This afternoon's flash thunderstorm means less time spent weeding the front walk and more time spent scanning Princeton basketball programs from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Anyone know when Sean Jackson wore #31 during a game at Jadwin Gym? My guess was a JV game his "freshman" year, but the cheerleaders in the background poke holes in this theory.
Seven additional images after the jump.
Chris Young and Albert Pujols remember the frightening moment two years ago where the former was hit in the face by a line drive from the latter.
Yes, that is Nate Walton in a new T-Mobile commercial (bottom left, 10 seconds in).
Some nasty passes and a bevy of pull up jumpers by the Princeton-bound point guard from Texas.
Two different Bucknell-related sources, including the web site of a current Bucknell player, have posted tentative information about the Bison's participation in the 2010 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.
If this information is correct, Bucknell would be part of a CBE Classic subregional pool that includes James Madison, Presbyterian and Princeton.
More on the five four separate non-conference games this would create for the Tigers after the jump.
An undated, uncredited headshot of former Princeton head coach Butch van Breda Kolff. This print was purchased for the site last week on eBay.
van Breda Kolff now has his own category on princetonbasketball.com, so you can see all past posts that mention him here.
Mason Rocca and Armani Jeans Milano swept to the Lega A semifinals with an 81-75 win over Sigma Coatings Montegranaro. Rocca recorded nine points and eight rebounds in the victory.
Judson Wallace and Benetton Treviso saw their season end with a three point loss to Montepaschi Siena.
Grant Wahl of SI writes about USMNT head coach Bob Bradley and his relationship with Pete Carril.
Will Venable is still leading off for the Padres, but may be replaced at the top of the lineup by Luis Durango.
Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards has reconfirmed his commitment to the Tigers on HS Game Time.
You can watch future Tiger Tom Noonan play this summer for The Greeks in the Narberth Boys Summer Basketball League.
A worthwhile read about Ryan Dougherty, one of Georgetown's three captains in 2010-11.
Craig Robinson will be signing copies of his book on Thursday at Union Bank in Portland.
On the publicity tour for "A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago's Southside to the Ivy League and Beyond" (Gotham Books), Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson estimates he's told the story of playing pick-up basketball with Barack Obama to parse the character of his sister's new boyfriend no less than 80 times.
While this anecdote has drawn repeated attention on talk shows, in print interviews and is the focus of many reviews, this moment is just a small part of Robinson's worthwhile biography, which begins in 1960s Chicago and concludes in contemporary Corvallis, Oregon.
It would have been easy for Robinson to capitalize on his unexpected fame and write primarily about his brother in law but "A Game of Character" is a book that instead tells the complete story of Robinson's life long before he became "Michelle Obama's big brother."
The tales of growing up under the watchful eye of Marian and Fraser Robinson have a distinct charm, but it is the time spent at Princeton playing for Pete Carril that should be especially worthwhile to visitors of this site. The two time Ivy League Player of the Year is the first former Tiger I can recall who has written in detail about what it was like to play for Carril, and the highs and lows of that experience shape Robinson as he first sets into the financial world and then returns to basketball as an assistant coach at Northwestern.
This morning I had a chance to speak with Coach Robinson about his story, his time at Princeton and his life since the release of this book. Robinson joined me by phone for over 32 minutes and I think you will find this wide-spanning discussion a worthwhile one that bypasses the questions Robinson has already answered ad nauseum.
After an exceptionally frustrating 30+ hour ordeal where our service provider caused numerous databases to go screwy and took this site's functionality down to "non-existant," everything appears to be working as it should.
Phew.
I apologize for a lack of updates in the back half of this week, but a jam-packed Saturday News awaits subscribers tomorrow.
For your patience, enjoy a photo you almost certainly have never seen before: Gabe Lewullis, Chris Doyal and Steve Goodrich after the final buzzer at the RCA Dome taken by the staff photographer of the Indianapolis Star for their March 15, 1996 edition.
ESPN's Andy Katz writes about the continued adjustments made by Georgetown guard Austin Freeman since being diagnosed with diabetes.
Katz stuck around McDonough Arena to also file a piece about the Hoyas' prospects in 2010-11.
Georgetown assistant coach David Cox is leaving the program to accept an associate head coach position under Mike Rice at Rutgers.
A bit a scheduling news, as Georgetown is expected to take part in the 2010 Charleston Classic.
Finally, a Princeton basketball result - though not one I would have expected, made the Daily Princetonian list of the academic year's best games.
The NCAA has recognized Princeton and four other Ivy League men's basketball teams for "their exceptional work in the classroom as part of the NCAA’s academic performance program." Northwestern was also one of the 37 programs honored. You can see the 2009-10 Public Recognition Awards organized by school here.
The NCAA has also released 2009-10 Division I attendance numbers by school and by conference. Did you know the Ivy League saw an average increase of 182 people per game last season compared to a national DI change in average of -147?
Video of Will Venable and Tony Gwynn, Jr. playing a friendly game of P-I-G. Here's another clip, this of Venable making a full extension dive for a catch against the Astros.
Padres announcer Dick Enberg talks with Chris Young as part of his "Inside the Clubhouse" series.
A second MRI confirmed a shoulder strain for Chris Young. He will be re-evaluated in a handful of weeks.
Padres announcer Dick Enberg talked with CBS-8 in San Diego. One of his stories was about how Young gave him a game ball autographed by the team after an Spring Training win.
Back in February, we reported that Bill Bradley would be honored by the NABC with their Court of Honor Award. The gala event is on Monday night, and you can find all the details here.
The Carroll County Times and Frederick News Post have pieces on Robert Burke's hiring at Mount St. Mary's.
If you were at Bob Ruxin's excellent reception after the Princeton/Harvard game, you would have noticed an exceptionally tall high school student there as part of of the Milton Academy basketball team. While the Tigers were one of his potential collegiate destinations, he will instead play for Boston College, Steve Donahue's first official recruit.
A 6'10" sophomore center from Illinois has Princeton on his lengthy list of prospective schools.
Northwestern will host Georgia Tech in the 2010 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Sean Gregory interviews Ice Cube.
I accidentally stumbled across a series of listings for 2010-11 Princeton athletic events on-line. Included in that calendar were three home men's basketball games and dates for all six weekend Ivy League contests at Jadwin Gym.
Assuming that this information published on a Princeton University web site is correct, a potential taste of the 2010-11 schedule can be found after the jump!
