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Princeton is the aging tiger of the Ivy League. Princeton Coach Pete Carril is 43-9 against Harvard in his 26-year career and the Tiger are still top-ranked in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 53.5 points per game...
Princeton Coach Pete Carril's troops slipped toa shocking fourth-place league finish last yearand even lost to lowly Brown near the end of theseason. Hypotheses abound as to why. The 1991-92League Rookie of the Year Rick Hielscher, a 6'9"center, suffered a poor sophomore year. The Tigerslacked experience. They went only 4-3 at homeafter having won 50 of 56 over the previous fiveseasons...
...biggest problem, according to storiedcoach Carril, lay in Princeton's traditionalstrong point: defense. As Carril noted afterPrinceton narrowly beat Harvard last year inBriggs Cage, "We just can't guard anyone...
This year, it should be a different story. Withsix players who have started at least one gamecoming back, Carril possesses a solid nucleus.Hielscher, senior co-captains Chris Mooney andMike Brennan, and guard Chris Yetman will likelymake the biggest contributions. Unfortunately forPrinceton fans, it won't be enough...
...Princeton (7-7, 15-11)--Carril tore into the local New Jersey media for expecting too much of his team at the beginning of the season. "An Ivy title?" he queried. "Does anyone know just how good Penn...