Pete Carril
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Pete Carril was a Hall of Fame college basketball coach best known for popularizing the deliberate, backdoor-cut–oriented "Princeton offense" and leading underdog teams to upset victories.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hall of Fame coach
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basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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surface form:
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction
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| coachingStyle |
deliberate, low-possession offense
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motion offense with constant cutting and screening ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lafayette College
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Lehigh University ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Carril ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
basketball tactics
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offensive systems in basketball ⓘ |
| genre | college men's basketball coaching ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| influenced |
use of Princeton offense in college basketball
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use of Princeton offense in professional basketball ⓘ |
| knownForQuote | “The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.” ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leagueCoachedIn |
NCAA Division I
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surface form:
NCAA Division I men's basketball
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| memberOf | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Princeton Tigers men’s basketball
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surface form:
Princeton Tigers men's basketball (coach)
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| name | Pete Carril self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
engineering NCAA tournament upsets with lower-seeded teams
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leading Princeton to multiple NCAA tournament appearances ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Princeton offense
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backdoor-cut–oriented offensive system ⓘ teaching and popularizing the Princeton offense across levels of basketball ⓘ upset victories with underdog teams ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the Princeton offense playbook ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
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college basketball coach ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head coach of Princeton Tigers men's basketball ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| strategyEmphasized |
backdoor cuts
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patience on offense ⓘ spacing and ball movement ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
disciplined half-court offense
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emphasis on team play over individual stars ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
Princeton, New Jersey
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