A Change Of Pace: Starting On The Hardwood

First a little basketball, because history is history.

A 45-44 win at Princeton last night gave the Dartmouth men's basketball team its first victory at Jadwin Gymnasium in 20 years. While the Tigers are clearly down this year, that's a huge win for Dartmouth. And while the AP story will tell you Princeton played without two players, it doesn't mention that Leon Pattman, Dartmouth's leading scorer and arguably one of the best players in the Ivy League, didn't make the trip with a stomach problem. ...

While the men's team was winning in New Jersey, the Dartmouth women's team was scoring its most lopsided win ever against the Tigers, 75-46. Among those in attendance -- former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher, who watched Dartmouth limit daughter Megan, the Ivy League scoring leader at 19.5 points per game, to just nine points. The two-time defending Ivy champion Big Green is 5-2 in the league, half a game behind Harvard. ...

The Boston Globe magazine has a first-person story with former Dartmouth defensive back/lacrosse player Brian White. (Note: The picture with the story is most assuredly not Brian ;-) White, the son of former Boston Celtics great JoJo White, had a cup of coffee with the Patriots, signed with a pro lacrosse team, became a model and a stockbroker and then took up acting and dancing. To visit Brian's website, click here.

The NCAA Football Rules Committee is taking a look starting today at the rules implemented last year to speed up games. (See story) Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens told Green Alert recently that he expects the rules to be tweaked, but not to be rescinded.

Remember the story about Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor football team fund raising to save the season at Roosevelt High School, which is just 14 miles but a world apart from Cold Spring? (New York Times story) The story didn't end there. When difficulties with the SAT threatened to sabotage Roosevelt player hopes of going on to college and playing football, members of the Cold Spring Harbor team stepped up. From a Newsday story:

Students Peter Ottaviano, Andrew Gabriel and Mike Kuchta volunteered to tutor Roosevelt football players twice a week for eight weeks, according to Roosevelt coach Joe Vito. Mayo leaped at the opportunity.

In a previous story, Ottaviano (a Cold Spring captain) expressed interest in attending Dartmouth. No word on where that stands because coaches aren't allowed to speak about non early decision candidates yet. More links to the Cold Spring Harbor-Roosevelt story can be found on this blog.

Former Holy Cross head coach Peter Vaas is leaving Notre Dame for an assistant's job at Duke.