Princeton's time to shine
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 11 ? Somehow, you knew that the football team wouldn't let it end in such an abysmal fashion.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 11 ? Somehow, you knew that the football team wouldn't let it end in such an abysmal fashion.
The women's basketball team continued its strong play from last year with a convincing victory in its season debut.Princeton (1-0 overall) notched its first victory of the season, defeating Wagner (0-1) by a score of 70-52 Saturday night at Jadwin Gym.
After similarly successful performances two weeks ago at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, the men's and women's cross country teams' paths have diverged.
Freshman point guard Marcus Schroeder knows he has big shoes to fill following in the footsteps of Scott Greenman '06, a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection for the men's basketball team last year.
Q and A with head coach Richard Barron of the women's basketball team, who will try to lead the Tigers to the first NCAA Tournament bid of his six-year tenure:What, in your opinion, constitutes a good basketball team?The truly successful teams are the ones who understand how to prepare for every game.
Senior quarterback Jeff Terrell has been waiting 364 long days for a second chance, and Princeton students have been waiting twelve long years for a bonfire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Q and A with head coach Joe Scott '87 of the men's basketball team, who enters his third season at the Tiger helm.
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.
Welcome to your personal headquarters for the biggest weekend in Princeton athletics we can recall.
The men's basketball team adds freshman guard Chris Petrie, whose uncle, Geoff Petrie '70, is the seventh-leading scorer in Princeton history.
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.
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.
While all teams strive to do well in the early non-conference season, it is ultimately the conference schedule that matters.
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.