Despite a New York Times report to the contrary, Beaver coach Craig Robinson denies that a representative of his has approached DePaul about their head coaching position.
Denver (14-11) played well on the road but fell 64-59 at North Texas.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 25 points as Catholic Memorial clipped Milwaukee Pius, 60-48.
Newman Smith won versus Highland Park, 46-39. Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 18 points and eight rebounds in defeat.
The Reading Eagle has named Pete Carril one of Berks County's four most famous sports figures.
Georgetown visits a Rutgers team that has won three of four. Look for full coverage on the site after this game.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (17-5 / 6-2) tied the school record for road wins in a season, winning 81-67 at Brown (8-17 / 2-6). Niko Scott scored a career high 29 as Columbia (9-13 / 3-5) won at Penn (4-16 / 3-3). Yale (10-15 / 4-4) held Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-8) to 18.8% shooting in the second half, rallying for the 69-56 triumph.
At some point during the 1988-89 season I noticed an extra copy of Princeton's most recent media guide lying in the stands at Jadwin Gym after a game. As a 15 year old kid eager to absorb everything I could find relating to Ivy League basketball (and punk rock, but that's a separate discussion) I took it home and studied it cover-to-cover, trying to learn details of the program's history.
Towards the back of the guide, after 94 pages of photographs, statistics and historical records, taking up one column - just to the right of Chief of Athletic Training and Physical Therapy Dick Malacrea's biography - is a poem by Rudyard Kipling chosen by head coach Pete Carril.
The use of this piece has always stayed with me. It is so incongruous for a media guide and I've often wondered why Carril opted to include it for this particular season, especially in hindsight as the Tigers would go on to win their first Ivy League title in five years.
Here's what he wrote and the poem that he selected:
I recently came into possession of a Princeton Media Guide for the 1976-77 season (thanks, eBay!). Flipping through the 5"x8" booklet, there were a number of things that caught my attention, and without a logical way to organize them, I'm presenting a list of bullet points after the jump.
There's an outstanding feature in the Sacramento News & Review on Pete Carril and his relationship with Kings players six decades his junior.
Looking for something to do early Sunday morning? It appears the Princeton JV will host prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon at 11:00 am ET.
Princeton sits in seventh place in this week's Schuylkill 16.
A strange month in Hanover got weirder yesterday with the news that a current and a former Dartmouth basketball player were charged with possession with the intent to distribute after being found with 12 bags of marijuana.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-12) lost to La Salle, 76-57.
Arkansas State vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Wake Forest - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
St. John's vs. Georgetown - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington - 10:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Penn St. Erie vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Colorado State - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Duke - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 21 as Good Council won by 16 over Villa Angela St. Joseph to take fifth place at the STOP-DWI Holiday Classic.
Future Tiger T.J. Bray was named "The Rick Barry Free-Throw Shooting Accuracy Award Winner" in Mark Miller's coverage of the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-3) beat George Washington, 66-53. Matt Mullery scored 31, but Brown (5-8) fell by five at Sacred Heart. Dartmouth (2-10) lost to Qunnipiac, 73-51. Maine rallied past Columbia (5-6) in the second half.
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.
Why is writer Jeff Pearlman's new favorite college basketball player Princeton freshman Brendan Connolly?
Oregon State's Craig Robinson met with the media on Tuesday.
This Philadelphia 76ers are learning the language of the Princeton offense. Interesting that many of the plays Pete Carril ran ("Chin" and "Forwards Out" specifically) haven't been given new names by other coaches using them in the past 10+ years.
The Tigers first opponent this season, Central Michigan, looks to start this year healthy and intact.
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.
The season came to a close for Will Venable and the San Diego Padres yesterday. Venable finished the year in a 1-22 slump, dropping his average from the mid-.270s down to .256. In 293 at bats over 95 games, Venable hit 14 home runs, drove in 38 runs, scored 38 runs and struck out 89 times.
TexasHoops has a story about new Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards.
Craig Robinson will preside over the Washington County Museum’s 20th annual fundraising gala on October 17th.
Judson Wallace and Benetton Treviso have begun the qualifying rounds for Euroleague. After dropping their first game to BK Ventspils 78-73, Benetton won the return match 88-76 to advance on aggregate. Wallace had 12 points and nine rebounds. Their opponent in the next round is Entente Orleanaise Loirest.
It has been six weeks since Chris Young had shoulder surgery. He will resume a throwing program in November.
Enjoy the transcript of this 2005 interview with Pete Carril.
Princeton's first opponent in 2009-10, Central Michigan, has been named the favorite to win the MAC West by both Lindy's and Blue Ribbon.
Penn is the sixth Ivy school to release their men's basketball schedule. The Quakers open with games at Penn State and Villanova.
Former Cornell assistant Zach Spiker is the new head coach at Army.
SportsProf has some nice things to say about this site!
Scott Greenman (pictured third from the left with the rest of the USA coaching staff) talks to the Town Topics about his experiences coaching in Israel.
According to Paul Westphal, Pete Carril will be focusing on improving the Sacramento Kings' shooting.
Will Venable was picked off first base with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday, ending the Padres' hopes of rallying past St. Louis.
A piece in the Providence Journal on the recruitment of Harvard commitment Matt Brown mentions that part of Tommy Amaker's recruiting pitch is "he’s trying to make Harvard basketball what Princeton basketball used to be."
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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
