Will Venable stayed hot with the bat and on the base path, 3-5 with a pair of stolen bases on Sunday (video), as San Diego finished a series sweep of Pittsburgh. Venable is hitting .355 in his last 10 games and is 6-11 at the plate (.545) in the previous three contests since missing time due to back spasms.
It appears Venable's Princeton teammate Judson Wallace may be signing with FC Barcelona. Somehow this involves an Albanian passport?
Summer league details aren't as easy to come by as everyone would like but here's a touch more on Ian Hummer and his final game at the Kenner League.
Will Barrett foul trouble and a depleted roster were factors that did in Stomp Off in the DelCo Pro-Am playoffs.
Trying to piece together how action finished up for T.J. Bray and Jimmy Sherburne at the Milwaukee Pro-Am, here's a box score for their penultimate game before the league's playoffs began. Bray and Sherburne didn't see the floor in RYCO's final "regular season" contest.
A Minnesota forward who had shown interest in Princeton verbally committed to Northwestern.
A more challenging schedule awaits Oregon State in 2011-12.
Will Venable led off with his his third home run off the season (video) as San Diego built a 13-0 lead after two innings of an easy victory at Florida. Venable would score three of the Padres' runs.
The Hoops Report sees Princeton as the 59th-best team in their Top 68.
Northwestern will host Baylor during the 2011-12 season.
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.
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!
Douglas Davis went for 31 points and Kit Mueller added 19 plus a double digit rebounding total as five man Sound Off Records (yes, sponsored by the jazz label) defeated Friends Central Alumni 81-71 at the Delco Pro-Am.
Since returning to the major leagues on June, Will Venable is hitting .333 in 15 games.
Northwestern guard Alex Marcotullio will suit up for the Great Britain U-20 team at next month's FIBA European Championships.
Princeton's staff is looking for a "guarantee game" as part of the 2011-12 schedule.
Will Venable led off with his first home run of the season as San Diego trumped Boston at Fenway Park, 5-1. The shot to right was Venable's first HR in his last 170 MLB at bats.
In a move likely to place the program under increased scrutiny, Georgetown officially hired Kevin Broadus as John Thompson III's "Special Assistant."
After one season on the bench next to Steve Donahue at Boston College, former Columbia coach Joe Jones is moving across town to take over the head coaching position at Boston University.
On Friday I hoped that there might be more videos to come from the individual who has been posting short Princeton highlights from the late 1980s. Wish granted!
Above you'll see Bob Scrabis (#34) finding Alan Williams (#24) for a bucket and the foul in the Tigers' 89-70 loss versus Seton Hall at South Mountain Arena early in the 1986-87 season. Mike Harnum (#30), Joe Scott (#4) and John Thompson III (#22) are also on the floor for the orange and black.
Five clips after the jump, including additional black and white Princeton footage, a recruiting video and Will Venable signing autographs.
The demotion of Will Venable did not last long. Less than three weeks after being shipped to AAA Tucson, Venable was recalled by the San Diego Padres.
Alex Wolff will be honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame with the 2011 Curt Gowdy Media Award. Congratulations, Alex!
A book by Kevin "Moon" Mullin will hopefully help student-athletes find their way.
A South Jersey guard lists Princeton among the schools that are recruiting him.
This photo gallery of college coaches to visit prep school Northfield Mount Hermon includes severalfamiliarfaces. There are 11 NMH alums on tentative 2011-12 Ivy rosters.
It is official that Northwestern will compete in the 2011 Charleston Classic. When the Wildcats head to South Carolina, former Rutgers head coach Fred Hill will be on the bench - filling the spot that opened up when Mitch Henderson left for Princeton.
The Tigers are among the programs who have reportedly offered a senior forward from Minnesota.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon made the MBCA Missouri Challenge's All-Tournament team.
Next Saturday you can catch future Tiger Clay Wilson playing for Team Oklahoma at the Faith 7 basketball game.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III remains the highest paid employee on the Hilltop.
Former Princeton player David Rosenberg will be inducted into the Vineland High School hall of fame on Monday.
Will Venable has seen his batting average at AAA Tuscon drop to .194.
The Princeton Packet writes about last week's dedication of a field at Blakely Park in memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski. The entire Tigers coaching staff was present at this event.
Harold Camping might have been right! Princeton men's basketball is now on Twitter. One of the first things their account shared was a photo of this year's seniors at graduation.
Houston Baptist signed a swingman who was recruited by Princeton and several other Ivies.
Kareem Maddox was honored at Friday night's Princeton Varsity Club banquet as a recipient of the William Winston Roper Trophy. Maddox is the first basketball player to earn this award since Will Venable in 2005 and he shares this distinction with four other male Tiger student-athletes.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon represents Kansas City at today's MBCA Missouri Challenge.
Will Venable homered twice and was 3-5 at the plate in Tucson's 11-1 win over the Salt Lake Bees.
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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
