PRINCETON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEADS TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

The #8 seeded Princeton Tigers will travel to College Park, MD to face the #9 seeded University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Phoenix on Saturday, March 21st in the first round of the 2015 Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.

In conjunction with the game, the Friends of Princeton Basketball and the PVC are teaming up with the Princeton Club of Washington and Princeton Alumni Association of Maryland to host a Friday evening reception on March 20th and pre-game pep rally and team sendoff on Saturday, March 21st. Full details are listed below.

We hope to see many Friends of Princeton Basketball and PVC members out in College Park in black and orange!

To register to attend for you and one guest, please click here. Please RSVP by Thursday, March 19th.

WEEKEND DETAILS

Friday, March 20th
Cocktail Reception
Jackie’s Restaurant & Sidebar
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
8081 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Welcoming remarks by Ford Family Director of Athletics Mollie A. Marcoux ’91 and Princeton Women’s Basketball Head Coach Courtney Banghart. Enjoy beer, wine, and heavy hors d’oeuvres while mingling with fellow Princetonians, including Friends of Princeton Basketball members, PVC members, Princeton Club of Washington, and Princeton Alumni Association of Maryland members. Orange and black attire suggested.

Saturday, March 21st
Pep Rally and Team Sendoff
Greenbelt Marriott – Lobby
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
6400 Ivy Lane
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Enjoy breakfast pastries, drinks, and the Princeton band & cheerleaders while we give the team a warm sendoff as they head to the arena. Pom-poms and foam paws will be handed out. Don’t forget to wear your orange and black!

Princeton Tigers vs. the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Phoenix
11:00 a.m.

Xfinity Center on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park
Tickets for the game are on sale through the University of Maryland ticket office and can be purchased by clicking here to order online. Tickets are general admission and the “Princeton” sections include Section 101 and 126. An arena map of the Xfinity Center can be found here.

To register to attend either event for you and one guest, please click here. Please RSVP by Thursday, March 19th.

Upcoming Events

06apr7:30 pm8:45 pmJake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series: Jeff Ingold '90 & Ted Price '90Open to the entire Princeton community

Event Details

The Princeton community is invited to join us in McCosh 10 on Thursday, April 6th for a conversation with Jeff Ingold ’90 and Ted Price ’90 as part of the Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series. Ingold and Price are former Princeton squash teammates who have gone on to very unique careers in the entertainment industry, producing some of the most recognizable television shows and video games in the world.

Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series
Conversation with Entertainment Executives Jeff Ingold ’90 & Ted Price ’90

The conversation will be moderated by Ford Family Director of Athletics, John Mack ’00. The speaker series event is free and open to the general public (no advanced registration required). The Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series was endowed in the name of J.L. “Jake” McCandless ’51, who coached Princeton to the 1969 Ivy League football championship during the Tigers’ centennial year of football. Click here to learn more about the series and past featured speakers.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS
Jeff Ingold ’90, is the President of Bill Lawrence’s Doozer Productions at Warner Bros. Television. He just wrapped production on the third season of the two-time Emmy award winning series Ted Lasso, as well as Shrinking (starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford) and Bad Monkey (starring Vince Vaughn), both for Apple TV+.

Prior to joining Doozer Productions, Ingold was the longtime comedy head at NBC. After rising through the ranks as a current executive on such hit NBC shows as Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace, and Scrubs, Ingold transitioned to the development team where he oversaw The Office. In 2006, Ingold was promoted to the head of NBC comedy under then President, Kevin Reilly. During the rest of his tenure, which included expanded oversight of Universal Television comedies in addition to NBC, Ingold supervised the critically acclaimed series 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, And Community. When he left in 2011, Ingold’s title was Executive Vice President, NBC and Universal Comedy Series.

Ingold is a graduate of Princeton University and the USC Marshall School of Business. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Ted Price ’90 is President and Founder of Insomniac Games – a videogame developer with over 500 employees located across US and Canada, working remotely and onsite in its bi-coastal offices. In 2019 Insomniac was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Since 1994 Insomniac has created high profile game franchises in the console, VR, AR and mobile spaces. Some of its more popular creations include the Spyro the Dragon series, the Ratchet and Clank series, the Resistance: Fall of Man series, Sunset Overdrive and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Upcoming games include Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine for the PlayStation 5.

Insomniac’s games have sold over 100 million units worldwide since the company’s inception. Insomniac has also won numerous local, state and national workplace awards for its unique culture.

Price’s responsibilities at Insomniac include directing the company’s strategic planning and helping shape its culture as well as contributing to its projects. Price is also the Vice Chairman of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in English.