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Offensive success depends on patience, pounding the paint

Offensive success depends on patience, pounding the paint

Everyone talks about the so-called "Princeton Offense." It's this. It's that. But for this year's men's basketball team, what's most important is what the offense isn't."Our offense isn't three-point shooting," head coach Joe Scott '87 said.But you could be forgiven for making that mistake after watching this season's first three games.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Tigers visit Monmouth, host Colgate

It has been 27 years since the women's basketball team has faced instate rival Monmouth in hostile territory.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Jones finds freedom at three meters

What does one of Princeton's best divers say to herself as she stands three meters above the water, about to perform a series of airborne somersaults and twists which she hopes will culminate in a plank-straight body, a little splash and a dive that prompts all the onlookers to say "wow"?"It's a little clichéd, but I usually take a deep breath and say, 'You only live once,' " diver Charlotte Jones said.It is a motto the sophomore from Bedford, Texas, learned from her old coach, but for a sport that is so dependent on one crucial moment, it is very pertinent.Jones is one of the best in Princeton's talented group of women divers.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Attack or defend? Depends on the Tiger

When people think of wrestling, most of the time they think of two people trying to trap one another on the ground while twisting them into uncomfortable pretzel-like shapes.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Offensive success depends on patience, pounding the paint

Everyone talks about the so-called "Princeton Offense." It's this. It's that. But for this year's men's basketball team, what's most important is what the offense isn't."Our offense isn't three-point shooting," head coach Joe Scott '87 said.But you could be forgiven for making that mistake after watching this season's first three games.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Tigers visit Monmouth, host Colgate

It has been 27 years since the women's basketball team has faced instate rival Monmouth in hostile territory.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Attack or defend? Depends on the Tiger

When people think of wrestling, most of the time they think of two people trying to trap one another on the ground while twisting them into uncomfortable pretzel-like shapes.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Jones finds freedom at three meters

What does one of Princeton's best divers say to herself as she stands three meters above the water, about to perform a series of airborne somersaults and twists which she hopes will culminate in a plank-straight body, a little splash and a dive that prompts all the onlookers to say "wow"?"It's a little clichéd, but I usually take a deep breath and say, 'You only live once,' " diver Charlotte Jones said.It is a motto the sophomore from Bedford, Texas, learned from her old coach, but for a sport that is so dependent on one crucial moment, it is very pertinent.Jones is one of the best in Princeton's talented group of women divers.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Harvard, Penn start season hot

Two weeks into the 2005-06 men's basketball season, the Tigers (1-2 overall) have shown flashes of brilliance in beating Lehigh on the road, but they have also struggled in home losses to Drexel and Lafayette.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Senior captain Fishman leads men's swimming with quiet confidence

At six feet, 10 inches tall, Alan Fishman cuts an imposing figure. But ask men's swimming head coach C.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Harvard, Penn start season hot

Two weeks into the 2005-06 men's basketball season, the Tigers (1-2 overall) have shown flashes of brilliance in beating Lehigh on the road, but they have also struggled in home losses to Drexel and Lafayette.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

With career coming to a close, Smith guides young Tigers

As senior co-captain Ali Smith approaches her last season on the women's basketball team, her goal is simple: "To leave knowing I gave it my all; to leave with no regrets."The concept of hard work is not new for Smith.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Senior captain Fishman leads men's swimming with quiet confidence

At six feet, 10 inches tall, Alan Fishman cuts an imposing figure. But ask men's swimming head coach C.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

More than just simple swordplay

Children do it with wrapping paper tubes during the holidays. A dreadlocked Johnny Depp did it in "Pirates of the Caribbean." Romantic nobleman once did it to defend their honor.And then there's the Princeton fencing team, which brings a modern version of it ? swordplay, if you haven't yet guessed ? to the 'C' Floor of Jadwin Gym each winter.A descendant of the gory warfare of medieval knights, modern fencing is an artful sport, requiring a combination of both physical and mental quickness.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

More than just simple swordplay

Children do it with wrapping paper tubes during the holidays. A dreadlocked Johnny Depp did it in "Pirates of the Caribbean." Romantic nobleman once did it to defend their honor.And then there's the Princeton fencing team, which brings a modern version of it ? swordplay, if you haven't yet guessed ? to the 'C' Floor of Jadwin Gym each winter.A descendant of the gory warfare of medieval knights, modern fencing is an artful sport, requiring a combination of both physical and mental quickness.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

With career coming to a close, Smith guides young Tigers

As senior co-captain Ali Smith approaches her last season on the women's basketball team, her goal is simple: "To leave knowing I gave it my all; to leave with no regrets."The concept of hard work is not new for Smith.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Want to win? Control the T

Have you ever seen two players, one old and one young, coming off the squash courts in Dillon with the younger player looking ready for a walker and the retiree ready for another match?

SPORTS | 11/28/2005

Exploiting ratio key to success on power play

Set up a triangle. Or maybe draw out an umbrella. Feeling particularly creative? A reverse combination of the two might draw a defender into the corner and then leave the low slot wide open.

SPORTS | 11/28/2005

Quiet but steady

Ask Patrick Ekeruo, junior center for the men's basketball team, where he would like to see his game progress, and you might think, at first, that he is selling himself short.You'll hear no aspirations to be like former teammate Judson Wallace '05, who graduated last year as a three-time all-Ivy honoree at center and a member of Princeton's elite 1,000-point club.There certainly won't be any mention of Hakeem Olajuwon, the two-time NBA champion and 12-time all-star who, like Ekeruo (pronounced e-CARE-oh), hails from Nigeria.Instead, you can expect a response befitting Ekeruo's grounded nature and his desire to apply himself in whatever way he sees as best for his team."I need to become what Mike Stephens was in the post last year," Ekeruo says, referring to Wallace's classmate and backup, who emerged last year as a stabilizing presence for the Tigers during an otherwise turbulent senior season."I just want to be that center [about whom] everyone can say, 'He has no turnovers, he gets his teammates shots, and he controls the offense,'" Ekeruo says.

SPORTS | 11/28/2005

Exploiting ratio key to success on power play

Set up a triangle. Or maybe draw out an umbrella. Feeling particularly creative? A reverse combination of the two might draw a defender into the corner and then leave the low slot wide open.

SPORTS | 11/28/2005

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