April 12, 2007 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News
Around the newswire today...
Joseph White from AP has the first interview with John Thompson III since the Final Four.
ESPN The Magazine writes about Chris Young and his thesis on Jackie Robinson. Young will pitch Sunday night on ESPN as Major League Baseball honors the 60th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox writes a lengthy testimonial for Baseline To Baseline, a service that helps high school players improve their skills.
Chris Mooney announces that Richmond has signed five players to play basketball for the Spiders.
Finally, Tommy Amaker was officially named the men's basketball coach at Harvard. This leaves 12 open head coaching positions in Division I, including Princeton.
April 11, 2007 at 9:17 am
Filed under Chris Young, Gabe Lewullis, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
Around the newswire today...
As part of the Ivy League's 50th anniversary celebration, this week's feature checks in with former Princeton standout Gabe Lewullis.
The win turned out to be bittersweet, as Carril announced his retirement in the locker room.
"It was kind of chaotic," remembers Lewullis. "We get back to the locker room and everyone is high on life. Carril comes in, doesn't say a word, just goes to the chalkboard and writes down: 'I'm retiring.' It was dead silent. We didn't know what to do so we just started clapping for him."
The San Diego Padres have rewarded Chris Young with a new contract.
On Tuesday, less than a day after Young tossed seven scoreless innings in a victory over San Francisco and less than a month since Towers and Babby met, the 27-year-old had agreed to a four-year contract worth $14.5 million, including a includes a $500,000 signing bonus and a $8.5 million club option for 2011.
He'll receive $750,000 this season, $2.5 million in 2008, $4.5 million in 2009 and $6.25 million in 2010. The deal covers his arbitration-eligible years as well as his first year of free agency.
In recruiting news, there's a tiny update on the Jeff Peterson saga and news that Bobby Foley will be playing on the North squad in this Saturday's North/South All-Star game.
�[Peterson] wants to meet with coach Lickliter before making his decision, but Iowa�s definitely still in the picture,� Jones said. �He likes the Iowa campus, players and the AD. He likes Saint Louis because he�s from, Springfield (Mo.), and he�s got the academic thing going for him at Princeton, so he can�t go wrong whichever school he chooses.�
March 28, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Interviews, Princeton
I had a chance to interview Senator Bill Bradley this evening in Princeton. Bradley was in town to discuss "The New American Story", his sixth book. Senator Bradley was gracious to give me 14 minutes of his time before signing copies of this book at the area Barnes & Noble.
You can listen to the interview here (.mp3). Unlike the majority of the interviews on princetonbasketball,com, this recording does not require a donor subscription. Enjoy!
March 27, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton
Coach John Thompson III on "Mike & The Mad Dog" - mp3
Coach Pete Carril on "Joe Benigno & Evan Roberts" - mp3
March 23, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton
There's a lot of rumor and speculation being tossed around about the open head coaching job at Princeton, but this early in the search for Joe Scott's replacement there is not an equal amount of concrete information.
The best I can offer up is a few lines from the transcript of yesterday's Georgetown interviews at the Meadowlands:
Q: The Princeton job just came open. Your assistant Sydney Johnson has been talked about as a candidate. Talk about is he ready for a Division I coaching job?
Coach John Thompson III: Who has talked about him being a candidate for that job?
Q: Published reports last couple of days in the wake of Joe going to Denver?
Coach John Thompson III: Has Gary [Walters] said it?
Q: Gary has not said it.
Coach John Thompson III: You know, all of my staff, my entire staff, I think one day they will all be very good head coaches. Obviously Sydney at Princeton is home for him, and one day sooner or later he's going to be a very good coach. Whether it's there or somewhere else, time will tell.
March 22, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton
Congratulations to Princeton captain Justin Conway on being named a winter 2007 Academic All-Ivy selection. A well-earned honor for the senior sociology major from Santa Fe, MN.
March 22, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting
photo from sportsshooter.com
The Richmond Times Dispatch is reporting that 6'4" Mills Goodwin guard Bobby Foley will be attending Princeton to play basketball. The son of coaches Bob Foley and Louise Foley is an expert three point shooter who was named 2007 Colonial District Player of the Year.
There are now four publicly announced members of the 2007 Princeton recruiting class: Foley, Dan Mavraides, Kareem Maddox and Jason Liberman.
March 21, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton
AP photo
The University of Denver held a 5:00 pm ET press conference yesterday to announce Joe Scott as their new men's basketball coach.
Here is a full transcript from Wednesday's event.
March 20, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton
When Coach Joe Scott and I taped our last one-on-one interview of the season seven days ago, we spent an extra hour after I hit stop on my MiniDisc recorder sitting at the very top of Jadwin Gym talking about the future of Princeton basketball.
The conversation was as candid as it had always been when the tape was no longer rolling.
We discussed recruiting principles and strategies. We discussed ways things needed to be improved. We discussed what Coach Scott felt he could have done differently during the season. The majority of our conversation, however, was about where Princeton basketball was headed with Coach Scott as head coach.
After I got back to my desk I sent Coach Scott an email about an idea I had for a collaborative project that I had forgotten to mention while we were talking. He wrote I should give him a call in April and we could talk in greater detail then.
The man I shook hands with outside of his office was not a man who appeared to be going anywhere but back to work.
Tonight, Coach Scott left Princeton for the University of Denver.
A press conference is scheduled at Denver for 5:00 pm ET on Wednesday.
Coach Scott was quoted on the Trenton Times web site this evening saying "it all started over the weekend."
A source tells me the same detail the Trenton Times is reporting: Coach Scott was not forced out of Princeton. A member of the athletic department I spoke to was caught by surprise by tonight's news, saying simply "I'm completely dumbfounded."
When I was at Jadwin Gym briefly this afternoon, Coach Scott was not around. I didn't think anything of it at the time. Plenty of coaches are on the recruiting trail at this time of year. Two assistants were in the basketball office, and both greeted me warmly.
There was no indication of the news that would drop jaws six hours later.
We will have more on this story as it develops and will be closely following Princeton's third search for a men's basketball coach in seven years.
March 16, 2007 at 9:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting
The San Mateo County Times is reporting and princetonbasketball.com can confirm that former Serra guard Dan Mavraides (above, far left) will be attending Princeton to play basketball. Mavraides participated in the 2006 state Division I semifinals in Sacramento against a De La Salle team with current Princeton Tigers Marcus Schroeder and Lincoln Gunn in the starting lineup.
The 6'3" 195 lb Mavraides was named Honorable Mention All-Metro by the San Francisco Chronicle in 2006. He is currently taking a post-graduate year at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Exeter coach Jay Tilton had the following to say about the newest member of Princeton's recruiting class - "Dan Mavraides is one of the most complete players I have encountered in my fifteen years of coaching. His skill level, nose for scoring and toughness made him a marked opponent in the highly competitive Class A New England. Dan is a college-ready player and we are all excited about his future at Princeton."
March 13, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Scott Interview, Princeton
interview audio - 26:37
In their fifteenth interview of the year, Princeton head coach Joe Scott and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym to discuss the Tigers' final three games and to wrap up the 2006-07 season. This interview is 26:00+ in length.
Some of the topics discussed include:
-The loss to Brown and the similarities between this game and so many other games in Ivy play this season.
-The final minutes of a tough loss against Yale. Was this defeat harder to take than others?
-The lineup used for the game’s final defensive possession. Was speed more important than size?
-The season finale against Penn on Tuesday.
-Zach Finley’s offensive assertiveness in the stretch run of the season.
-Playing Kyle Koncz and Noah Savage on the floor at the same time.
-Does finishing with five consecutive losses effect how you the team moves forward?
-Where does the focus of the coaching staff turn?
-At what point does the staff reflect on the season as a whole?
-How Coach Scott would respond to people who ask “What is wrong with Princeton?”
This interview is donor-only.
RealPlayer required.
We'll be back in late April to talk with Coach Scott about the incoming recruiting class, the 07-08 schedule and more.
March 9, 2007 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Luke Owings, Princeton
Two corrections to Wednesday's New York Times article on Princeton basketball...
A sports article on Wednesday about Princeton’s struggling men’s basketball team misattributed a quotation by a player who supports Coach Joe Scott. It was Justin Conway — not his teammate Luke Owings — who said during a postgame news conference on Tuesday: “I respect Coach Scott a lot. He is the most passionate guy I have ever met, and his passion is directed toward making Princeton basketball as great as it possibly can be. I want to be with a guy who is doing everything he can and is pouring everything into what his goal is. Coach Scott definitely does that.” Although both players spoke during the news conference, Owings made no comments about the coaching.
The article also referred incorrectly to a former player, Scott Greenman, who was the team’s leading scorer as a senior in the 2005-6 season. He missed 4 of the team’s 27 games with a back injury, according to N.C.A.A. statistics — not “much” of that season. Because of an editing error, the article also referred incorrectly in some copies to the time of Greenman’s injury. It was last season, not this season. (He graduated last year.)
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