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.
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.
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.
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.
Scott Greenman's heroics at Cornell in double OT (27 points on 10-15 shooting) and versus Yale (27 points on 8-11 shooting) during his senior year.
Brian Earl and Princeton close down William Neal Reynolds Coliseum and silence the 12,000+ in attendance with a 61-58 win in the second round of the 1999 NIT followed by footage from the Tigers' improbable comeback at the Palestra earlier in the same season. That hesitation dribble is a thing of beauty.
Princeton assistant Scott Greenman will coach the United States Youth Basketball-Men's team at the 18th Maccabiah Games this July in Israel.
Chris Young faces the Cubs in Chicago this evening at 8:05 pm ET.
Metuchen guard Steve Rennard, who visited Princeton "a few times" during his recruiting has decided to play basketball at Penn.
Georgetown's Athletic Director has accepted the same position at the University of Delaware. Hoyas basketball coach John Thompson III is quoted about this move.
First there was the Northwestern (8-6) game. The Wildcats had a 13 point halftime lead against Purdue and an 11 point lead with under eight minutes remaining. That advantage was incrementally widdled away as Northwestern habitually split their trips to the foul line. The Boilermakers won 63-61 on two free throws with two seconds left. Argh.
Not to be outdone, Denver (7-10) could not hold a 21 point halftime lead at North Texas, as the Mean Green rallied for a 69-62 win. It tied the largest comeback in North Texas history.
The Ivy League has announced that starting in 2010 there will be conference tournaments for men's and women's lacrosse. These four team playoffs will determine the automatic NCAA tournament bid for each sport. Can basketball be far behind?
Craig Robinson is the subject of a feature by Chuck Klosterman in the new issue of Esquire.
John Thompson III will attend Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony, even if he has to walk there from Georgetown.
Princeton recruit Gus Gabel and two teammates are interviewed by the Arizona Republic.
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!
Will Venable was 3-4 with two runs scored in San Antonio's 6-4 victory over Frisco, which moved the Missions past the RoughRiders and back into first place in the Southern Division of the Texas League.
Princeton's athletic department has news on Scott Greenman being invited back to Israel for the 2007-08 season and the relatively new Tiger tradition of former point guards playing overseas.
Game four of the first round BBL playoff series went to Koln, 73-71. Judson Wallace scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The deciding game of the Eisbaren's series versus RheinEnergie will be on Thursday.
Wallace isn't the only recent Princeton graduate competing in a playoff series overseas. Scott Greenman had 22 points and five assists to send Bnei Hasharon to an overtime win in the Israeli League quarterfinals. Hasharon lost on Tuesday to Hapoel Jerusalem in the semifinals, 96-83. Greenman scored three points in seven minutes of play.
Chris Young is in Pittsburgh tonight, starting for San Diego against the Padres. 7:05 pm ET first pitch. Both the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review try their best to get Young to say something about his last outing against the Bucs, where he took a no-hitter into the ninth inning.
Will Venable was back batting lead-off for the San Antonio Missions. Venable went 2-5 with two runs scored, but the Missions dropped a wild 12-10 game to Springfield.
The gold medal game was much more closely contested as I had first thought, as after three minutes of play, the score was still tied. However, over the next 37 minutes, we went on an 85-40 run which really put the game out of reach. For everyone who thinks I might have gotten rusty after taking a month off after the season, I had fifteen in the first quarter on five of six from downtown, and then I don’t think I took any shots the rest of the game, so immediately quiet those thoughts. Regardless, the game was a lot of fun, and even though the result was inevitable and the stakes low, it still felt great standing on the middle podium while the American Anthem played.
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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
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
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
