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Princeton University Athletics
Remember Us?
January 08, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 8, 2001
Princeton vs. Cornell
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, Jan. 12, 2001 *?7:30 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com/no TV
The records Princeton: 4-7 (0-0 Ivy League), Cornell: 4-8 (0-0 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (first season, 4-7), Cornell: Steve Donahue (first season, 4-8)
The series Princeton leads 125-67
Last year Princeton defeated Cornell 59-44 * Jan. 28, 2000, Princeton defeated Cornell 79-43 * Feb. 19, 2000
Walton-omics - Princeton is 4-2 when Nate Walton plays at least 30 minutes and 0-7 when he does not.
Presidential politics - Princeton plays its final two games with Bill Clinton as President of the United States. Princeton has a record of 159-64 since Clinton became President.
On the other hand - Princeton won the Ivy League championship each of the four years that the President's name was George Bush. Remember us? - Princeton's game against Cornell comes after a 16-day layoff. Princeton's previous game was Dec. 27 against Rutgers in the Holiday Festival.
More remember - Between Princeton's games against Rutgers and Cornell, 649 Division I basketball games will have been played
See you later - After finishing one 16-day layoff, Princeton plays Cornell and Columbia this weekend and then begins another 16-day layoff.
No place like home - After playing two home games in the first 59 days of the season, Princeton plays two home games in two nights to start the Ivy schedule.
Strength of schedule - Cornell and Columbia will be the first two teams Princeton plays this season who enter the game with a losing record.
Young guns - Princeton freshman Andre Logan, Konrad Wysocki and Ed Persia combined to score 58 of Princeton's 91 points (64%) in the Holiday Festival.
More young - Princeton and Cornell have produced the Ivy league Rookie of the Week five times in the six weeks it has been awarded this season. Cornell's Ka'Ron Barnes has won it three times, while Princeton's Konrad Wysocki and Ed Persia have won it once each.
Second fiddle - Nate Walton, Princeton's second-leading scorer, is averaging 7.6 points per game. Only once since 1946 has Princeton's second-leading scorer averaged fewer points for a season (Randy Melville, 7.5 in 1978-79).
Special K - Konrad Wysocki has had 43 points and 26 rebounds in his last four games. He had six points and 13 rebounds in the nine games prior to that.
Ouch - Nate Walton missed Princeton's last game against Rutgers with an ankle sprain. He should be able to play against Cornell and Columbia.
More K - Konrad Wysocki was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the final week of December. the last time Princeton played.
Last K - Konrad Wysocki leads Princeton in shooting percentage (52.8%) and offensive rebounds.
More ouch - Mike Bechtold was limited to three minutes against Rutgers with a chipped bone in his toe. His status for this weekend is uncertain.
Still more ouch - Ahmed El-Nokali missed the first five games of the season after undergoing surgery in October to repair a tendon in his groin.
Andre's run - Andre Logan scored 27 points in two games at the Holiday Festival, including a career-high 19 against Penn State.
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton leads Princeton with 43 assists. The next two leading players combined have 42 assists.
No offense - Princeton has averaged 45.6 points per game in its last five games.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente leads Princeton in assist:turnover ratio with 18 assists and nine turnovers.
Foot-hold - After scoring in double figures in seven of the first eight games, Mike Bechtold has eight points in the last three games while being slowed by a chipped bone in his toe.
Three-peat - C.J. Chapman has attempted 54 three-point shots and eight two-point shots.
Foul ball - Princeton has been outscored 172-69 at the foul line, an average of 9.4 points per game.
Minute man -- Mike Bechtold has been limited to 38 minutes in the last three games (12.7 per game) by a chipped bone in his toe after averaging 31.1 minutes per game for the first eight games. Bechtold did not play in the second half against Penn State.
More minutes -- Nate Walton played all 40 minutes against Holy Cross, becoming the first Princeton player to play an entire game this season. Princeton had a player play the entire game 21 times a year ago and 31 times the year before that.
Ah, Ahmed -- Ahmed El-Nokali has led Princeton in scoring twice in the six games he's played since returning from groin surgery this year. Prior to that, El-Nokali led Princeton in scoring once in the 58 games he played his first two seasons.
Mad bomber -- After missing his first nine three-point attempts of the season, Nate Walton has made seven of his last 13.
Good news ... -- After shooting 50.6% for his career from the foul line prior to this season, Nate Walton is shooting 83.3% this year.
... Bad news -- Nate Walton has been to the foul line six times (making five) in 293 minutes this season.
DQ'd -- Princeton has had a player foul out 12 times in the first 11 games. Princeton had a player foul out 12 times in 30 games a year ago.
More DQ -- No opposing player has fouled out of a game against Princeton this season.
For starters -- Princeton has no player on its team who has started every game of his career for the first time since the last game of the 1986-87 season.
Size matters -- The average height of Princeton's starting five in the final game of last year was 6' 7". The average height of Princeton's starting five this season is 6' 4".
Senior citizen -- Nate Walton has played with 35 different teammates during his time at Princeton.
Krug update -- Chris Krug has decided to take a leave of absence from the Princeton basketball team for personal reasons.
Where'd everybody go? -- Between Aug. 31 and the start of the season, Princeton basketball lost all of the following: Bill Carmody (head coach went to Northwestern, Spencer Gloger (three-point specialist transfered to UCLA), Chris Krug (projected starting center took leave of absence from team), Ray Robins (10.5 point-per-game starter took year off from school) and Chris Young (All-America center signed professional baseball contract and is ineligible for basketball under Ivy rules).
Bench mark -- Princeton's coaching staff of 1999-2000 featured three men who are now Division I head coaches: John Thompson (Princeton), Bill Carmody (now at Northwestern), Joe Scott (now at Air Force).
In case you didn't realize -- Chris Young, an honorable mention All-America last year, started every game the last two years. He was on pace to finish his career second in scoring at Princeton behind Bill Bradley, as well as first in blocked shots, second in assists and fourth in rebounds. Young, also an All-America in baseball as a pitcher (he led Division I with a 1.05 ERA last spring), was a third round pick of the Pirates.
A league of their own -- Princeton has won seven Ivy League championships in the last 12 years.
Triple play -- Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted for the 1986-87 season.