One of the most fascinating aspects of sport is the excitement and anticipation that surround the discovery of a new talent, a talent so unique that the influence he will have on his game can be projected many years in advance.
While many Tigers will be on the road to Yale Saturday morning, defending the good name of Old Nassau in New Haven, the men's water polo team will be guarding DeNunzio Pool against its Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Conference opponents who will be in Princeton vying for the Eastern title.Besides ending the Tigers' season, the Eastern Championships will determine the Tigers' (14-6 overall, 6-2 CWPA) place in their conference for next season.In order of seeding, this year's championship participants are St.
While all teams strive to do well in the early non-conference season, it is ultimately the conference schedule that matters.
Good leaders in most endeavors are renowned for being determined, decisive, forthright and fair ? for being the type of people that can be held up as a shining example of both accomplishment and character.
With the inception of the college basketball season rapidly approaching, the question dominating discussion has nothing to do with how the women's basketball team will fare this cold December.
The men's basketball team adds freshman guard Chris Petrie, whose uncle, Geoff Petrie '70, is the seventh-leading scorer in Princeton history.
Welcome to your personal headquarters for the biggest weekend in Princeton athletics we can recall.
Q and A with head coach Joe Scott '87 of the men's basketball team, who enters his third season at the Tiger helm.
Finishing the season unbeaten in conference play and being chosen as one of four NCAA Championship regional host sites would be the dream of most collegiate teams.
With their season-opening tournament already pushed below the fold by the football team's first-place clash with Yale, the last thing members of the men's basketball team needed was a date with the human hype-magnet known as Greg Oden.As Princeton prepares to kick off its season this weekend at the Black Coaches Association Classic in Columbus, Ohio, a potential second-round matchup with host Ohio State looms large.
Proof of the athletic department's recent outfitting deal with Nike, the men's basketball team arrived at preseason media day on Monday modeling fresh new white home jerseys.
After coming so close to topping the Ivy League last year, the women's basketball team will face a significantly different field when it begins league games this January.
And just when you thought it couldn't get any better ? the atmosphere simply couldn't be soaked with any more drama, and the campus couldn't be filled with any more of the frenzied, passionate excitement that defines college football ? it does.
The 2006-07 men's basketball pre-season poll has declared that Penn is this year's team to beat. The poll, which is comprised of 16 media members from the eight Ivy League universities, registered the Quakers with 15 first-place ballots.
Go to Yale. Seriously. Unless you've been hiding in front of CNN recently, you know that the football team is heading to Yale on Saturday to play for a shot at the Ivy League championship, as well as the rights to hold a certain celebratory conflagration.
The women's volleyball team is out for an Ivy League title. Despite a pair of unexpected conference losses, the Tigers (19-2 overall, 9-2 Ivy League) have picked up momentum in the last few games and stand only a half-game out of first place.
For most teams, a victory in the league championship would serve as a fitting end to the season. Princeton's cross country squads are not most teams.
