Wednesday News:
How close is Will Venable to playing in the major leagues?
Richmond coach Chris Mooney answers questions about the upcoming season. The Spiders kick off the NCAA college basketball calendar on Monday afternoon against Maine.
Questions for Sydney Johnson?
I'll be interviewing Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson in early November for the first in our series of weekly sit-down interviews during the 2007-08 basketball season. Donors are encouraged to send in questions you might want me to ask. Hopefully I'll be able to include some of your submissions.
If you want to sign up for princetonbasketball.com's donor-only content to get access to these exclusive interviews and have the opportunity to ask Coach Johnson your questions this season, sign up here.
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Monday News:
A few words from Princeton's two captains and their coach about what this honor means to each of them.
Guard Jordan Smart has committed to Vanderbilt. Smart "had been considering" Princeton, among other Ivy League schools.
Finally, a .pdf of the ESPN Full Court 2007-08 master schedule. No Princeton games, but plenty of Hoyas.
Saturday News:
Will Venable talks about "learning despite injury" in the Arizona Fall League.
Georgetown is ranked fifth in the preseason ESPN/USA Today poll.
2007-08 schedules.
We've finished up 2007-08 calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams. You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA. Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time changes or new TV information is revealed. These links will work best with iCal, so your mileage may vary.
Friday News:
Bill Bradley is one of fifteen inductees to the inaugural class of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. I guess Uncle Floyd will have to wait until 2008.
Video of Richmond coach Chris Mooney at the Atlantic 10 media day.
Denver has been selected by Sun Belt Conference coaches to finish seventh in the West Division.
Hope to have an "extended Princeton family" composite schedule available later today.
Afternoon Update:
A few more Wednesday links...
Princeton has revealed the names of its 2007-08 team captains.
Princeton Alumni Weekly interviews Bill Bradley.
Listen to audio from Georgetown's John Thompson III and Roy Hibbert recorded at Big East media day.
Wednesday News:
The Daily Princetonian touches base with Marcus Schroeder, Noah Savage and head coach Sydney Johnson to see how practice is going.
Andy Glockner of espn.com talks to Chris Mooney and others about Air Force's impressive four-year run.
Today is Big East Media Day. The Hoyas are preseason co-favorites for the Big East crown and center Roy Hibbert has been named Preseason Player of the Year.
Jamie Mastaglio to run NYC Marathon.
Former Princeton basketball player Jamie Mastaglio writes:
I'm running the NYC Marathon on November 4th. In addition to proving to myself that my legs can take a pounding for 3+ hours I'm running the race in support of a foundation that was formed in the name of my friend Dave Nee. Dave was my roommate at Princeton, and a huge fan of our teams while I was playing there. He was one of the students who camped out at Jadwin for tickets before the 1998 NCAA tournament, made the Winnebago trips to all three of our NCAA tournaments sites in Indianapolis, Winston Salem, and Hartford, and was a stalwart in the student section at all of our home games.
In the summer of 2005, shortly before graduating from Fordham Law, Dave took his own life after a silent struggle with depression. His family and friends have created a foundation that aims to educate adolescents and their families about the disease of depression, and to provide options for the treatment of, and recovery from the disease.
We've created a website where people can go to make marathon pledges to the foundation on my behalf. There are per-mile options, per-minute options, t-shirts for sale, and a couple of meeting places if people are looking for a spot to watch the race.
We've already raised over $6,500, and with only a week and a half left before race day we'd like to get that number even higher. If there's a way you can help me spread the word about this fundraiser which is in support of a great Princeton basketball fan I'd appreciate it.
James Mastaglio
Tuesday News:
As the countdown to the season-opener grows louder, here are two more Ivy League previews to enjoy: CollegeHoopsNet and Rush The Court weigh in.
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2007-08 Princeton Tigers.
6'8" Stephen Lumpkins has verbally agreed to attend American University. The Serra forward was "actively recruited" by Princeton and Denver, among other schools.
Some interesting answers in a Q&A with Richmond guard David Gonzalvez.
What would it take to lure David Blatt to the NBA?
