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Friday News:

Cornell announced that due to Princeton's exam schedule, the Ivy League opener between the Big Red and the Tigers would be moved up two weeks.

This alteration is not unprecedented but it is also not common over recent seasons. The previous two times Princeton opened conference play before breaking for exams didn't work out well for the Tigers: Swept at Columbia and Cornell in 2007 and a split with Cornell and Columbia at Jadwin in 2006. Prior to that the orange and black bested both Harvard and Dartmouth on the road in January 2002.

Both Northwestern and Richmond have released their full 2011-12 schedules. Spiders head coach Chris Mooney was a recent guest at the Robins School of Business.

Will Venable made two significant plays in San Diego's 3-1 over San Francisco on Wednesday. Venable homered to open the first inning (video) off the head of an oblivious fan in right field and threw out a runner at the plate (video) to end the seventh inning.

Researching the field guide to Tigers in Europe I noticed that Kareem Maddox led his team in scoring during an exhibition and Pawel Buczak tallied 12 in his team's friendly with Dąbrowa Górnicza.

Team captain Mason Rocca shares his thoughts prior to Milano's training camp.

The Hellenic Voice has a story on Dan Mavraides receiving the Harry Agganis Award at the AHEPA Sports Luncheon.

There are quotes from Pete Carril in a recent ESPN piece on Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.

Columbia has also revealed their complete schedule.



Wednesday News:

Will Venable has a good reason to cheer for the Chicago Bears this season. Above, Venable clears the bases with a triple on Sunday as San Diego ended their lengthy losing streak.

Georgetown slots in as number 39 in The Hoops Report's Top 68 Team Previews.

At the recommendation of Mitch Henderson, a British professional team has signed former Northwestern Wildcat Mike Capocci.

Sydney Johnson learned more about his new team during Fairfield's recent trip to Italy. Johnson is also the subject of a new piece up on Rivals.

The saga continues? Judson Wallace is trying to attain a Congolese passport so he can finalize his deal with Barcelona.

Video of a recent appearance by John Rogers on CNBC.

A small forward from Georgia has verbally committed to Oregon State.



Sunday News:

Will Venable was mired in a 1-17 slump before hitting a home run (video) to lead off yesterday's game versus Colorado. The Padres still dropped their ninth straight, 5-4.

Now it looks like Judson Wallace does have his new passport in order and can sign with Barcelona? I'm so confused, and Google Translate isn't helping matters.

A member of Georgetown's official delegation shares the truth about the Hoyas' brawl with Bayi Rockets.

Two names to keep an eye on: a quarterback / point guard from California and a forward out of Florida both say they're being recruited by Princeton.

There's a great photo of Dan Mavraides arriving at the airport in Greece.

Former Tiger Bob Kleinert '78 shows up in a Fortune Magazine feature on Sandler O'Neill.



Thursday News:

Northwestern and Denver both announced their 2011-12 non-conference schedules.

The Pioneers will have Rob Lewis in uniform, as the forward was granted an extra season of eligibility after missing last year due to injury.

Georgetown won their final game in China and Fairfield rounded up their Italian tour with a 89-73 win against Fulgor Omegna.

The Stags are #43 in the Hoops Report Top 68 Team Previews.

Added this as an update below, but for those who missed it Princeton's game at NC State is official.

What is Will Venable?

The College Sports Madness preview of Princeton also had a brief Mitch Henderson profile I missed the first time.

Finally, a happy birthday to one of my favorite people I've met through Princeton basketball, Stan Adelson.



Monday News:

Continuing to thrive after his demotion, Padres outfielder Will Venable led off yesterday's game with a home run (video) and ended the action with a walk off ninth inning single (video) as San Diego swept Florida, 4-3.

John Thompson III says last week's brawl is behind his team. After a day in Shanghai, the Hoyas easily defeated Liaoning, 91-69.

In Italy it was Fairfield with the 101-70 win over Forli. The Stags' Rakim Sanders had 35 points on 14-15 shooting, nearly equalled on the other side by former Georgetown standout Austin Freeman's 34.



Tuesday News:

Kareem Maddox is interviewed for a Fairfield site to give Stags fans insight about their new head coach from a player's perspective.

Princeton ranks 89th in the College Sports Madness men's basketball preview.

Mitch Henderson will be on ESPNU today at 5:00 pm ET as part of a panel hosted by Andy Katz.

Will Venable (video) hit a two run home run, his fourth of the season, in the seventh inning of last night's New York/San Diego game.

Before the first pitch Chris Young paid a visit to the Mets' locker room. Young still faces a long road back from right shoulder surgery.

A Yahoo! contributor's list of the best NBA players born in Philadelphia includes Geoff Petrie.

Former Harvard guard Max Kenyi will not return to the Crimson after nearly a year away from Cambridge.



Thursday News:

A single, two doubles and a triple for Will Venable in last night's 9-5 San Diego victory over the Mets. Venable has a .419 batting average over the last 10 games, .362 in the last 30 days.

Mitch Henderson is featured in the new issue of US1.

Princeton has posted the Tigers' 2011-12 team roster. Expect more on this once heights and weights are updated.

MSG's Jon Rothstein interviewed Georgetown head coach John Thompson III.

These young Hoyas travel to Alabama on December 1st as part of the Big East/SEC Challenge.

Alex Wolff is Princeton Alumni Weekly's "Tiger of the Week." Tonight Woff will receive the Curt Gowdy Media Award at the Basketball Hall of Fame



Monday News:

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.



Thursday News:

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.

Rush The Court previews the Ivy League.

Now back to repeatedly punching my laptop to try and make Lion work properly.



Thursday News:

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.



2011 Summer Reading (and listening too).

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.



Tuesday News:

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.



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