Some may know him as the president's brother-in-law but Craig Robinson has a pretty good career, himself, as a basketball coach. Coach Robinson played at Princeton under Pete Carill and later was an assistant at Northwestern under former Princeton assistant Bill Carmody. After leading Brown as head coach for two successful seasons, Robinson is now trying to rebuild the program at Oregon State. In his book "A Game of Character," Robinson discussed the Princeton offense:
"It is as much a mind-set as it is a set of strategies designed for winning the game of basketball."
"Others will talk about the Princeton offense as being good use of fundamentals - passing, moving without the ball, and backdoor cuts. Yes, those are some of the strategies..."
"All of that obscures what the Princeton offense is. Bottom line, it comes down to playing unselfishly, passing and cutting until you get open for a shot - as a team. It is a way of thinking. You not only need very skilled players with a level of precision required for making that perfect shot, but they also need to be patient - hence what may parade as slow isn't necessarily."
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