bats last year to 92 strikeouts in 370 at bats for 2010.
Princeton is viewed as the fourth-strongest team in the New York area by Big Apple Buckets.
John Thompson III attended the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine's annual gala. Thompson's wife Monica was honorary chair of this event.
A Minnesota point guard verbally committed to Harvard. Penn also added a big man to compliment their guard-heavy roster.
Former Princeton assistant and current Fairfield Director of Basketball Operations Martin Bahar is raising money for the 2011 Light The Night walk, which supports the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Bahar's sister Madeleine suffered from plasma cell leukemia and passed away in 2009 at the age of 25. You can show your support for Maddie's Team by following this link.
Princeton senior John Comfort makes a cameo appearance in a package on Northwestern's Drew Crawford, who along with Comfort interned at John Rogers' Ariel Investments this summer.
The Tigers' game at Drexel in December will be the home opener for the Dragons.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III was a presenter at the Kennedy Center's "A Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers."
10 points for Pawel Buczak in Slask Wroclaw's close loss to Turkish squad Tofas Bursa.
According to the Twitter feeds of many of the prospects to visit Cambridge last weekend, the production was productive for Harvard. Already one recruit has verbally committed to the Crimson.
Penn also picked up the services of a well-regarded guard out of Chicago.
With just four days until 2010-11 site memberships expire, princetonbasketball.com's annual fundraising appeal has been a very successful one. 80+ subscribers have either continued their memberships or signed up for the first time. I hope you'll join us this year!
Will Venable has been out for the last week+ due to an issue with his back.
It is unusual to see an article about a school offering a roster spot to a potential recruit, but there's indeed a piece about a forward from North Carolina and Princeton. Seeking clarification, I checked with the author to find out if said offer had been accepted. "No, not yet" was their response.
Quotes from Mitch Henderson show up in another story about how high school players can get noticed by college coaches.
Joe Scott was one of those taking advantage of a recent event where the Denver Nuggets opened their playbook to area college coaches.
Where does Georgetown fit in to the chaos of conference realignment?
Anyone with an interest in Ivy League basketball will want to keep an eye on Cambridge this weekend, with many impressive prospects visiting Harvard.
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