Let's get ahead of ourselves, shall we? Rivals names Princeton coach Sydney Johnson as one of five head men who could make a big leap after the 2010-11 season.
I'd never been able to bring myself to watch the final seconds of Princeton's 1991 NCAA Tournament loss to Villanova since I saw it live, but the Tigers' last shot can now be streamed here. Coach Carril's disgust as he walks off the court sums it all up.
A guard from Illinois has committed to Northwestern over interest from Princeton, Harvard and Bucknell.
The NCAA has announced how their new 68 team format for the tournament will be bracketed.
If you've never seen the 1965 Princeton basketball highlight film "The Year of the Tiger" before, it is (finally) available to stream on-line. Much higher quality than my beat-up VHS dub, too!
In our most recent interview with Princeton head Coach Sydney Johnson, he discussed the two Tigers playing basketball this summer in Georgetown's Kenner League.
It turns out two additional players are competing in a similarly sound league closer to campus. Sophomore-to-be Will Barrett and junior guard Douglas Davis are both participating in the Philadelphia Area College League (formerly the Sonny Hill League) at Charles Y. Audenreid High School.
Someone at the gym on Thursday reveals that Davis and Barrett faced off on opposing teams, part of squads loaded with Villanova and Penn players. At the close of a physical game in a sweltering gym, Barrett hit a three with five seconds left to tie the score before Davis nailed the game-winning triple at the buzzer.
Looks like I won't be headed to Milwaukee in November after all!
Princeton will be playing Duke, not Marquette, to start the College Basketball Experience on November 14th.
While Marquette was mentioned as the likely destination for Princeton as recently as the Friends of Princeton Basketball event during reunions on May 30th, it was stressed then that nothing was 100% set in stone, despite what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had reported.
The Tigers' next three round robin games in the CBE will occur the following week at either at James Madison or Miami (OH). There is no official word on who the other teams in each pool will be.
Princeton sociology professor emeritus Marvin Bressler, an academic advisor to the Princeton men's basketball team for three decades, around whom the school's Academic Fellows program was built, passed away Tuesday after a long illness at the age of 87.
He had a full, amazing and fascinating life.
While I am sure it would irk him, I will miss him greatly.
If a public memorial is announced, I will be sure to post details.
A handful of videos I haven't had found the right moment to post that have been collected over this week, starting with one of 30+ brief clips from Princeton's 1998 win over UAB. Brian Earl receives a nifty left-handed Chris Young backdoor bounce pass and scores between two defenders.
Back strain has landed Will Venable on the 15 day disabled list retroactive to July 2nd.
The Kenner League kicked off yesterday in Washington, DC. I asked those in attendance to report back on the performances of the two Princeton players taking part. Here are a few lines on Ian Hummer from the first half of his first game.
Conor Neu is interviewed on the Princeton Athletic Department web site.
The Oregon State 2010-11 non-conference basketball schedule is taking shape.
Buried on the Gazelle Group web site are some fascinating promotional .pdfs for their clients, including Craig Robinson, Chris Mooney, Joe Scott and Mitch Henderson. It is interesting to see how each individual is marketed by their representation.
Harvard has "declared an unintentional secondary violation in connection with conversations in the summer of 2007 between current Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Kenny Blakeney and members of the Harvard coaching staff that occurred before Mr. Blakeney was employed by Harvard."
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met in the men's basketball office at Jadwin Gym on this beautiful Thursday afternoon to record a wide-ranging 26:00+ one-on-one interview.
Johnson and Solomon discuss, among other topics: Princeton's incoming recruiting class player by player, how these future freshmen compliment the returning Tigers, Princeton's recently concluded Elite and Team Camps, Summer Leagues players will be participating in, recent changes to the Princeton coaching staff and Coach Johnson's prediction for a World Cup champion.
For the first time in forever, Northwestern will play in the New York area. The Wildcats are scheduled to participate in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in December along with St. John's, Davidson and one team TBA.
Here's additional confirmation of Princeton's return trip to Monmouth this season. If you've been keeping close track, that brings the number of games on the Tiger schedule that have been revealed on-line to 25. Expect three more road games and two more home games to fill out the schedule. It looks like one of the games at Jadwin is the last to be confirmed.
Kam Williams interviewed Craig Robinson for The Skanner News.
Chris Young suffered another setback and will not be throwing again anytime soon.
Some tiny adjustments to his batting stance have benefitted Will Venable. The San Diego outfielder has missed his team's last two games due to back stiffness.
Georgetown has announced which teams their players will be on in the Kenner League. I do not have word if any Princeton players will be participating in Kenner, like they did last season.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
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
