Chris Young tries to extend the Padres' winning streak to four games when San Diego hosts the Giants at 10:05 pm ET tonight.
Writer E.M. Swift tells the story of the time he met Pete Carril.
Will Venable homered for Portland as the Beavers defeated New Orleans 2-1 in 12 innings.
Engineer Gary Pietruch, who worked the boards back in the studio for many Princeton sports broadcasts, passed away earlier this month. TigerBlog has a tribute to the friend they never met.
Kings.com talks to developmental coach Pete Carril about Vlade Divac, who had his number retired by Sacramento last week.
The Oregonian writes about the 1965 Final Four.
Princeton recruit Gus Gabel was named Honorable Mention 2008-09 All-Tribune Boys Basketball.
Will Barrett scored four points for the Suburban All-Stars as they bested the City All-Stars by four in the Boys All-Star Labor Classic.
Two short video interviews from the end of San Diego's spring training. The first with Will Venable, the second with Chris Young.
Young made a small adjustment to his delivery on Saturday that has him feeling positive heading into his first regular season start.
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.
Sydney Johnson has been named Ivy League Coach of the Year by collegeinsider.com.
In front of their second-largest home crowd of the season, Oregon State (17-17) built a 21 point second half lead and held off a frantic UTEP charge for the 75-69 win in game one of the CBI finals. The series shifts to El Paso for game two on Wednesday night.
Georgetown's leading scorer, junior forward DaJuan Summers, will sign with an agent and make himself eligible for the NBA draft.
Pete Carril is rubbing off on the Sacramento Kings.
In Italy, 13 points and six rebounds for Judson Wallace as Benetton Treviso blew out Scavolini Spar Pesaro. Mason Rocca had 18 points and nine boards in Armani Jeans Milano's 88-85 squeaker over Snaidero Udine.
Well before there was princetonbasketball.com, there was The 14 Club, one of this site's biggest influences. The 14 Club was a couple from Princeton who traveled to Princeton games from coast to coast (I remember seeing holding a banner on TV when the Tigers played at #1 UNLV), printed the original Seniors on a Stick, hoarded NCAA Tournament tickets for fellow fans and worked tirelessly to support the orange and black.
As if the above wasn't enough, starting in 1990 they self-published an annual bound "Recruiting Wrap-Up" full of photocopied articles about the incoming freshman class with additional pieces they had culled regarding the next season's Princeton schedule and other news of interest. Pre-Internet, this was the best/only way to know about the incoming freshman class.
I recently uncovered their first book, and wanted to share some bullet points based on stories that are almost two decades old.
Cornell vs. Missouri - 3:00 pm ET - NCAA - CBS
American had a 14 point lead on Villanova early in the second half, before the Wildcats decided to stop trying to match the Eagles jump shot for jump shot and drive. Villanova took the lead back with under 6:30 to go and pulled away at the free throw line for the 80-67 win.
Cornell and Missouri face off in Boise this afternoon.
Ian Hummer scored 15 points as Gonzaga defeated Cathedral, 79-54. The Purple Eagles play Bishop McNamara tonight at 7:30 pm ET.
Hummer is on the roster for the Capitol City Classic, which takes place on April 9th at American University.
Pete Carril is quoted in a Pittsburgh Post Gazette article about 16 seeds.
TigerBlog supplements the above with additional thoughts on the 20th anniversary of Princeton/Georgetown.
For interviews with Pete Carril and Tiger captain Bob Scrabis recorded in the days leading up to this game, see this post.
Someday I hope to write up my memories of that bus trip to Providence.
In the second half, there's a sweet George Leftwich screen to set up a Matt Lapin three point shot I had never noticed before.
Want to see this game in a far-higher resolution? You can buy it on DVD here.
From the Sports Illustrated vault, a 1996 piece by Alex Wolff about the retiring Pete Carril.
Speaking of Wolff, his Vermont Frost Heaves clinched a PBL wild-card playoff spot with a 120-94 win over the Buffalo Stampede.
Press releases about postseason appearances: Northwestern, Georgetown, Richmond and Oregon State. With all four schools playing on Wednesday night, there will most likely be an interactive live blog on the site that evening. Stay tuned.
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Georgetown vs. St. John's - 7:30 pm ET - MASN
Douglas Davis was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third time this season. Dan Mavraides also had a spot on the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.
Another long, oddly edited, but ultimately rewarding video package by WZBN, with footage from the Carril Court halftime ceremony and the Dartmouth/Princeton game that bookended it.
Nikita Mescheriakov and Georgetown visit St. John's tonight. princetonbasketball.com will also be courtside covering the action.
Richmond looks to improve their postseason chances at Charlotte.
John Rogers talks about the lessons he learned playing for Pete Carril and the impact that Carril has had on Rogers' business.
I am extremely chuffed to let you all know that the picture of Pete Carril in this week's Sports Illustrated (Page 16, Tiger Woods on the cover) was taken by princetonbasketball.com photographer Stephen Goldsmith!
If you see Stephen at Jadwin tonight, slap him on the back and congratulate him.
Northwestern vs. Indiana - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Fordham - 7:00 pm ET
ESPN's Dana O'Neil wrote a great piece on Pete Carril. It includes the best descriptions of Saturday night's events that I've read.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 29 as Central Bucks South lost to defending state champion Chester in the consolation game of the PIAA District One Class AAAA tournament.
Richmond visits Fordham this evening.
Looking to end a four decade losing streak in Bloomington, Northwestern faces off against Indiana.
The Denver Daily News notes the strides Joe Scott's Pioneers are making.
The new Schuylkill 16 has been posted.
