Last week Kareem Maddox officially signed with Dutch First Division team Landstede Basketbal for the upcoming season.
I had a chance to talk to Maddox via phone as he exited Universal Studios this evening and the 2010-11 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year told me about his impending opportunity in Zwolle. A transcript of our conversation appears after the jump.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Can Mason Rocca still dunk? Watch and see.
Four additional clips after the jump, including more from the “Study to Win” Basketball Camp.
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.
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.
Today marks a year since Marvin Bressler's passing. On this anniversary I keep coming back to a quote from Rabbi Jim Diamond about Professor Bressler:
"He was a skeptic in the best sense of the term. He was not an irreverent skeptic. He was not a cynical skeptic. He was a profound and responsible skeptic."
What would Marvin would have had to say about last season, had he been here to experience it?
I think he would have gotten a big kick out of it all.
Recent Princeton grad Kareem Maddox '11 has signed with Dutch First Division team Landstede Basketbal for the 2011-12 season.
Based out of Zwolle, Landstede went 10-26 last year, 9th in the DBL.
Maddox joins Mason Rocca '00 (Italy), Judson Wallace '05 (Spain) and Konrad Wysocki '04 (Poland) as former Tigers playing professionally overseas.
Sydney Johnson is a man of his word.
Back in April, when the Fairfield basketball coach left Princeton after four seasons, he privately promised me that a time would eventually come where he would be willing to field my queries about his departure.
Yesterday at a coffee shop in Mercer County, Johnson and I met up to talk.
Thinking of the many email exhanges, site comments and off-Internet conversations I had with subscribers since Johnson joined the Stags, I tried to get answers to the questions you have asked me.
The audio from our 20:00+ conversation can be found after the jump.
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.
Bill Bradley recently made a third appearance on KLRU's Overheard with Evan Smith. Part one of this interview is above, with the next three segments and an audience Q&A after the jump.
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.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Last month turned up a superb 11 minute Dan Mavraides highlight reel. Now there's a more concise three minute version to enjoy as well.
Four additional clips after the jump, heavy on Chris Mooney.
In addition to this site's weekly in-season interviews with John Thompson III, Joe Scott and Sydney Johnson, princetonbasketball.com has produced numerous pieces with former Princeton players over the past decade+.
The summer struck me as a good time to collect the archived links to all of the Q&As, transcripts, email correspondence and audio files into one post for newer members who might have missed some of these when they originally ran.
I believe this is a complete list, but if I'm missing anyone let me know!
-Bill Bradley
-Mike Brennan
-Pete Carril
-Scott Greenman
-Kyle Koncz
-Nick Lake and Noah Savage
-Jimmy Lane
-Howie Levy
-Kevin "Moon" Mullin
-Ed Persia
-Craig Robinson
-Mason Rocca
-Judson Wallace
-Chris Young and Will Venable
Want more? There's also an interview with "Outside The Limelight" author Kathy Orton.
Finally, from back in the "Catching Up With..." listserv days - conversations with Mitch Henderson, Sean Jackson, Sydney Johnson, Jamie Mastaglio, Frank Sowinski and Mike Stephens.
