Bill Bradley will be honored by the NABC with the Court of Honor Award.
Richmond hosts Fordham tonight. The Times-Dispatch writes about Spiders senior David Gonzalvez, who once sought to leave the team but had a change of heart.
In advance of Sunday's game, I did a Q&A with the web site UNC Basketball Fan, which I hope you will read. The reciprocal preview of the Spartans will run on this site on Friday morning.
Princeton recruit Ben Hazel led Good Counsel with 22 points as the Falcons defeated Georgetown Prep, 78-59. You can watch some of Hazel's highlights here.
Madison Square Garden announced its "All-Time Top 10 College Basketball Moments" on Wednesday. Bill Bradley scoring 41 points in a 1964 loss to Michigan was third on this list.
The latest Schuylkill 16 is out. Princeton sits in 10th place through five weeks of voting.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (7-2) knocked off Boston College for the second straight year, 74-67. Yale (4-6) beat winless Bryant by 15.
Happy Thanksgiving! Hard to believe, but Christmas and Hanukkah are both less than a month away. Looking for something special to buy for the basketball fan in your life? Don't go for what's in the mystery box! Try one of the following items from the 2009 princetonbasketball.com Holiday Gift Guide instead. A percentage of all purchases support this site. Something missing that you think people would enjoy? Please drop a line.
Alexander Wolff's Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure starts at Jadwin Gym and then circles the globe, from remote mountaintops to the Palestra and across to China. The first book this web site was ever thanked in!
Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference features an introduction by Bill Bradley and has a wide range of scribes (George Vecsey, John Irving, Frank Deford...) telling tales of coaches that impacted their lives.
There was no better, more beautifully detailed basketball book I read this summer than When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball, about Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and the 1978-79 college basketball season. No direct Princeton content, but well worth your time.
I know I'm getting the latest iteration for Hanukkah every year, and I love traveling with books in this series. Best American Sports Writing always has incredible pieces written by well-known and newly discovered authors.
The best college basketball video game out there is EA's NCAA Basketball 10, available for the Playstation 3 and XBox. You can even run the "Princeton Offense" as one of the game's many sets.
Sporting Goods:
Actually want to play the game? The Wilson NCAA Solution Game Ball lets you use the same basketball as Division I players.
While dribbing, look sharp in this Princeton replica jersey by Nike, available in youth and adult sizes and emblazoned with Bill Bradley's #42.
If you have 87 free minutes today, you can stream Bill Bradley & Ken Dryden's panel from September at Cornell entitled "Lives on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership" in its entirety.
A transcript of what Northwestern coach Bill Carmody had to say to the media yesterday.
The Newark Advocate has more on the lessons Bill Bradley shared with Denison basketball players.
Pete Carril stopped by Sacramento Kings practice on Monday.
Is Chris Young the Padres' number one starter? Corey Brock from mlb.com gives his answer.
One of the people that Army AD Kevin Anderson reached out to while searching for the school's next basketball coach? Oregon State head man Craig Robinson.
Practices officially get underway for Division I schools around the country today.
Northwestern and Denver will open their doors to reporters tonight while Princeton will hold a pep rally for students this evening. The most public kickoff is at Georgetown, where a portion of their "March Madness" festivities will be covered by ESPNU - but as Hoyas coach John Thompson III tells the Washington Times, he won't be dancing this year.
ESPN is offering the Georgetown team preview from Blue Ribbon for free.
The AP has a piece built about Hoya center Greg Monroe, who is expected to anchor his no-senior squad.
Mid-Major Madness lists Princeton as #156 in their Ultimate Rankings Countdown.
Northwestern senior forward Kevin Coble is ready for a big season.
Three reports from Oregon State's media day - The Oregonian writes about how coach Craig Robinson has his team dreaming big. The Gazette Times talks about the team's goal of making the NCAA tournament. Beaver Basketblog offers up additional quotes from the event.
This year Richmond is being seen as a championship contender by the rest of the Atlantic 10. Chris Mooney spoke to the Times-Dispatch.
Bill Bradley recently met with the basketball teams at Denison.
Gonzaga guard Malcolm Lemmons, who had shown interest in several Ivy programs, has verbally committed to Robert Morris.
Two recaps of the talk Bill Bradley and Ken Dryden participated in called Lives on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership - one in the Cornell Daily Sun and the other in the Ithaca Journal.
A local guard who had Princeton on his short list of suitors has opted to play at Drexel.
An article from the Times Dispatch on the anatomy of the basketball schedule at Richmond gives readers a better idea of how hard it is to create and coordinate a full campaign.
Bill Bradley will be speaking at Cornell on September 10th as part of a panel called "Loves on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership."
Did you miss the Will Venable full extension diving catch that was the Top Play on Friday night's Sportscenter? Watch video of the grab here. Venable also had a pair of doubles, his second career game with more than one extra base hit.
Bill Bradley (shown above in a vintage NBA public service announcement) will present the Commencement Address at Episcopal Collegiate School.
ESPN's Andy Katz reports that Robert Burke may be out as an assistant at Georgetown.
Chris Young was part of a group of San Diego Padres who visited the 14th annual Celebration of Champions' "Torch of Life" relay. The folks at Gaslamp Ball aren't crazy about some of Young's answers in a recent XX Sports Radio interview (.mp3).
John Truhan, coach at Colts Neck, was named Star-Ledger Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. Why am I linking to this story? Truhan has a close connection to Denver head coach Joe Scott and has consulted with Coach Carril about his offense.
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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
