Pete Carril, RIP

[SSHoya]

Pete Carril, a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who developed a system of play known as the Princeton Offense, which propelled his undersized Princeton teams to heroic performances against NCAA Division I powers and shaped how the game is played from high school to the National Basketball Association, died Aug. 15 at a hospital in Philadelphia. He was 92.

Yet the most famous game Mr. Carril coached was one that Princeton lost.

In the first round of the 1989 NCAA tournament, his 16th-seeded Tigers played Georgetown, the No. 1 seed, a team anchored by 6-foot-10 Alonzo Mourning and 7-foot-2 Dikembe Mutombo, both future NBA Hall of Famers.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/08/15/pete-carril-princeton-basketball-dead/

[DanMcQ]

I suffered through that game in the Dunk. RIP indeed.

[SSHoya]

I was at the Regional Final that year at the Meadowlands -- the Duke loss. A long ride back on the Jersey Turnpike.

[SSHoya]

Four days later, when I showed on the practice day for the East Region semifinals in the Meadowlands, I ran smack into Thompson as he walking onto the court with his players. When he stopped directly in front of me, I knew I was in trouble.

“I heard what you said on that TV show about Pete out-coaching me,” he said. “It’s about damn time you said something that was true.” He was laughing now. “You’re right. Everyone gets out-coached by that little SOB.”

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/16/pete-carril-princeton-coach/