Rutgers pictures.
Photos from today's game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Suffolk/Mercer pictures.
"Hard Work!"
Supplemental photos from today's Mercer game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Media Day 2010.
Coach Sydney Johnson interview:
Kareem Maddox, Patrick Saunders & Dan Mavraides interview:
Ian Hummer & Douglas Davis interview:
Princeton held its annual preseason Media Day on Wednesday afternoon. Coach Sydney Johnson and select Tigers spoke to princetonbasketball.com and other press outlets about the upcoming season. These interviews are exclusive to our site. If you're interested in inside access like this all season long, please consider becoming a donor.
17 more photos by Frank Wojciechowski from Media Day, including your first glimpses at the freshman class, can be found after the jump.
Baker Rink basketball?
Did you know that from 1945 until 1947 Princeton played its basketball games at Baker Rink?
University Gym was the Tigers' home court from 1903 until a fire consumed the building four decades later in 1944. A temporary location was required while Dillon Gym was being constructed.
This first season the Tigers went 4-5 in Baker and the next year they were 4-8.
Princeton's second campaign of playing basketball in an revamped ice rink was Cappy Cappon's first year as head coach of the orange and black. His captain was a man named Butch van Breda Kolff.
The picture above comes from a 45-39 loss to Army in 1947.
Princeton basketball soda.
A limited edition orange cream soda brewed up to celebrate the improbable Ivy title for the 2000-01 Princeton men's basketball team.
The neon color of the beverage makes me confident this drink is as sweet as that season was. I can't bring myself to decant it.
"Pete's Play."
The Princeton Public Library is holding a sold out silent auction on October 10th as part of their Centennial Gala entitled In Their Own Hands.
From the PPL web site:
"35 of Princeton's nationally celebrated residents and ex-residents have found a way to celebrate the library's 100th birthday. Each of the 35 has create his or her own page for our silent auction."
Former Princeton head coach Pete Carril's contribution to this event is posted above. The bidding starts at $300 and if you're interested I can pass a proxy bid on to one of the night's attendees.
"A Fond Farewell To Kit."
So read the front page headline from the March 13, 1991 Town Topics. Senior center Kit Mueller is hoisted after fans stormed the floor following his final game at Jadwin Gym - a 76-48 rout over Loyola Marymount on Selection Sunday.
The regular season finale for both teams was played in front of possibly the largest crowd in the 22 year history of the building, an announced attendance of 7,735.
Mueller's stat line for his last home game? 21 points on 8-8 shooting, nine assists and six rebounds.
Bob Scrabis, New Jersey Net?
In October 1989, five months after playing his final game in Jadwin Gym, former Princeton guard Bob Scrabis returned to the Tigers' home court as a member of the New Jersey Nets training camp - postponing a trip to England after receiving an invitation from Nets GM Willis Reed.
Asked about Scrabis and Yale's Paul Maley '88, who was also in the Nets' camp, New Jersey head coach Bill Fitch told the Trenton Times: "I think it's great that they're here. I know that Bob, playing for the guy with the cigars, what's his name? Pete something? I know I won't have to teach him any fundamentals. I know he'll have been the best coached guy out there. They have a chance. They can obviously play, otherwise they wouldn't be here."
Scrabis strained his hamstring on the second day of camp and was waived nine days later.
1979 Penn/Princeton program.
My latest $0.99 eBay steal is another late-1970s Princeton program, this from the Tigers' first meeting of the 1978-79 season with eventual Final Four participant Penn. On the cover you'll find 6'11" senior center Tom "Too Tall" Young (#45).
Highlights are scanned after the jump. Click on any image to enlarge.
At the buzzer in Corvallis, 1983.
I model myself an amateur archivist and take pride in being a thorough researcher, so a discovery like the above photo was all I needed to start digging up details on what happened prior to the final buzzer of Princeton's 56-53 victory over 19th-ranked Oklahoma State in the 1983 NCAA Tournament.
Princeton had already shut down North Carolina A&T 53-41 for their 10th straight win behind 18 from Gordon Enderle and 15 for Ivy League Player of the Year Craig Robinson in a preliminary round of the tournament to set up their meeting with OSU.
There's much to love if you click to enlarge this image shot off the endline of Gill Colliseum in Corvalis, Oregon - from the agape hug on the far right to the joy of the unknown player rushing alone to half court still wearing his warm-up pants to Pete Carril's blase' gesture with his right hand as he shuffles towards the Cowboys' bench.
Panorama.
The front and back covers of Princeton Alumni Weekly's December 20, 1989 Ivy League Basketball Preview. Click to see the full-sized version.
From left to right on the floor for the Tigers: Matt Henshon (#35), George Leftwich (#22), Troy Hottenstein (#12), Kit Mueller (#00) and Matt Eastwick (#55).
1976 Penn/Princeton program.
For just $0.74 more than it would have set me back walking in to Jadwin Gym 34 years ago, I picked up a copy of the above Penn/Princeton program on eBay this week.
Highlights are scanned after the jump. Click on any image to enlarge.
