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(05/11/14 2:37pm)
Senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid was the fifth round's 18th pick in the National Football League draft on Saturday. Reid will join the Detroit Lions as the 158th overall pick. He recorded 20 sacks and 36.5 total tackles for loss in his last three years at Princeton, making him the program's first two-time All-America honoree in 20 years.Reid became the second Princeton player in two years whose decision to play an extra medical redshirt season was rewarded with an NFL Draft spot, after former teammate Mike Catapano ’13 was dealt to the Kansas City Chiefs last spring.
(05/08/14 4:04pm)
During his fifth and final year at Princeton, senior captain and defensive lineman Caraun Reid didn’t have too much time to watch television – he was busy winning an Ivy League championship, training for his NFL Pro Day, completing his sociology degree, leading Bible study discussions, singing a cappella with Old Nassoul and playing guitar and drums for his jazz band. This Friday though, Reid and his family will be glued to the TV screen in their Bronx home – not to catch up on all the Homeland episodes he missed this fall, but to watch his future unfold.
(04/28/14 10:07am)
Recently announced as Princeton's next director of athletics, Mollie Marcoux '91 wrote her senior thesis on the history of women in sports from 1895 to 1946. Perhaps this independent work was foreshadowing, as she will make her own mark on the history of college athletics by becoming the first female AD in the University's history. On August 4, 2014, Marcoux will replace Gary Walters ’67 at the helm in Jadwin Gymnasium. Walters, who announced his retirement last fall, will conclude a 20 year tenure that boasted the most Ivy League championships of any school during the era.
(02/18/14 10:42am)
Nearly 10 months after falling four goals short of an Ivy League championship, the men’s lacrosse team appears reloaded and ready to chase its first conference tournament title since 2010. The Tigers’ final game last May, a 12-8 loss against Yale, marked the second consecutive year they reached the championship game before falling to the Bulldogs.
(02/10/14 8:15pm)
Just over a year ago, senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid made a bold decision: He would withdraw from his spring semester at Princeton, put his aspirations of playing in the NFL on hold and return in the fall for a redshirted fifth season. The potential rewards of his choice were clear but so were the risks: 10 more football games could drastically improve his draft prospects, but a letdown season or a crushing injury could dash his hopes of playing professional football.
(01/12/14 6:33pm)
The women’s basketball team kicked off its Ivy League season with an 84-53 leveling of Penn on Saturday. The win marked Princeton’s (10-5 overall, 1-0 Ivy)11th-straight successful meeting against the Quakers (8-3, 0-1), as well as the Tigers’ largest margin of victory of the season.
(01/09/14 7:16pm)
When the 'Prince' asked me to select a candidate for an On Tap, I thought, “Wow. This would be a fantastic opportunity to learn a little more about me.” And then, when they asked me to find someone to conduct the interview with me, I said to myself, “Well, who's better to talk to me than me — right, myself?” I ran the idea by me, and me agreed.
(12/09/13 9:42pm)
During a ceremony held in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City Monday afternoon, the Ivy League named junior quarterback Quinn Epperly the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and awarded him the Asa S. Bushnell Cup. Epperly accepted the award with Defensive Player of the Year Zach Hodges of Harvard following a congratulatory speech from Archie Manning.
(11/25/13 12:42pm)
Junior quarterback Quinn Epperly earned six Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week awards this season and was even named The Sports Network National Offensive Player of the Week after the football team’s 51-48 victory over Harvard. His FCS-record 29-straight completions earned him a shoutout from ESPN’s Twitter and later a national video feature on the network for the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of The Week.
(11/23/13 3:32pm)
The No. 19 football team's Ivy League championship season came to a disappointing end on Saturday, when the Tigers suffered their only Ivy League defeat of the season. After trailing 21-0 to Dartmouth (6-4 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) in the second quarter — its largest deficit of the season — Princeton mounted a furious comeback in the snow to tie things up before eventually falling 28-24.
(11/17/13 10:27pm)
For the second-straight week, the men’s basketball team (1-1) took the court without its emotional leader and captain, senior guard T.J. Bray. Following last weekend’s 67-50 shellacking of Florida A&M, Princeton headed to Indianapolis to face a tougher squad in Butler (2-0), which has reached two NCAA Finals games in the past four years. Stellar offensive performances by sophomore forward Hans Brase and junior forward Denton Koon helped Princeton net exactly 67 points again, but a last-second chance to force overtime rimmed out and gave Butler a three-point victory.
(11/12/13 11:16am)
Since Jadwin Gymnasium opened in 1969, the men’s basketball team has won 17 of its 26 Ivy League Championships. The Tigers boast a 408-114 record on Carril Court, going 260-53 over league opponents.
(11/05/13 7:37pm)
Following a heartbreaking end to its 2012-13 season, the men’s basketball team will soon begin a new quest for the Ivy League title that eluded it by one game last spring. Nursing the loss of Ian Hummer '13, the second-most prolific scorer in school history, the squad has reloaded by adding six freshmen and three veterans returning from time off.Senior guard Jimmy Sherburne, junior guard Ben Hazel and junior forward Dan Edwards will all be stepping onto the court for the first time since early 2012, following the one-year hiatus each took for separate reasons. In his Media Day teleconference, head coach Mitch Henderson '98 made it clear that Sherburne and Hazel will be thrust immediately back into the spotlight, resuming their roles as the team’s primary ball-handlers along with senior guard and captain T.J. Bray.Sherburne and Hazel will have plenty of backup along the perimeter, coming in the form of six freshman guard/forwards. In the backcourt, junior guard Clay Wilson and senior guard Chris Clement should continue to provide significant ballhandling and three-point shooting assistance from the bench.Henderson asserts that the addition of seven perimeter weapons will provide added flexibility for his primary scorers. Junior forward Denton Koon, for instance, who was second on the team in scoring behind Hummer last year with 10.5 points per game, will be relieved of his backcourt duties in order to operate more freely off the ball.More importantly, Henderson feels the additional support at the guard positions will help his team overcome a problem it suffered for much of last season: losing close games. Last year, seven of the Tigers’ 11 losses were decided by six points or fewer. Henderson attributes some of Princeton’s late-game struggles to his team’s inconsistent guard play, which he feels has improved during this offseason.“Where ... last year we lost a lot of close games, a good heady guard takes you out of those situations,” he said. “At the end of the game where you just needed somebody to get open, I think we have that ability now.”While the program’s concerted effort to stock its backcourt will pay dividends in some areas, it may come at a cost to others. Resources in the paint, for instance, will be somewhat less abundant.With the loss of the 6-foot-7-inch Hummer, 6-foot-9-inch forward Mack Darrow '13 and 6-foot-11-inch center Brendan Connolly '13, who contributed a combined 65.2 minutes per game last season, the 2013-14 version of the team is a markedly smaller one. Of the nine players added to this year’s roster, seven are 6-foot-5-inches or shorter.The size concern translates to a rebounding one. Even with the team’s height last year, they averaged just 31.0 boards per game —the second-worst in the Ivy League. Still less encouraging is the fact that Hummer, Darrow and Connolly provided more than a third of those rebounds, averaging 10.7 together. Henderson recognizes the issue but is hopeful about his team’s chances to resolve it collectively.“We weren’t particularly a great rebounding team last year,” he conceded. “But I think [sophomore forward] Hans Brase is gonna make a huge step. I see Denton Koon filling up the void there. T.J. got almost five a game, so I see that continuing.He added that he expects help on the boards from his guards as well as from 6-foot-10-inch freshman forward Pete Miller, who he anticipates will play significant minutes during his rookie season.Henderson has taken tangible steps to improve his team’s rebounding numbers this year. Every day before practice, a new tally is posted in the Tigers’ locker room noting how many times each player should have boxed out during the previous practice and how many times he actually did. The tallies, which Henderson calculates daily by reviewing practice film, also include statistics on how many times players succeeded or failed at hustling back on defense.For Clement, physically tracking these two facets of the game has provided special motivation.“It’s good to have that accountability,” he said. “You’re seeing it, but your teammates are seeing it, too.”While the team will certainly miss Hummer’s dominant post presence, Clement feels that his absence has forced the Tigers to establish a heightened focus on fundamentals.“We don’t have that one person —just by pure athleticism —that can really just bail us out,” he said. “We’re gonna have to talk a lot more on defense ... continuously move around, screen away and get our teammates open ... [the personnel change] can either be a blessing or a curse.”Hazel adds that no single player —even the 2013 Ivy League Player of the Year —can make or break Princeton’s ability to score.“[Our offense] adjusts really easily to the personnel that you have,” he said. “Each person has a specific skill set that they can take advantage of ... and you can use the offense to play to your suit.”Henderson stated that many of the points replacing Hummer’s 16.3 per game will come from three-point shooting. Last year, the team boasted a downtown percentage of 39.5, thanks in large part to current senior forward Will Barrett. Barrett led the nation in three-point accuracy, hitting a blistering 51.6 percent of his 93 attempts. Barrett and the rest of Princeton’s sharpshooters will help to compensate for the diminished role of the team’s inside presence.What Princeton lacks in body size it makes up for in roster size. With 18 players, the squad is deeper than it has been in over eight years. In Clement’s eyes, the added cast members have radically improved the team’s pace and efficiency at practice.“Every single drill, every single time we have a chance to scrimmage —you know that you’re competing for a chance just to be on the practice floor,” he said. “People are coming for each other’s throats.”With lots of new faces, added finesse and an increased emphasis on rebounding even among its smallest players, this year’s rejuvenated squad will put its hard work to the test Sunday in Jadwin Gymnasium, where the Tigers will host Florida A&M in their season opener.
(10/07/13 1:34pm)
Earlier this month, the New York Knicks announced that Steve Mills ’81 will replace Glen Grunwald as the team’s president and general manager.During Grunwald’s two-year tenure, the Knicks attained their two highest winning percentages since 2001 and ended a postseason victory drought of 13 seasons. Mills will pick up where he left off, hoping to send the team past the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2000.
(09/27/13 9:22am)
The New York Knicks announced yesterday that Steve Mills '81 will replace Glen Grunwald as the team’s president and general manager.