Apologies for a post that is only tangentially related to Ivy Hoops but I wanted to pass along this article from the Prince on WPRB that features Jon Solomon, the muse of Princeton basketball. As a WPRB alum and fanboy of Jon’s, this was a lot of fun to read!
I certainly miss his Princeton blog.
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I miss it too. I used to enjoy the back and forth with Penn fans who were always lurking. Jon suspended me from posting briefly when i said some really nasty things about the quakers.
When he folded the site he directed me to IvyHoopsOnline.
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this Forum is starting to remind me of Jon’s–a Princeton oasis.
My favorite PRB memory is when my son portrayed the Jersey Devil in an extended interview with a student DJ that ran during breaks in a set of wonderfully odd tunes. My son’s bit featured an over-the-top South Jersey accent, extended take on pork roll sandwiches, and shout out to Hoagie Haven during a full-throated endorsement of Central Jersey as a “thing” that prompted debate on PRB’s chat feature. You don’t get entertainment like that every day.
I still mourn the loss of Jon’s PrincetonBasketball.com! For those who didn’t know the site, you can still access it here: https://www.princetonbasketball.com/. Jon was a fantastic chronicler of the team before the Basketball U Ivy message board and long before we had ESPN+ to keep us connected.
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I’ll echo all of the above. Jon was my first inside source for news about Princeton basketball. I felt like I had lost a friend and fellow fan after he closed down his site.
Yeah, I loved that site. It was a great watering hole.