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Wednesday News:

Almost a year to the day after initially committing to Princeton, there's a new profile of incoming Tiger freshman Denton Koon.

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.



Monday News:

Ian Hummer talks about the upcoming season and what he's been working on this summer.

Three more box scores from T.J. Bray and Jimmy Sherburne's efforts at the Milwaukee Summer Pro-Am. After a slow start RYCO has won four out of five heading into the league playoffs this weekend.

76-73 W : 91-87 W : 82-75 L

A pair of events for your Mitch Henderson social calendar - He'll guest at the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce's Slam-Dunking To Success breakfast on August 17, and going off of this picture will be part of a panel discussion with Andy Katz on ESPNU.

Former Tiger Ed Persia is one of those quoted in Sports Illustrated's piece about David Salinas.

A Northfield Mount Hermon big man mentions he may take a possible trip to Princeton.



Wednesday News:

Mitch Henderson and John Thompson III were among the coaches present at the AAU Boys 11th Grade Gold Super Showcase in Florida.

A big man from New York has offers from at least 14 schools, including Princeton.

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.

Here's more on the Delco Pro-Am game I attended on Sunday.



Thursday News:

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.

Rush The Court previews the Ivy League.

Now back to repeatedly punching my laptop to try and make Lion work properly.



Tuesday News:

Princeton's T.J. Bray (above) and Jimmy Sherburne are teammates back home at the Milwaukee Summer Pro-Am. Their squad currently holds a 1-3 record. Box scores for each contest:

93-86 L : 71-70 L : 103-92 L : 102-93 W

Ian Hummer is briefly mentioned a pair of times in this excellent Kenner League recap.

I hear another former Tiger great may be joining Will Barrett, Kit Mueller and Douglas Davis on Stomp Off at the DelCo Pro-Am.

MSG's Jon Rothstein spoke with Sydney Johnson about his new challenge at Fairfield.

I neglected to mention that Yale has released their 2011-12 schedule.



Thursday News:

What teams from the past five seasons were most similar to the 2010-11 Princeton Tigers?

It shouldn't be a huge surprise that the 14-Game Tournament is already the first with an extensive draft preview of next season.

The Tigers opening with Rutgers at home and Drexel on the road? Not going to happen, but that's what the ScheduleMatic algorithm generated.

The Princeton Packet has more on Kareem Maddox's overseas signing.

A member of the 1952 EIBL champion Princeton team, Donald Marshall passed away Saturday at the age of 79.

Idriss Omboumbou, who played for Howie Levy at Mercer County Community College, died unexpectedly in his sleep a few days ago. A memorial service will be held this weekend. They're trying to raise money so Omboumbou can be buried in his native Gabon.

You can watch more of Douglas Davis and Kit Mueller in DelCo Pro-Am summer league action here and here.

Kevin "Moon" Mullin now has a blog.

A high school senior committed to Duquesne was "also recruited by Dartmouth and Princeton."

Sydney Johnson made a Yahoo! Sports list of Best Mid-Major Coaches. Richmond's Chris Mooney is also in this field of 16.

Elsewhere on Yahoo!, a contributor's Best NBA Players from Ivy League Colleges features four former Tigers in their top seven.

While I was on vacation the last week I updated the site's list of Princeton Tigers on Twitter, which now includes over 30 different current and former players to follow.

Finally, a Town Topics piece on Craig Robinson's son Avery, who is playing in the Princeton Summer League.



Sunday News:

Happy 81st birthday to Pete Carril!

Carril shares today with decent company - Princeton senior Douglas Davis.

Dime Magazine calls the Ivy League the best training ground for college coaches.

Georgetown's John Thompson III was one of the coaches present for the Mississippi High School Boys All-Star Game.

The NCAA video vault contains both the 1996 Princeton vs. UCLA NCAA Tournament game as well as 1989's Princeton vs. Georgetown matchup.



Thursday News:

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.



Sunday News:

Dan Mavraides is one of three recipients of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association's National Athletic Award. He will be honored at the AHEPA convention on July 21st in Miami.

Is Ian Hummer the 16th best returning mid-major small forward? Well, one web site thinks so.

A senior forward from the Chicago suburbs has selected Dartmouth over "interest from" Brown, Princeton and Yale.



Saturday News:

Mason Rocca will return to Armani Jeans Milano for 2011-12.

A destination for Judson Wallace next season is up in the air. It appears both Regal Barcelona and Unicaja Malaga are after the Gran Canaria forward's services.

The Kenner League starts at Georgetown today. Word has it Ian Hummer will be playing with The Tombs this summer. No details on a team for Ben Hazel.

Pete Carril is back in Jadwin Gym.

The first 60 days on the job for Mitch Henderson have involved many photographs with an arm around different individuals.

Former Princeton player Doug Snyder received the the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Allentown School District.

I asked Noah Savage for an update on the marathon he was training for with Nick Lake. Savage finished in four hours and 48 minutes, running the entire time! You can see finish line videos and photographs here. Lake was about an hour ahead of him.



Tuesday News:

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.



Monday News:

In addition to Douglas Davis and Will Barrett, you can catch Tom Noonan and Chris Clement on the same team in the DelCo Pro-Am Summer League. Does anyone know which squad Davis and Barrett are suiting up for? I'd like to go see'm all play.

The Asbury Park Press has a piece on Kevin "Moon" Mullin's book.

Former Tiger Tom Chestnut was inducted into the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday.

The selection of Justin Harper in the 2011 NBA Draft helps shine a light on Richmond basketball.

Given how many of you I run into during a season ask me about former ivybasketball.com writer Jake Wilson's whereabouts, I'm sure you'll join me in congratulating him on the birth of his first child, a lil' lady named Ingrid.



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