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Pete Carril, old-school Princeton coaching maestro, dies

FILE - Former Princeton basketball coach Pete Carril tips his hat during an NCAA college basketball game between Richmond and La Salle on Feb. 5, 2015, in Philadelphia. Carril, the rumpled, cigar-smoking coach who led Princeton to 11 appearances in the NCAA tournament, where his teams unnerved formidable opponents and rattled March Madness with old-school fundamentals, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. He was 92. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File) FILE - Inductees to the Basketball Hall of Fame pose at a news conference in New York, Feb. 4, 1997. From left are Joan Crawford of Nashville, Tenn.; Denise Curry of UCLA; Pete Carril of Princeton; Alex English of the Denver Nuggets; Don Haskins of UTEP; and Bailey Howell of the Detroit Pistons. Carril, the rumpled, cigar-smoking basketball coach who led Princeton to 11 appearances in the NCAA tournament, where his teams unnerved formidable opponents and rattled March Madness with old-school fundamentals, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. He was 92. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
Pete Carril, old-school Princeton coaching maestro, dies