LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Princeton coach Mitch Henderson has invited noted author John McPhee to be a book club guest and occasionally joins him for bike rides. Henderson frequently meets noted economist Gene Grossman at Small World Coffee in town.
When Henderson had a chance encounter with Golden State coach Steve Kerr at the US Open in Queens, New York, a few years back, he found out Kerr's father graduated from Princeton. He tracked down Malcolm Kerr's senior thesis from 1953 -- "Islamic Reform in Egypt in the Early 20th Century" -- and delivered Kerr a bounded copy.