21 Questions With...Men's Basketball Co-Captains

IN WHICH MAVRAIDES '11 OBSESSES OVER DINING HALLS, MADDOX '11 FREQUENTS GREASY CHINESE JOINTS, AND SAUNDERS '12 MISSES HIS DOG, TILLIEName: Dan Mavraides ’11 / Kareem Alan Maddox ’11 / Patrick Saunders ‘12Age: 22 / 21 / 21 Major: Economics / English / History Hometown: San Mateo, CA / Los Angeles / Gilford, NHEating club/residential college/affiliation: Cottage and Whitman / Cottage and Forbes / WilsonWho's your favorite Princetonian, dead or alive, real or fictional? Mavraides: Scott Greenman.Maddox: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen (The Blue Guy). Saunders: Robert Foley Jr.What's the best meal you've eaten at Princeton? Mavraides: Every meal in the dining halls is fantastic, thanks to Stu Orefice!Maddox: Forbes alumni dinner.Saunders: My mom’s chocolate chip cookies in the mail.Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Mavraides: “Hella,” “cuzzie.” Maddox: “Oh that’s bread.”Saunders: “Call the ambulance!”When do you do your best thinking? Mavraides: Before bed when I'm trying to fall asleep.Maddox: 8 a.m. to noon.Saunders: When I’m alone.In one sentence, what is it that you actually do all day? Mavraides: Much less than I care to admit.Maddox: I wake up, check my email, go to class, go to practice, go to the library to work, get back to my room, roast my roommate Andrew Kerr in NCAA Football, go to sleep, repeat.Saunders: Much less than I should.What's the background on your computer? Mavraides: The student section at Jadwin during the Cornell game last year.Maddox: Mila Kunis.Saunders: Lake Winnipesaukee.What is your greatest guilty pleasure?Mavraides: Hershey's with Almonds.Maddox: A pint of Ben and Jerry's Americone Dream. Saunders: Dunkaroos.Where do you do your best thinking?Mavraides: In bed.Maddox: My carrel on the B-Floor of Firestone.Saunders: In church. What do you hate most about Princeton?Mavraides: It’s one word, begins with a T, and rhymes with Shmesis.Maddox: The weather. Saunders: When my roommate cooks hamburgers under his bed.What do you love most about Princeton? Mavraides: The tradition.Maddox: The spring!Saunders: Obviously the Cottage Club! I love that place! It’s the best!!! What's your drink? Mavraides: Apple juice.Maddox: Hot chocolate in the winter and an ice-cold Capri Sun in the summer.Saunders: 2% milk. What's the craziest injury you've ever had? Mavraides: In 4th grade I severely sprained my neck and had to wear a neck brace for the whole school year. Emm-barrasing.Maddox: A concussion. Saunders: A hangnail. What's the last student performance you saw? Mavraides: Body Hype.Maddox: Body Hype.Saunders: Triangle Club. What makes you cry? Mavraides: Again, it’s one word, begins with a T, and rhymes with Shmesis.Maddox: John Comfort's story-telling ability. Saunders: Being away from my dog, Tillie.What makes you laugh?Mavraides: People hurting themselves.Maddox: The Comedy Trio of Jimmy Sherberne, Will Barrett and Ben Hazel. They make anything funny. And painfully awkward situations.Saunders: When Bobby Foley does his Bill Cosby impression.When's the last time you used cash? Mavradies: For bagel bites from the U-Store.Maddox: Hoagie Haven.Saunders: At the Wawa. What's the best place on campus? Mavraides: 399 Little Hall.Maddox: Forbes Dining Hall.Saunders: 341A Foulke.Worst place on campus? Mavraides: Lot 23.Maddox: Whitman Library. Too much stress in the air.Saunders: C-Floor.How about any pre-game rituals? Mavraides: 2 yogurts and a granola bar.Maddox: Freshman T.J. Bray and I eat dinner at Ivy Garden every Thursday night before Ivy League weekends. Saunders: I wear a new pair of socks every game.Who or what is your mortal enemy? Mavraides: Penn.Maddox: Starts with a ‘Q’ and rhymes with ‘Shakers.’Saunders: Robert P. Foley Jr. What makes someone a Princetonian?Mavraides: Being proud to wear orange and black.Maddox: Unconditional love for Princeton. Saunders: Being in the Jadwin Jungle.