YouTube potpourri XLVI.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Bill Carmody at Big Ten media day.
Four additional clips after the jump, including a fantastic Chris Mooney interview.
Friday News:
John Thompson III was one of five Big East coaches to tell the New York Times about what it takes to make the Final Four.
Here's today's Ivy League preview, courtesy the Arena Pulse.
Princeton at Harvard makes a list of this season's 68 must-see games.
Northwestern again hopes this is the year they make the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Wildcats Drew Crawford and Luka Mirkovic both need to take a step forward for that to transpire.
A NCAA panel has approved some major rules changes you should familiarize yourself with.
The NCAA has also published their annual review of graduation rates. You can see Princeton's Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report and the school's Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) report. Run your own reports by school, conference and sport here.
2011-12 schedules.
The annual ordeal of tedious data entry finally behind me, I've completed color coded 2011-12 electronic calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams. You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA.
Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time changes or new TV information is revealed. These links will work best with iCal but are importable into Google Calendar.
If you notice any errors with games/dates/times/locations, please let me know.
Thursday News:
If you missed it, the 2011-12 Ivy League media poll was released yesterday.
The Trenton Times built a story out of Wednesday's Ivy League Preseason Media Teleconference.
TigerBlog penned a piece about Brian Earl, Mitch Henderson and squash.
Newcomer Ivy Hoops Online offers a detailed preview of Princeton.
The Tigers will play a closed scrimmage this Sunday.
Bill Bradley continues to stand his ground on New Jersey's sports betting ban.
Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan enjoyed his conversation with Pete Carril at the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
For the first time, Craig Robinson enters a season at Oregon State with all of his own players.
The road to the NCAA tournament starts with defense for Northwestern.
Fairfield was picked second in the MAAC preseason men's basketball poll.
Coming off the bench for Aris, Dan Mavraides scored seven points in 21 minutes of play as the regular season got underway for the Yellows.
Roy Williams explains why he once chose to schedule Princeton.
There's a full page piece on Harvard basketball's recruiting efforts in the new ESPN The Magazine. While the complete article is only available for those with ESPN Insider, I did find the following excerpt about the Crimson's recruiting strategy compared to other schools worth sharing:
"Historically, Ivy coaches have waited to make contact with a prospect until the summer before his senior year, when they have a clear read on his ability to qualify in the academically rigorous conference. But by that point in the cycle, most four- and five-star players have already decided or have chopped down their list of finalists. Amaker, on the other hand, has started identifying smart kids with big-time talent as early as the summer after their sophomore years and has gotten their attention."
Sunday News:
Pawel Buczak had a team high 16 points and five rebounds in Slask Wroclaw's most recent game.
Rush The Court's Ivy League preview is the first I've seen picking Princeton to finish in fourth place.
The Big East Preseason Coaches' Poll is out with Georgetown seen as the conference's 10th place team this season.
Pete Carril, who was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night, makes Bleacher Report's list of the 100 Greatest Coaches in College Basketball History.
As practice gets underway at Northwestern so does "life after Juice."
Here's the 2011-12 Mercer Vikings schedule, including games against both the Columbia and Princeton JV teams.
Friday News:
Princeton can start full team practices this evening and Mitch Henderson is ready to roll.
Henderson is also quoted in a piece encouraging recruits to contact coaches directly if they're interested in a specific school.
Two of the Tigers' non-conference games have been added to ESPN3's schedule.
More on the commitment to Princeton of Mike Washington, Jr.
The Washington Post and Washington Times have stories from Georgetown's media day.
Bill Carmody is not making any predictions for this season.
The Atlantic 10's preseason coaches/media poll is out. Richmond is picked fifth. The Spiders will ask Darien Brothers to play a different roll than he did last year.
Oregon State has launched a sharp-looking web site for their men's basketball team. The Beavers are shooting high in 2011-12.
In his first regular season game for Landstede Basketbal, Kareem Maddox scored five points in 19 minutes of play.
Tuesday News:
Princeton senior John Comfort makes a cameo appearance in a package on Northwestern's Drew Crawford, who along with Comfort interned at John Rogers' Ariel Investments this summer.
The Tigers' game at Drexel in December will be the home opener for the Dragons.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III was a presenter at the Kennedy Center's "A Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers."
10 points for Pawel Buczak in Slask Wroclaw's close loss to Turkish squad Tofas Bursa.
According to the Twitter feeds of many of the prospects to visit Cambridge last weekend, the production was productive for Harvard. Already one recruit has verbally committed to the Crimson.
Penn also picked up the services of a well-regarded guard out of Chicago.
With just four days until 2010-11 site memberships expire, princetonbasketball.com's annual fundraising appeal has been a very successful one. 80+ subscribers have either continued their memberships or signed up for the first time. I hope you'll join us this year!
YouTube potpourri XLIV.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, an excerpt of a new Pete Carril coaching video.
Five additional clips after the jump.
Friday News:
Cornell announced that due to Princeton's exam schedule, the Ivy League opener between the Big Red and the Tigers would be moved up two weeks.
This alteration is not unprecedented but it is also not common over recent seasons. The previous two times Princeton opened conference play before breaking for exams didn't work out well for the Tigers: Swept at Columbia and Cornell in 2007 and a split with Cornell and Columbia at Jadwin in 2006. Prior to that the orange and black bested both Harvard and Dartmouth on the road in January 2002.
Both Northwestern and Richmond have released their full 2011-12 schedules. Spiders head coach Chris Mooney was a recent guest at the Robins School of Business.
Will Venable made two significant plays in San Diego's 3-1 over San Francisco on Wednesday. Venable homered to open the first inning (video) off the head of an oblivious fan in right field and threw out a runner at the plate (video) to end the seventh inning.
Researching the field guide to Tigers in Europe I noticed that Kareem Maddox led his team in scoring during an exhibition and Pawel Buczak tallied 12 in his team's friendly with Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Team captain Mason Rocca shares his thoughts prior to Milano's training camp.
The Hellenic Voice has a story on Dan Mavraides receiving the Harry Agganis Award at the AHEPA Sports Luncheon.
There are quotes from Pete Carril in a recent ESPN piece on Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.
Columbia has also revealed their complete schedule.
Wednesday News:
Will Venable has a good reason to cheer for the Chicago Bears this season. Above, Venable clears the bases with a triple on Sunday as San Diego ended their lengthy losing streak.
Georgetown slots in as number 39 in The Hoops Report's Top 68 Team Previews.
At the recommendation of Mitch Henderson, a British professional team has signed former Northwestern Wildcat Mike Capocci.
Sydney Johnson learned more about his new team during Fairfield's recent trip to Italy. Johnson is also the subject of a new piece up on Rivals.
The saga continues? Judson Wallace is trying to attain a Congolese passport so he can finalize his deal with Barcelona.
Video of a recent appearance by John Rogers on CNBC.
A small forward from Georgia has verbally committed to Oregon State.
Thursday News:
Georgetown has announced their 2011-12 schedule, which includes 16 home games.
Back in April I had been told that Princeton would likely play St. Joe's again this season. The Hawks' schedule is out and the Tigers aren't on it.
Bill Bradley is among the speakers expected at Princeton's Gathering in Remembrance of 9/11 a week from Sunday on Cannon Green.
Sydney Johnson has his first commitment at Fairfield, an athletic forward from Philadelphia.
Northwestern alum Michael "Juice" Thompson is headed to Germany, where he'll suit up for the Fraport Skyliners.
Friday News:
Oregon State is the latest member of the Carril Cradle to release their 2011-12 schedule.
Princeton has issued a press release about the Tigers' participation in the Legends Classic.
A team comprised of John Rogers, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Northwestern alums Jitim Young and Tim Doyle won the National Hoop It Up 3-on-3 tournament last weekend.
