Been a while, but here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above John Thompson III meets the media in advance of Georgetown's trip to China.
Pete Carril visited Georgetown practice this week in advance of the Hoyas' Chinese tour.
John Thompson III announced sophomore center Moses Ayegba suffered a torn ACL during the Kenner League.
Set your DVR for ESPNU next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Bill Carmody, Mitch Henderson, Sydney Johnson and John Thompson III will each be sitting down with Andy Katz. These panels were taped last month at the big AAU event in Orlando.
Former Tiger Konrad Wysocki officially re-signed with Polish squad PGE Turowem Zgorzelec.
Will Venable stayed hot with the bat and on the base path, 3-5 with a pair of stolen bases on Sunday (video), as San Diego finished a series sweep of Pittsburgh. Venable is hitting .355 in his last 10 games and is 6-11 at the plate (.545) in the previous three contests since missing time due to back spasms.
It appears Venable's Princeton teammate Judson Wallace may be signing with FC Barcelona. Somehow this involves an Albanian passport?
Summer league details aren't as easy to come by as everyone would like but here's a touch more on Ian Hummer and his final game at the Kenner League.
Will Barrett foul trouble and a depleted roster were factors that did in Stomp Off in the DelCo Pro-Am playoffs.
Trying to piece together how action finished up for T.J. Bray and Jimmy Sherburne at the Milwaukee Pro-Am, here's a box score for their penultimate game before the league's playoffs began. Bray and Sherburne didn't see the floor in RYCO's final "regular season" contest.
A Minnesota forward who had shown interest in Princeton verbally committed to Northwestern.
A more challenging schedule awaits Oregon State in 2011-12.
Sutor Basket Montegranaro of Italy's Lega A is rumored to have interest in Dan Mavraides. The team's GM Gianmaria Vacirca visited Princeton in 2009 and wrote about his time with the Tiger coaching staff for Sutor Magazine.
Former Princeton player Chris Long was appointed to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement Board of Trustees by Governor Sam Brownback.
Details about individual game tickets on the Harvard web site make it easy to add dates for four more of this season's Ivy contests. Princeton will play the Crimson twice in 13 days, first at Jadwin Gym.
As one of four "featured teams," Oregon State shall open the TicketCity Legends Classic at the Izod Center in East Rutherford on November 19th against Texas. The other semifinal pits Vanderbilt and NC State.
On November 17th Northwestern now knows they'll begin the eight team, three game Charleston Classic against LSU.
Yale's Greg Mangano made USA Basketball's final roster for the World University Games.
The 14-Game Tournament has a stellar, well-calculated piece on the past 15 years in the Ivy League and what those numbers mean for the future.
Cornell released their 2011-12 schedule, which confirms that Princeton shall open conference play with four straight road games.
A commercial photographer from Seattle attended Princeton's graduation to see his nephew Kareem Maddox. The pictures he took beautifully capture the experience.
Northwestern is asking fans for feedback on four different new basketball court designs. My vote goes to anything but the all-purple court.
Sydney Johnson is trying to work out an early visit from former Fairfield coach Ed Cooley. A proposed matchup between the Stags and Providence would come on November 14.
Douglas Davis, Will Barrett and Stomp Off won their final game at the DelCo Pro-Am to sew up the sixth seed in a playoff tournament that begins tonight. GoodAfterNoonan did not make the cut, but in one of their last contests Tom Noonan scored 21 points.
Over the weekend Stomp Off lost to former New York Knick and Los Angeles Clipper Mardy Collins' T.Y.G.T.A.L team. It sounds like Davis was well-defended by Collins throughout.
Joining Mitch Henderson's staff in May as the program's new volunteer assistant, former Northwestern guard Craig Moore will not be on the Tiger sidelines this season.
Instead, Moore has opted for a lucrative professional contract with Gaz Metan Medias in Romania.
Moore will finish up the July recruiting period representing Princeton and then leave a vacancy that must be filled quickly less than 80 days before the start of the 2011-12 season.
Northwestern head man Bill Carmody would like to see the July recruiting periods trimmed down.
The Wildcats' Alex Marcotullio completed a successful run with Great Britain at the FIBA Under-20 European Championships and was promptly invited to the National Team's training camp.
Will Venable led off with his his third home run off the season (video) as San Diego built a 13-0 lead after two innings of an easy victory at Florida. Venable would score three of the Padres' runs.
The Hoops Report sees Princeton as the 59th-best team in their Top 68.
Northwestern will host Baylor during the 2011-12 season.
Will Venable continues to thrive for San Diego since his demotion. Venable's second home run of the season (above) was a deep shot to right into the drink at San Francisco on Monday afternoon.
Northwestern's JerShon Cobb was playing with a torn labrum in his left hip at the end of last season.
For fellow Wildcat John Shurna, his senior season is "NCAA Tournament or bust."
Former Georgetown player Austin Freeman was ticketed for DUI and six additional traffic violations last month.
Condolences to Ben Hazel and his family on the passing of Hazel's grandfather, NFL Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey.
Douglas Davis went for 31 points and Kit Mueller added 19 plus a double digit rebounding total as five man Sound Off Records (yes, sponsored by the jazz label) defeated Friends Central Alumni 81-71 at the Delco Pro-Am.
Since returning to the major leagues on June, Will Venable is hitting .333 in 15 games.
Northwestern guard Alex Marcotullio will suit up for the Great Britain U-20 team at next month's FIBA European Championships.
Princeton's staff is looking for a "guarantee game" as part of the 2011-12 schedule.
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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
