PRINCETON UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL
Tiger Trivia
March 13, 2000 (Penn State)
NIT-picking - Princeton is making its fourth NIT appearance (1972, 1975,
1999). The Tigers have a 7-2 overall NIT record, including the 1975
championship.
More NIT-picking - Princeton defeated Georgetown and North Carolina State
before losing to Xavier in the quarterfinals of last year's NIT.
It's madness - Princeton is 19-3 against teams not in the NCAA tournament
and 0-7 against teams that are in the NCAA tournament.
Walking wounded - Princeton has had eight players miss a game this year due
to injury; Princeton had seven players in the last seven years miss a game
due to injury. Princeton's injured players have combined to miss 87 games
this year.
Just win, baby - Bill Carmody has averaged 23 wins per year in his four
years as Princeton head coach. Princeton had a total of three seasons with
at least 23 wins in its 96-year history prior to when Carmody became head
coach.
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca was unable to play in Princeton's last three games
due to tendonitis in his ankle. Rocca, the lone senior on this year's
Princeton team, missed the first four games of this season with a groin
injury and then missed 51 days in midseason after ankle surgery.
More Mason-ry - Mason Rocca played 33 minutes in the first game against
Penn (Feb. 15), with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Rocca played 28 minutes the
next four games combined and then did not play in the final three regular
season games. His status for the NIT is still uncertain.
Still more Mason-ry - Mason Rocca averaged 16 points and 6.8 rebounds while
shooting 56% from the field in the five games in midseason when he was
healthy.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 112
games started; Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 33.
Ivy-Big 10 challenge - The Ivy League's two postseason teams both play Big
10 schools. Princeton plays Penn State in the NIT; Penn plays Illinois in
the NCAA tournament.
At the post - Princeton is in the postseason for the fifth straight year
for the first time in school history.
20-something - Princeton needs one more win to reach 20 for the fifth
straight season. Before its current streak began in 1995-96, Princeton had
never won more than 20 games in more than three straight seasons.
Cy Young - Chris Young, Princeton's 6' 11" center who is also a righthanded
pitcher, is the 77th-rated prospect in the upcoming Major League draft,
according to Baseball America.
More Young - Chris Young leads Princeton in scoring, rebounding, blocks and
steals and is second in assists.
Still more Young - Chris Young was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy
selection; he was also a first-team All-Ivy selection in baseball last
spring.
More win - Princeton had the ninth-best winning percentage in Division I in
the 1990s.
More wounded - Princeton brought up four players (Connor Neu, Pete Hegseth,
Russell Ellis, Nick Bernthal) from the junior varsity team in midseason to
take the place of injured players.
Still more wounded - Mike Bechtold has missed the last two weeks and is out
for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his leg.
Another wounded - Princeton's injury situation was at its worst in early
February, when Princeton was without regulars Nate Walton (broken hand),
Spencer Gloger (sprained ankle), Eugene Baah (thigh contusion) and Mason
Rocca (ankle surgery) for games at Brown and Yale.
Last wounded - Chris Krug, who started 27 games last year as a freshman,
has missed the entire season due to a preseason illness.
Lineup card - Chris Young is the only Princeton player to start every game
this season.
A league of their own - Either Princeton or Penn has won the Ivy League for
the 12th straight year and the 29th time in the last 31 years. The two
finished 1-2 in the league for the seventh time in the nine years.
I'm honored - Chris Young became the sixth sophomore in program history to
be named first-team All-Ivy League.
More honored - Freshman guard Spencer Gloger was named an honorable mention
All-Ivy League selection.
Still more honored - Princeton assistant coach John Thompson's father
(longtime Georgetown coach John Thompson) and college coach (Pete Carril)
are both in the Hall of Fame.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins scored six points in the first 14 games of
the season (0.4 points per game). He has scored 157 in the last 15 (10.5
per game).
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton had seven assists and eight turnovers
in his first 97 minutes after breaking his right hand in mid-January.
Walton, who is still playing with a soft cast on the hand, has 30 assists
and 14 turnovers in 160 minutes since.
More dimes - Nate Walton has 107 assists, making him the 12th player in
school history to reach 100 assists in a season. Chris Young has 101
assists, making him the 13th.
Still more dimes - Nate Walton and Chris Young are the third Princeton
teammates to each reach 100 assists in a season.
Block party - Chris Young has set the Princeton single-season record with
88 blocked shots. He is four away from tying the Ivy League record, set in
1997 by Brian Gilpin of Dartmouth.
More blocks - Chris Young set a school record with nine blocked shots
against Ohio.
Last blocks - Princeton has set a school record with 143 blocked shots.
D plus - Princeton leads the nation in scoring defense (54.6 points per
game). Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense each of the last 11
years.
Fresh face - Spencer Gloger has 64 three-pointers, a Princeton freshman record.
More fresh - Spencer Gloger is the third Princeton freshman to reach the
300-point mark. Gloger, with 326 points, joins Chris Young and Kit Mueller.
Center of attention - Chris Young is shooting exactly 50% from the field.
Every Princeton but one center since 1981-82 has shot at least 50% from the
field.
More center - Chris Young is averaging more points, more rebounds, more
assists and more blocked shots this season than Steve Goodrich did his
senior year, when he was the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Board game - Chris Young is averaging 6.2 rebounds per game, the most by a
Princeton player since Bob Roma in 1978.
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 52 three-pointers in 815 minutes
this season. He had 37 three-pointers in 893 minutes his first two seasons
combined.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 50-6 in Ivy League games. He has won 41 by at
least 10 points and 23 by at least 20.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has a higher shooting percentage from three-point
range (.375) than its opponents have overall (.369).
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger shot 48.9% on three-pointers in
non-league games and 32.3% on three-pointers in league games.
Ah, Ahmed - Amed El-Nokali shot 56.5% in Ivy League games and 36.6% in
non-league games.
No place like home - Princeton has averaged 67.7 points per game at home
and 58.1 points per game on the road.
On the other hand - Princeton shot 46.5% in home games and 46.6% in road games.
March 6, 2000 (Penn)
History lesson - Tonight's game marks the eighth time since the formation
of the Ivy League in 1956-57 that Princeton and Penn have met in the final
game of the regular season when one of the teams has already clinched the
title. The team that won the championship won each of the previous seven
meetings.
A league of their own - Either Princeton or Penn is the Ivy League champion for the
12th straight year and the 29th time in the last 31 years.
More league - Princeton and Penn will finish 1-2 in the Ivy League for the
seventh time in the last nine years.
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca was unable to play against either Yale or Brown this
past weekend due to tendonitis in his ankle. Rocca, the lone senior on this
year's Princeton team, missed the first four games of this season with a
groin injury and then missed 51 days in midseason after ankle surgery.
More Mason-ry - Mason Rocca played 33 minutes in the first game against
Penn, with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Rocca has played 28 minutes the last
six games combined.
No place like road - The visiting team has won three straight games and 11
of the last 19 games in the Princeton-Penn series.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 108
games started; Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 32. Penn's
freshmen and sophomores have combined for 38 games started; Penn's juniors
and seniors have combined for 97.
Aw, shoot - Princeton shot 51% as a team in its 12 games against the other
six Ivy League schools. Princeton shot 28.8% (a season low) in its loss to
Penn.
20-something - Princeton needs one more win to reach 20 for the fifth
straight season. Before its current streak began in 1995-96, Princeton had
never won more than 20 games in more than three straight seasons.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins started the 12 Ivy League games against
the teams other than Penn and averaged 10.7 points per game. Robins did not
play in the first game against Penn.
More Robins - Ray Robins scored six points in the first 14 games of the
season (0.4 points per game). He has scored 155 in the last 14 (11.1 per
game).
Spread it around - Princeton had seven players in double figures against
Brown Saturday night. It was the first time in school history that
Princeton had at least seven players in double figures.
More Young - Chris Young had 11 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and six
blocks in 20 minutes against Brown Saturday night. No Princeton player in
the history of the program has ever had a "triple double."
Still more Young - Chris Young leads Princeton in scoring, rebounding and
blocks and is second in steals and assists.
Walking wounded - Mike Bechtold became the eighth Princeton player this
year to miss a game due to injury when he sat out Friday night's game with a
stress fracture in his leg. Princeton had seven players the previous seven
years miss a game with an injury.
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton had seven assists and eight turnovers
in his first 97 minutes after breaking his hand, including one assist and
two turnovers in the loss to Penn in the first meeting this year. Walton
has 25 assists and 11 turnovers in 126 minutes since.
More dimes - Nate Walton has 102 assists, making him the 12th player in
school history to reach 100 assists in a season. Chris Young has 97 assists.
Block party - Chris Young has set the Princeton single-season record with
84 blocked shots. He is nine away from tying the Ivy League record, set in
1997 by Brian Gilpin of Dartmouth.
Last blocks - Princeton has set a school record with 138 blocked shots.
D plus - Princeton leads the nation in scoring defense (53.9 points per
game). Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense each of the last 11
years.
Fresh face - Spencer Gloger has 61 three-pointers, the Princeton freshman
record.
More fresh - Spencer Gloger is the third Princeton freshman to reach the
300-point mark. Gloger, with 315 points, joins Chris Young and Kit Mueller.
More Robins - Ray Robins is trying to become the fifth Princeton player
ever and the first since Matt Henshon in 1991 to shoot at least 50% from
three-point range for a full season. Robins is at .492 for the season, one
below 50%.
Another Robins - Ray Robins has been in double figures in five straight
games and eight of 13 since he became a starter.
Last Robins - Ray Robins ranks fourth in Division I in three-point field
goal percentage.
Foul ball - Ray Robins is a career 89.7% foul shooter.
Center of attention - Chris Young is shooting 50.5% from the field. Every
Princeton center but one since 1981-82 has shot at least 50% from the field.
More center - Chris Young is averaging more points, more rebounds, more
assists and more blocked shots this season than Steve Goodrich did his
senior year, when he was the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Board game - Chris Young is averaging 6.2 rebounds per game, the most by a
Princeton player since Bob Roma in 1978.
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 50 three-pointers in 781 minutes
this season. He had 37 three-pointers in 893 minutes his first two seasons
combined.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 50-5 in Ivy League games. He has won 41 by at
least 10 points and 23 by at least 20.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has a better shooting percentage from three-point
range (.377) than its opponents have overall (.362).
More shoot - Princeton ranks sixth in Division I in field goal percentage
defense (.362).
Swish - Nate Walton, a career 37.5% shooter from the field prior to this
season, is shooting 51% overall and 57.5% in Ivy League games.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 57.5% in league games and 36.6% in
non-league games.
Long range thinking - Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB tied
the all-time Ivy League record (with Matt Maloney) and are tied for the
most in a Division I game this season.
Point, counterpoint - Ray Robins has scored 161 points in 341 minutes. Nate
Walton has scored 130 points in 650 minutes.
Lineup card - Chris Young, C.J. Chapman, Ahmed El-Nokali and Eugene Baah
are the only Tigers to play in every game.
Windex - Princeton has more three-pointers (236) than offensive rebounds
(182). Its opponents have 346 offensive rebounds and 143 three-pointers.
In case you forgot - Princeton trailed Penn 40-13 with 15 minutes remaining
before rallying for a 50-49 win in last year's game at the Palestra.
Feb. 23, 2000 (Harvard)
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca has started 10 games in his career. If you take his
averages for those 10 games and factor them over the average number of
games started by Steve Goodrich, Brian Earl, Sydney Johnson, Gabe Lewullis,
James Mastaglio and Mitch Henderson in their careers, then Rocca would have
finished with 1,120 points (15th place), 850 rebounds (fourth) and 330
assists (fourth).
Scene of the crime - The 87 points Princeton allowed at Harvard last year
are the most the Tigers have given up to an Ivy League opponent since
Columbia scored 92 in 1968.
Career oriented - Chris Young had a career-high 30 points on 10 of 11
shooting in the first game against Harvard this season.
Crimson tide - Chris Young has averaged 23.0 points per game against
Harvard, his highest average against any team he has faced more than once.
TGIF - Ahmed El-Nokali has averaged 12.8 points per game in Friday night
Ivy League games and 5.4 points per game in all other games.
More Friday - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 69.6% (16 for 23) in Friday night
Ivy League games and 38.5% (40 for 104) in all other games.
Fresh face - Spencer Gloger has 54 three-pointers; the Princeton freshman
record is 55, set by Brian Earl.
Saturday night fever - Penn and Princeton have lost a combined nine games
to the other six Ivy schools in the last four years. Eight of those nine
losses have come on Saturday nights.
History lesson - Princeton defeated Harvard by 19 points in the first
meeting between the two this year. There have been six times since 1968-69
that Princeton has defeated an Ivy opponent by at least 19 in the first
meeting and lost the second one, the most recent having been last year vs.
Yale. All six of those instances came when Princeton won the home game and
lost the subsequent road game.
Swish - Princeton has shot at least 50% from the field in three of its four
Ivy League weekends.
More swish - Princeton has shot 53.2% in its seven Ivy League wins and
32.3% in its two Ivy League losses.
D plus - For the first time this season, Princeton leads the nation in
scoring defense (54.2 points per game). Princeton has led the nation in
scoring defense each of the last 11 years.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins is shooting 52.6% for the season from
three-point range. He is four made three-pointers shy of qualifying for the
national leaders; he would be leading Division I if he had enough made
three-pointers.
Sweep dreams - Princeton has swept 25 of its last 29 Ivy League series.
More sweep - Princeton has swept 26 of its last 31 Ivy League weekends.
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger had his first career back-to-back 20
point games last weekend.
Foul ball - Ray Robins has made 14 straight foul shots.
More foul - Since beginning the season 8 for 13 (.615) from the foul line,
Spencer Gloger is 31 for 37 (.838).
No place like home - Spencer Gloger is averaging 14.8 points per game while
shooting 50% from three-point range at home and averaging 9.8 points per
game while shooting 40.7% from three-point range on the road.
No place like road - Chris Young is averaging 12.1 points per game while
shooting 45.8% at home and averaging 14.8 points per game while shooting
51.7% on the road.
Home, road, what's the difference? - C.J. Chapman is averaging 7.5 points
per game at home and 7.5 points per game on the road.
More home - Princeton has outscored its opponents by an average of
67.2-50.9 in its 11 home games and 57.4-57.0 in its 13 away games.
A league of his own - Nate Walton is shooting 69.6% from the field in Ivy
League games.
Ol' reliable Nathan - Nate Walton has a higher shooting percentage from the
field than he does the foul line. The last Princeton player to do so for a
full season (with double figure attempts in each) was Howard Levy, the
current assistant coach who shot 47.3% from the foul line and 68.2% from
the field in 1982-83.
Center of attention - Chris Young leads Princeton in points, rebounds,
blocks and steals.
Point, counterpoint - Chris Young needs 43 points to tie Kit Mueller for
most points by a Princeton player by the end of his sophomore year (756).
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 41 three-pointers in 643 minutes
this season. He had 37 three-pointers in 893 minutes his first two seasons
combined.
Walking wounded - Princeton has had seven players miss at least one game
due to injury. Princeton had seven players the previous seven years miss at
least one game due to injury.
Hand-y man - Nate Walton is shooting 16 for 23 (.696) while playing with a
broken right hand. Walton shot 29 for 62 (.468) while playing the first 14
games of the season with two good hands.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 57.8% in the Ivy League after
shooting 36.6% in non-league games.
More Young - Chris Young has already set a Princeton school single-season
record with 67 blocked shots.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 46-5 in Ivy League games. He has won 37 by at
least 10 points and 22 by at least 20.
Lineup card - Bill Carmody used four starting lineups in his first 79 games
as Princeton head coach. He has used eight starting lineups in the last 32
games.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has a better shooting percentage from three-point
range (.379) than its opponents have overall (.366).
More long range - Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a game
eight times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 15
times.
Still more long range - Princeton shot 13 for 27 from three-point range in
each game last weekend.
Bombs away - After starting the season 8 for 37 from three-point range,
Chris Young has made 10 of his last 25.
Can you spare a dime? - Prior to last weekend, Nate Walton had seven
assists and eight turnovers in 97 minutes since breaking his hand. Walton
had 10 assists and three turnovers in 40 minutes last night.
More Mason-ry - Mason Rocca was limited to 15 minutes last weekend after
playing 33 against Penn last Tuesday night.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 92
games started; Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 28.
Politically correct - Bill Bradley, Princeton's all-time leading scorer in
men's basketball, is running for the Democratic Party nomination against Al
Gore, a Harvard graduate.
A league of their own - Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth and Cornell have all
been mathematically eliminated from the Ivy League race. One more win by
Penn or one more loss by Harvard and Yale would eliminate Harvard and Yale
as well and ensure that Penn or Princeton wins the league for the 12th
straight time and 29th time in the last 31 years. Any combination of
Princeton wins and Harvard and Yale losses totaling three coupled with one
Penn win or one Harvard and Yale loss would ensure that Penn and Princeton
finish 1-2 in the league for the seventh time in the last nine years.
Feb. 17, 2000 (Columbia)
The whammy - Princeton is 27-1 in its last 28 home games against Columbia
and Cornell combined.
The other whammy - Princeton, which lost to Penn Tuesday night, has not
lost consecutive games to Ivy League schools since losing to Penn and Brown
in 1994-95, a span of 73 games.
Welcome home - Columbia is coached by Armond Hill, the first Princeton
player ever to win the Ivy League Player of the Year award (1975-76).
Aw, shoot - Princeton has shot 53.1% in its five Ivy League wins and 32.3%
in its two Ivy League losses.
More shoot - Chris Young was 11 for 17 (64.7%) from the field in the games
at Cornell and Columbia.
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca had five offensive rebounds against Penn. Princeton
had fewer than five offensive rebounds in six of the eight games that Rocca
missed due to ankle surgery.
Minute man - Ahmed El-Nokali leads Princeton in minutes played and is
averaging 6.3 points per game. The lowest point total ever by a player who
led Princeton in minutes played for a full season is 8.7 by Sydney Johnson
in 1996, when he was a first-team All-Ivy League selection.
More minutes - Ray Robins has played nine minutes or fewer or 30 minutes or
more in 20 of 22 games this year.
D plus - Princeton ranks second nationally in scoring defense, one point
behind Temple (54.8-53.8). Princeton has led the nation each of the last 11
years.
In case you missed it - Princeton defeated Cornell 59-44 and Columbia 53-46
in the first meetings between the schools this year.
Block party - Princeton, which has already set the school single-season
record for blocked shots and averaged more than five per game for the first
21 games this season, did not have one against Penn Tuesday.
Windex - Mason Rocca is averaging 6.6 rebounds per game, the highest
per-game average by a Princeton player since Bob Roma averaged 7.7 in
1978-79.
Piece of the Rocca - Mason Rocca scored all 16 of his points in the second
half against Penn Tuesday night.
Ol' reliable Nathan - Nate Walton has a higher shooting percentage from the
field than he does the foul line. The last Princeton player to do so for a
full season (with double figure attempts in each) was Howard Levy, the
current assistant coach who shot 47.3% from the foul line and 68.2% from
the field in 1982-83.
Center of attention - Chris Young leads Princeton in points, rebounds,
blocks and steals.
Point, counterpoint - Chris Young needs four points to move into a tie for
50th all-time at Princeton.
More points - Chris Young needs 68 points to tie Kit Mueller for most points by a Princeton player by the end of his sophomore year (756).
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 36 three-pointers in 581 minutes
this season. He had 37 three-pointers in 893 minutes his first two seasons
combined.
Dee-fense, dee-fense - Princeton and Columbia rank 1-2 in the Ivy League in
scoring defense.
Long range thinking - Eight of the top 15 three-point shooters in the Ivy
League play for either Princeton, Cornell or Columbia.
Walking wounded - Princeton has had seven players miss at least one game
due to injury. Princeton had seven players the previous seven years miss at
least one game due to injury.
Just Jad-win, baby - Princeton is averaging 66.6 points per game at home
and 57.4 points per game away.
Hand-y man - Nate Walton is shooting 14 for 20 (.700) while playing with a
broken right hand the last six games. Walton shot 29 for 62 (.468) while
playing the first 14 games of the season with two good hands.
Swish - Nate Walton is shooting 70% from the field in Ivy League games.
More swish - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 52.8% in the Ivy League after
shooting 36.6% in non-league games.
League mattters - Six of Princeton's top nine players have higher
three-point shooting percentages in non-league games than league games.
Cy Young - Righthanded pitcher Chris Young, the Ivy League Rookie of the
Year in baseball and basketball last year, is the 77th-rated prospect in
the upcoming Major League draft, according to Baseball America.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 44-5 in Ivy League games. Of those, he has
won 35 by at least 10 points and 20 by at least 20.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins averaged 26.6 minutes and 11.2 points the
seven games prior to Penn. He did not play against Penn.
More Robins - Ray Robins has made 14 straight foul shots.
Lineup card - Bill Carmody used four starting lineups in his first 79 games
as Princeton head coach. He has used eight starting lineups in the last 30
games.
More lineup - Chris Young is the only Princeton player to start every game.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has the same shooting percentage from three-point
range as its opponents have overall (.367).
Block party - Chris Young has 64 blocked shots (already a Princeton record,
breaking his own of 55 set last year) and is on pace for 85 for the season.
The Ivy League record is 92, set by Dartmouth's Brian Gilpin in 1997.
More blocks - Chris Young is on pace for 321 career blocked shots. The
school record is 159, held by Rick Hielscher; the Ivy League record is 252,
held by Dartmouth's Brian Gilpin.
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB tied the
all-time Ivy League record (with Matt Maloney) and are tied for the most in
a Division I game this season (Jason Harris, Fordham vs. Quinnipiac Dec.
21; Marc Polite, Eastern Ill. vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 23).
Long range thinking - Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a
game six times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 13
times.
Bombs away - After starting the season 8 for 37 from three-point range,
Chris Young has made eight of his last 18.
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton averaged one assist every six minutes
before breaking his hand. He has averaged one assist every 13.6 minutes
since he began playing with a cast on his right hand five games ago.
More dime - Nate Walton had 69 assists and 29 turnovers in 425 minutes
before he broke his hand. He has seven assists and eight turnovers in 97
minutes since.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 84
games started; Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 26.
Feb. 14, 2000 (Penn)
We are the champions, or they are - Either Princeton or Penn has won the
Ivy League title each of the last 11 years and 28 times in the last 30
years.
A league of their own - Penn is in first place in the Ivy League and
Princeton is in second. The teams have finished 1-2 six of the last eight
years.
More league - Only three times since 1959 has a team other than Penn or
Princeton won the Ivy title outright.
Not what you might think - Of the 21 games that Princeton and Penn played
in the 1990s (20 in the regular season and the 1996 playoff game), 12 were
decided by 11 points or more.
Senior citizens - Penn's Michael Jordan and Matt Langel have combined for
2,532 points in their careers. Every current Princeton player combined has
2,317 points.
Home sweet home - The road team won both games in the series last year. The
home team has won one of the last four and eight of the last 18 meetings
between the teams.
In case you forgot - Pennsylvania led Princeton 40-13 with 15 minutes to
play in the first meeting between the school's last year. Princeton rallied
for a 50-49 win in the fourth-largest comeback in Division I history.
On the other hand - Penn's 73-48 win over Princeton in the final regular
season game a year ago is the worst loss Princeton has ever suffered at
Jadwin Gym.
Score-boarding - Pennsylvania outscored Princeton 77-31 in the first half
of the first game and second half of the second game a year ago. Princeton
outscored Pennsylvania 67-45 in the second half of the first game and first
half of the second game.
History lesson - Pennsylvania leads the all-time series 107-93. Penn is the
only Ivy League school to have a winning record against Princeton.
More history - Princeton and Penn have met at least twice a year, every
year, since 1903.
Streaking - Penn defeated Princeton eight straight times before Princeton
snapped that streak in the 1996 playoff game. Princeton then won six
straight before Penn snapped the streak in the final game of last year.
Ol' reliable Nathan - Nate Walton is the only returning Princeton player
who has never lost to Penn.
For starters - Penn's five starters in its last game have a combined 274
career starts. Princeton's five starters in its last game have a combined 135
career starts.
Career oriented - Chris Young had a career-high 30 points against Harvard
Saturday night.
Walking wounded - Princeton has had seven players miss at least one game
due to injury. Princeton had seven players the previous seven years miss at
least one game due to injury.
Just Jad-win, baby - Princeton is averaging 66.6 points per game at home
and 57.4 points per game away.
Welcome back - Mason Rocca returned from his ankle injury last weekend with
16 points and six rebounds in 30 minutes. Rocca missed the first four games
of the season with a groin injury and then was out from Dec. 22 until Feb.
11 with the ankle surgery.
Mason-ry - Princeton is 7-2 with Mason Rocca and 6-6 without him.
Hand-y man - Nate Walton is averaging 6.6 points per game on 14 for 18
shooting (.778) while playing with a broken right hand the last five games.
Walton averaged 5.0 points per game on 29 for 62 shooting (.468) while
playing the first 14 games of the season with two good hands.
More hand-y - Nate Walton was 2 for 3 from the foul line shooting
lefthanded against Harvard Saturday night after shooting 1 for 9 from the
foul line lefthanded prior to that.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali was in double figures against both Dartmouth
and Harvard this past weekend, marking the first time in his career he has
had back-to-back double-figure games.
Swish - Princeton is shooting 50.2% from the field as a team in its six Ivy
League games. Penn is holding Ivy opponents to 33.1% shooting.
More swish - Chris Young is shooting 62.5% in Ivy League games.
Block party - Chris Young has already set a Princeton school single-season
record with 64 blocked shots. Princeton has already set a school
single-season record with 108 blocked shots.
Cy Young - Righthanded pitcher Chris Young, the Ivy League Rookie of the
Year in baseball and basketball last year, is the 77th-rated prospect in
the upcoming Major League draft, according to Baseball America.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 44-4 in Ivy League games. Of those, he has
won 35 by at least 10 points and 20 by at least 20.
Another Jad-win - Princeton is 7-1 at home and 6-7 away from home.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins averaged 1.3 minutes and 0.4 points for
the first 14 games of the year. He has averaged 26.6 minutes and 11.2
points the last seven games.
More Robins - Ray Robins is shooting 90.5% from the foul line (19 for 21).
Robins has made 14 straight foul shots.
Lineup card - Bill Carmody used four starting lineups in his first 79
games as Princeton head coach. He has used seven starting lineups in the
last 29 games.
More lineup - Chris Young is the only Princeton player to start every game.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has a higher shooting percentage from three-point
range (.372) than its opponents have overall (.362).
Block party - Chris Young has 64 blocked shots (already a Princeton
record, breaking his own of 55 set last year) and is on pace for 88 for the
season. The Ivy League record is 92, set by Dartmouth's Brian Gilpin in
1997.
More blocks - Chris Young has is on pace for 321 career blocked shots. The
school record is 159, held by Rick Hielscher; the Ivy League record is 252,
held by Dartmouth's Brian Gilpin.
More Spencer - Spencer Gloger has 47 three-pointers; the Princeton
freshman record is 55, set by Brian Earl.
Long range thinking - Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a
game six times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 13
times.
Young gun - At his current pace, Chris Young would finish his career first
all-time at Princeton in blocked shots, second in points and steals, fourth
in assists and sixth in rebounding.
Bombs away - Ray Robins is 11th in Division I in three-point percentage (50%).
More bombs - After starting the season 8 for 37 from three-point range,
Chris Young has made seven of his last 14.
Clunk ... - C.J. Chapman, Spencer Gloger and Ray Robins were a combined 0
for 11 from three-point range against Harvard.
... Of course - C.J. Chapman, Spencer Gloger and Ray Robins have combined
for 94 three-pointers on the season.
Can you spare a dime - Nate Walton averaged one assist every six minutes
before breaking his hand. He has averaged one assist every 12.8 minutes
since he began playing with a cast on his right hand five games ago.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 81
games started; Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 24.
Feb. 8, 2000 (Dartmouth)
Walking wounded - Spencer Gloger (second degree ankle sprain Feb. 1)
returned to light practicing this week. His status for the weekend is
uncertain. Mason Rocca (ankle surgery Dec. 29) had his cast removed Monday,
but he has not been cleared to resume practicing. He is likely to be out
this weekend. Eugene Baah (thigh contusion) has not improved over last
week, when he was limited to six minutes for the two games. Nate Walton
(broken hand Jan. 19) returned last week, playing with a cast. Kyle Wente
(ankle surgery early January) is still out. Chris Krug (illness) has missed
the entire season.
The whammy - Princeton has won 36 straight home games against Ivy League
schools other than Penn, dating to a 1993 loss to Yale.
The other whammy - Princeton is 30-1 against Dartmouth at home since 1969.
Dartmouth's only win during that time was in 1987.
Hand-y man - Nate Walton averaged one assist every six minutes prior to
breaking his hand. Since returning with a cast on his right hand, Walton
has two assists in 43 minutes.
Epidemic proportions - Princeton has had seven players miss at least one
game due to injury this year; before this year, Princeton had seven players
miss a game due to injury in the last seven years.
Lineup card - Princeton has had nine different players start at least one game.
No place like home - Princeton and Penn are the last two Division I teams
to play a home league game.
More home - Since the league went to its current travel-partner format in
1956-57, Princeton and Penn have hosted 129 Ivy League weekends. In that
time, Penn and Princeton have combined for:
0-4.......never
1-3.......never
2-2.......10 times
3-1.......36 times
4-0.......83 times
Still more home - Princeton and Penn on home Ivy weekends have suffered one
0-2 weekend each (Princeton was swept by Cornell/Columbia in 1966; Penn was
swept by Cornell/Columbia in 1968).
Even more home - In the last 31 years, Penn and Princeton are a combined
342-30 at home against the other six Ivy schools.
How about another home - One of the other six Ivy schools has swept Penn
and Princeton at home on the same weekend three times (Yale in 1958 and
1987; Harvard in 1985.
Last home - Princeton and Penn, combined season home records vs. the other
six schools since 1969:
8-4......once
9-3......three times
10-2.....five times
11-1.....seven times
12-0.....14 times
No place like road - Princeton will have played one home game in 34 days
before it hosts Dartmouth.
Class struggle - Princeton has had 950 points scored by freshmen and
sophomores and 184 points scored by juniors and seniors.
D-plus - Princeton is ranked second this week in scoring defense behind
Temple. Princeton has led the nation 11 straight years.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins averaged 1.3 minutes and 0.4 points for
the first 14 games of the year. He has averaged 30.8 minutes and 13.8
points the last five games.
More Robins - Ray Robins is shooting 55.6% from the field, 57.1% from
three-point range and 86.7% from the foul line. All three lead the team.
Lineup card - Bill Carmody used four starting lineups in his first 79 games
as Princeton head coach. He has used seven starting lineups in the last 27
games.
More lineup - Chris Young is the only Princeton player to start every game
this year.
Swish - Princeton has a higher shooting percentage from three-point range
(.373) than its opponents have overall (.363).
Young and the restless - Chris Young is first or second on Princeton in
scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks, steals and minutes.
Block party - Chris Young has 59 blocked shots and is on pace for 90 for
the season. The Ivy League record is 92, set by Dartmouth's Brian Gilpin in
1997.
More blocks - Chris Young is on pace for 325 career blocked shots. The
school record is 159, held by Rick Hielscher; the Ivy League record is 252,
held by Dartmouth's Brian Gilpin.
Still more blocks - Chris Young ranks first and second on Princeton's
single-season blocked shots list. He has 59 this year; he had 55 as a
freshman.
Okay, one more blocks - Princeton has 100 blocked shots as a team. The
school record is 104, set a year ago.
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has scored more points in the first 19
games of this season (141) than he did in 30 games last year (112).
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB tied the
all-time Ivy League record (with Matt Maloney) and are tied for the most in
a Division I game this season (Jason Harris, Fordham vs. Quinnipiac Dec.
21; Marc Polite, Eastern Ill. vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 23).
More Spencer - Spencer Gloger has 46 three-pointers; the Princeton freshman
record is 55, set by Brian Earl.
Long range thinking - Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a
game five times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 12
times.
Minute man - Mike Bechtold has averaged 27 minutes per game in the first
four Ivy League games after averaging 8.2 minutes for the first 15 games.
Young gun - At his current pace, Chris Young would finish his career first
all-time at Princeton in blocked shots, second in points and steals, fourth
in assists and sixth in rebounding.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody has a career Ivy League record of 42-4.
Windex - Princeton has 18 more defensive rebounds and 137 fewer offensive
rebounds than its opponents.
More windex - Princeton ranks 318th and last in Division I in total rebounds.
National pasttime - Chris Young is Baseball America's 77th highest rated
prospect for the upcoming June draft.
Ball control - Princeton ranks seventh in Division I in fewest turnovers
per game (13.5).
Feb. 1, 2000 (Brown)
Deja Vu - Princeton defeated Brown by the same score (67-45) in both games
last year. It is the only time in the history of the program that Princeton
has beaten a team by the same score twice in the same season.
Fresh faces - Brown freshman Earl Hunt has the highest single-game point
total in the Ivy League this season (39). Princeton freshman Spencer Gloger
has the second highest (34, tied with Dartmouth's Shaun Gee).
More fresh - Princeton's Spencer Gloger and Brown's Earl Hunt are the only
two freshmen since 1994 to win the Ivy League Player of the Week award.
Walking wounded - Mason Rocca (ankle surgery Dec. 29) will miss both games
this weekend, and his return date is uncertain at this time. Nate Walton
(broken hand Jan. 19) has been cleared to resume practicing and playing. In
addition, Kyle Wente (ankle surgery early January) is still out.
The whammy - Princeton has defeated Brown nine straight times.
D-plus - Princeton was ranked 11th nationally last week in scoring defense;
Princeton is ranked second this week in scoring defense. Princeton has led
the nation 11 straight years.
Swish - Princeton has a higher shooting percentage from three-point range
(.376) than its opponents have overall (.361).
More swish - Princeton is shooting 51.9% (70 for 135) as a team since
returning from first-semester exam break three games ago.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins has played 88 minutes the last three games
after playing 61 minutes for his career prior to that.
Teeth-ing - Ray Robins had two teeth knocked out in the game against
Columbia last weekend.
Sweep dreams - Princeton has swept 25 of its last 29 Ivy League weekends.
Lineup card - Bill Carmody used four starting lineups in his first 79 games
as Princeton head coach. He has used six starting lineups in the last 25
games.
More lineup - Princeton has used four starting lineups this season, and
eight players have started at least one game.
Last lineup - Chris Young and Spencer Gloger are the only two Princeton
players to start every game this season.
Young and the restless - Chris Young is first or second on Princeton in
scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks, steals and minutes.
Free birds - Princeton is averaging 16.5 free throw attempts per game in
its last 10 games after averaging 7.3 free throw attempts in its first
seven games.
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman scored 26 points while shooting 6 for 12
from three-point range in the first two Ivy League games this year. C.J.
Chapman scored 21 points while shooting 2 for 23 from three-point range in
14 Ivy League games a year ago.
More C.J. - C.J. Chapman has scored more points in the first 17 games of
this season (128) than he did in 30 games last year (112).
A league of his own - Chris Young is a career 53.3% shooter in Ivy League
games.
Youth movement - Of the 11 healthy Princeton players, eight are sophomores
or freshmen and none are seniors.
Block party - Chris Young has 105 blocked shots in 47 career games.
More blocks - Chris Young ranks first and second on Princeton's
single-season blocked shots list. He had 55 as a freshman; he has 50 this
season.
Still more blocks - Princeton has blocked 85 shots; Princeton has had 33
shots blocked.
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB tied the
all-time Ivy League record (with Matt Maloney) and are tied for the most in
a Division I game this season (Jason Harris, Fordham vs. Quinnipiac Dec.
21; Marc Polite, Eastern Ill. vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 23).
More Spencer - Spencer Gloger has 46 three-pointers; the Princeton freshman
record is 55, set by Brian Earl.
Long range thinking - Princeton tied the school record with 17
three-pointers against UAB.
More long range - Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a game
five times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 11 times.
Foul ball - Princeton has attempted one more foul shot (216) than its
opponents have made (215).
Minute men - Princeton has had a player play the entire game 16 times.
More minutes - Mike Bechtold averaged 18 minutes in the first two Ivy
League games after averaging 8.2 minutes for the first 15 games.
Batter up - Chris Young has a higher assists per game average (3.4), blocks
per game average (2.9) and rebounds per game average (5.8) than he had
earned run average (2.37) last spring.
Young gun - At his current pace, Chris Young would finish his career first
all-time at Princeton in blocked shots, second in points and steals, fourth
in assists and sixth in rebounding.
Centers of attention - Princeton has used five starting centers since the
start of the 1987-88 season (Kit Mueller, Rick Hielscher, Jesse Rosenfeld,
Steve Goodrich, Chris Young).
Coach speak - Bill Carmody has a career Ivy League record of 41-3.
Windex - Princeton has eight more defensive rebounds and 122 fewer
offensive rebounds than its opponents.
Point, counterpoint - Mason Rocca has 91 points in 228 minutes. Ahmed
El-Nokali has 91 points in 578 minutes.
More counterpoint - Mike Bechtold has 17 three-pointers in 158 minutes.
Ahmed El-Nokali has 15 three-pointers in 578 minutes.
No. 1, sort of - Ray Robins' three-point shooting percentage of .615 would
be leading Division I if he had enough attempts to qualify.
Going downtown - Spencer Gloger, Ray Robins and Mike Bechtold all have a
higher shooting percentage from three-point range than two-point range.
Phil it up - Phil Jackman has nine assists in 21 minutes of playing time.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has more assists (38) than field goals (33).
The glass menagerie - Princeton was outrebounded by an average of 1.3
rebounds per game in the first four games of the season, which Mason Rocca
missed with a groin injury. Princeton has been outrebounded by an average
of 9.8 rebounds per game in the games he has missed with his ankle injury.
Jan. 26, 2000 (Cornell)
It's about time - Princeton and Penn are the only two Division I teams who
have yet to play a league game.
A league of their own - Despite not having played a league game, Princeton
is 1.5 games behind first-place Yale in the Ivy standings. It is the first
time since 1995 and the third time since 1988 that Princeton has been this
far behind an Ivy team other than Penn.
Sugar, sugar - Ray Robins' 27 points against Catholic Monday night (in 20
minutes) were the most by a Princeton player in his first start since Bill
Bradley scored 28 against Lafayette on Dec. 1, 1962.
More Sugar - Ray Robins had 27 points, five rebounds and two assists in 20
minutes against Catholic Monday night. He had 16 points, seven rebounds and
no assists in 61 minutes for his career prior to that.
Walking wounded - Mason Rocca (ankle surgery Dec. 29) and Nate Walton
(broken hand Jan. 19) are both out for this weekend and probably next
weekend (at Brown/Yale) as well. In addition, Kyle Wente (ankle surgery
early January) is out as well. Eugene Baah (thigh contusion) played against
Catholic, and assistant coaches Joe Scott (torn calf muscle) and John
Thompson (broken finger) coached against Catholic.
Career oriented - Five Princeton players had their career highs in points
against Catholic. In addition, six had their career highs in rebounds and
five had their career highs in assists.
Strength of schedule - Princeton's first 15 opponents are a combined
173-86. Princeton's remaining opponents are a combined 41-62.
Stat sheet - All 10 healthy Princeton players had at least one point and
at least one rebound against Catholic, and nine of 10 players had at least
one assist.
The whammies - Princeton has beaten Cornell 12 straight times and seven
straight times by at least 10 points.
Windex - Cornell has three more defensive rebounds than Princeton and 96
more offensive rebounds than Princeton.
More Windex - Mason Rocca leads Princeton in offensive rebounds despite
being seventh in minutes played.
Still more Windex - Cornell has 540 rebounds; Princeton's opponents have
540 rebounds.
D plus - Princeton is seventh in Division I in scoring defense (57.0 points
per game). The Tigers have led the nation in scoring defense 11 straight
years.
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 25 three-pointers in 336 minutes
this season; Chapman had 25 three-pointers in 610 minutes all of last
season.
More C.J. - C.J. Chapman is 25 for 61 on three-point shots this year;
Chapman was 25 for 85 on three-point shots a year ago.
Young guns - Princeton's five starters in the Catholic game have combined
for 106 games started in their careers. Princeton has had three players the
last three years graduate with more career starts (Brian Earl, Steve
Goodrich, Sydney Johnson; the last three Ivy League Players of the Year).
More young - Of the 10 healthy Princeton players, eight are sophomores or
freshmen.
Sold on Bechtold - Mike Bechtold is 24th in Division I in three-point
percentage (.500, 14 for 28).
More Bechtold - Mike Bechtold is shooting 50% from three-point range. Only
four Princeton players have shot at least 50% from three-point range for an
entire season, and none has done so since Matt Henshon in 1991.
Block party - Chris Young has 100 blocked shots in 45 career games.
More blocks - Chris Young is the second player in school history to reach
100 career blocked shots. Only Rick Hielscher (159) has more.
Still more blocks - Princeton has blocked 78 shots; Princeton has had 28
shots blocked.
Last blocks - Chris Young set a school record with nine blocked shots
against Ohio.
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB tied the
all-time Ivy League record (with Matt Maloney) and are tied for the most in
a Division I game this season (Jason Harris, Fordham vs. Quinnipiac Dec.
21; Marc Polite, Eastern Ill. vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 23).
More Spencer - Spencer Gloger has 44 three-pointers; the Princeton freshman
record is 55, set by Brian Earl.
Minute men - Princeton has had a player play the entire game 16 times.
Long range thinking - Princeton tied the school record with 17
three-pointers against UAB.
More long range - Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a game
five times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 10 times.
Last long range - Princeton is averaging 11 three-pointers per game in its
last six games and has made at least eight three-pointers in each of the
six.
Doing dishes - Princeton's forwards and centers have 180 assists;
Princeton's guards have 80 assists.
Foul ball - Princeton has attempted 188 foul shots. Princeton's opponents
have made 205 foul shots.
Half grand - Chris Young has 585 career points. Bill Bradley, Brian Taylor
and Kit Mueller are the only three Princeton players ever to reach 1,000
points as juniors.
Batter up - Chris Young has a higher assists per game average (3.1), blocks
per game average (3.0) and rebounds per game average (5.8) than he had
earned run average (2.37) last spring.
Young gun - At his current pace, Chris Young would finish his career first
all-time at Princeton in blocked shots, second in points and steals, fourth
in assists and sixth in rebounding.
Centers of attention - Princeton has used five starting centers since the
start of the 1987-88 season (Kit Mueller, Rick Hielscher, Jesse Rosenfeld,
Steve Goodrich, Chris Young).
Score-boarding - With his 27 points against Catholic, Ray Robins became the
first player to lead Princeton in scoring this season other than Spencer
Gloger, Chris Young or Mason Rocca.
Another Sugar - Ray Robins missed his first two shots and made his final 10
against Catholic.
Ah, Ahmed - Since beginning the season 9 for 39 from three-point range,
Ahmed El-Nokali is 6 for 16.
More Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has 22 of his 33 assists in the last six games.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody has a career Ivy League record of 39-3.
More speak - Bill Carmody has three technical fouls in his last five games
after having one in his first 97.
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