YouTube potpourri LXXIX.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, John Thompson III gets down at Georgetown's Midnight Madness.
Five additional videos follow after the jump.
Wednesday News:
The relationship between Ian Hummer and his father is the crux of a Yahoo! Sports profile on the Princeton senior forward.
Yahoo! also ran a full Ivy League preview yesterday.
It is unlikely you will make it all the way through this piece on the relationship between Richmond coach Chris Mooney and a former manager without getting teary-eyed.
Judson Wallace scored eight points on 2-10 shooting and grabbed a game-best 13 rebounds in 22 minutes of play off the bench as FC Barcelona defeated the Dallas Mavericks, 99-85.
While the visiting team played without star Dirk Nowitzi, it was the third straight victory for the top team in Spain over an NBA foe. Wallace did not see action in the first quarter but was a significant contributor the rest of the way with a team-high five assists including a pair of no look perimeter passes that set up three point shots for teammates.
The Princeton alum recorded a left wing three, a rebound follow tipping the ball away from the Mavs' Shawn Marion and a trio of free throws.
Elsewhere in Europe, Kareem Maddox is off to a "dream start" with Newcastle.
J. Richey Nash, who earned a varsity letter as a member of the Tigers in the 1986-87 season, is the writer, star and co-director of a new film titled "Hitting the Cycle" that is making its premiere this week.
La di da di. Georgetown's Midnight Madness will feature Doug E. Fresh.
A prospect from Nevada chose Harvard over Stanford, Princeton, Cal, UC Santa Barbara and Lehigh.
The Crimson have adjusted their roster for the upcoming season. Officially absent are Kyle Casey, Brandyn Curry and junior Matt Brown.
If you check the calendar today you'll notice that we're exactly one month from the start of the 2012-13 campaign! Since we began our membership drive for this season 150 subscribers have signed up/renewed for the upcoming year's coverage. You can learn more about who we are, what we do and why you should join the princetonbasketball.com family here.
I can't thank you all enough for your support. Please bookmark the new site forum we launched recently as I hope you'll use it to drive your own conversations that are separate from the comments underneath my posts. Start a thread and see where it goes!
Monday News:
Data has been entered, models have been run and the exhaustive/exhausting 14-Game Tournament 2012-13 Ivy League preview has been posted.
Georgetown's John Thompson III says that the Hoya's new on-campus athletic facility will happen in the "near future."
Oregon State head man Craig Robinson popped up on the campaign trail again, this time in Ohio.
Kareem Maddox followed up a 14 point, nine rebound effort with his best game yet for the undefeated Newcastle Eagles.
The Princeton basketball team makes a very brief cameo at the 17:40 mark of Outside The Lines' piece on paralyzed Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand.
Jeremy Lin is reportedly in talks with Harvard on creating a co-licensed line of merchandise.
Finally, for those of you planning on traveling to Staten Island next month, I received the following email (which I have edited slightly for length and content):
My name is Whitney Jones and I am the Ticket Manager for Wagner Athletics. I just wanted to contact you and see if you would be able to inform your fans about purchasing tickets in advance for our game on November 28th. It is going to be a big game because we are also doing an earring giveaway to the first 300 fans as well. We have a limited number of reserved VIP seats that are located courtside that they can purchase ahead of time at $30.00 a seat. Our General Admission price for adults is $10 and for children is $6. I can be reached at 718-420-4039.
A direct link to buy tickets can be found here. See you at the Spiro Sports Center.
Thursday News:
Find of the week goes to Brian Earl for this scouting report his father gave him of Rutgers' attempts to prepare for Bill Bradley and the rest of the 1964-1965 Princeton Tigers. Of course, Bradley scored 35 points in this game and the orange and black led by 27 at halftime. So much for scouting reports!
The Padres' season concluded last night with a 7-6 win at Milwaukee. For the year Will Venable hit .264 in 148 games (equalling his career high) with 26 doubles, eight triples, nine home runs and 24 stolen bases. His strikeout/game ratio also dropped for the third straight season.
A brief video of Armond Hill coaching the Celtics' rookies.
This is an interesting piece on recruitment battles between Georgetown and Maryland.
Mercer County Community College has posted their schedule for the upcoming season.
A Harvard basketball verbal commit will play elsewhere citing financial concerns.
Thursday News:
A January 27 home game versus The College of New Jersey completes Princeton's 2012-13 schedule. The Tigers and Lions will be facing off for the third straight season.
The tip time for the Tigers' matchup at Syracuse has been announced.
Is Rutgers' trip to Jadwin one of the five toughest true non-conference road contest for Big East teams? One writer thinks so.
Northwestern has revealed start times and television information for the Wildcats' schedule.
New Jersey's Reggie Cameron, one of the top shooters in the class of 2013 has committed to Georgetown.
ESPNU will visit McDonough Arena once again for the Hoyas' Midnight Madness on October 12.
Here's more on Craig Robinson surprising Obama campaign volunteers in Philadelphia over the weekend.
Alan Adler, who played basketball at Princeton in the 1960s, is behind a significant financial gift to the Princeton University Art Museum.
A guard from Minnesota who claims an offer from the Tigers has added an overture from Penn State.
They named the court at Mercer County Community College for former coach Howie Landa.
The full Penn basketball schedule for the upcoming season has been released.
Wednesday News:
Georgetown's John Thompson III delivered an encouraging message at Monday's Coaches 4 Character program.
The Daily Princetonian recaps the Tigers' trip to Spain, with quotes from Chris Clement.
In his most recent outing Chris Young (4-8) threw 6.2 innings of solid baseball, but included in his eight hits surrendered were three solo home runs as New York lost 3-0 at Milwaukee. Young, who is looking to stay healthy, received a significant financial bonus for exceeding 100 innings pitched on the season.
A center from Kentucky has selected William & Mary over apparent finalists Bucknell, Princeton and Rice.
Denver will show up on the ESPN family of networks at least three times in 2012-13.
A home game with Air Force has been added to the Richmond schedule.
Wednesday News:
Former Tiger Noah Savage is the subject of a lengthy feature focusing on the life of an aspiring stand-up comedian.
Georgetown's Henry Sims will join John Shurna at the New York Knicks' training camp.
Fairfield is set to open the Preseason NIT at Virginia, with a potential matchup versus Penn in the next round.
Chris Denorfia and Will Venable have formed a potent right field platoon for the Padres.
Chris Young was among the Mets who met with families from Tuesday’s Children prior to Tuesday's game.
The Boston Herald is reporting that Harvard point guard Brandyn Curry will also miss the 2012-13 season. Andy Katz has more on how the situation in Cambridge will effect the Crimson on the court.
Tuesday News:
Princeton is back on campus, and as you can see from the above video, very thankful to those who made their Spain trip possible.
Georgetown expects to be quite good this season.
Northwestern's John Shurna signed a one year deal with the Knicks.
A guard from New Jersey has selected Oregon State.
Will Venable drove in three for San Diego in yesterday's victory over St. Louis. The Padres have won 14 of their last 18 games.
The landscape of both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 Ivy League men's basketball seasons have potentially changed significantly with the news that Harvard co-captain and top returning scorer Kyle Casey will withdraw from school for a year after being embroiled in an academic cheating scandal. Fellow co-captain Brandyn Curry has also been implicated but has yet to make a decision on his future.
Friday News:
Princeton's concluded their exhibition series in Spain with a 1-3 record, falling 79-76 to Club Melilla Baloncesto. You can see a full box score here.
Four players found double figures once again for the orange and black, and Will Barrett had his second straight double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lone starting guard Chris Clement scored 18 without a turnover.
The Tigers, who were outpaced 27-17 in the first quarter, shot 4-25 from three point range, just 1-12 after intermission. I'll look more at the estadísticas de Espana in a separate post. In the meantime, a single play from the game is embedded below.
Former Princeton and current Fairfield assistant coach Martin Bahar is raising money for the 2012 Light The Night walk, which supports 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 (and possibly even take them over their fundraising goal) by following this link.
Georgetown, Richmond and Dartmouth all unveiled complete 2012-13 schedules.
Thursday News:
Princeton es en Espana, with Los Tigres' first game coming tomorrow versus Assignia Manresa of Liga ACB, who went 15-19 last season in their country's top division.
Before the team departed, T.J. Bray and head coach Mitch Henderson spoke to the Town Topics.
Northwestern's already big (numerically and vertically) freshman class got even bigger with the late addition of 6'10" Aaron Liberman.
Georgetown players and coaches spent a day volunteering at So Others Might Eat.
The Patriot League has stayed aggressive during conference realignment, adding Loyola (Md.) for next season and beyond.
Monday News:
Above, Mitch Henderson answers a few questions in advance of Princeton's trip to Spain.
Speaking of the Tigers' overseas trip, the special uniforms the team will be wearing are very sharp.
Oregon State is already having success in Europe, where the Beavers are 3-0.
Here are conference-by-conference, school-by-school results for ESPN's 50 in 50 series. After Penn and Princeton, another Ivy program doesn't appear for the next 229 positions.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III will speak at Coaches 4 Character on September 17 in Greenville, SC.
Newsday debates The People v. Chris Young.
Columbia has announced their 2012-13 schedule.
I was flattered that my awkward personal interaction with Rick Majerus from 2005 would get referenced in Sports Illustrated. Read the original one act play here!
Friday News:
Pete Carril will speak at the Fairfield University Coaches' Clinic on October 28.
Here is an interesting, uncorroborated story about a possible 2012 non-conference opponent and how this game came to be.
Georgetown ranked 12th in ESPN's 50 in 50 countdown.
An Arizona State assistant is leaving to replace Dan Leibovitz at Penn.
