<p>"Press release submitted by Caltech on Feb 02 2006 at 12:02 AM"</p>
<p>How big of a time commitment is Caltech basketball? Other sports at Caltech?</p>
<p>I don't know about basketball, but I did track last year. The season was about 13 weeks long, with practices Monday-Friday from 4 PM to 6 PM. On Saturday, we usually had a meet that took up a significant portion of the day.</p>
<p>Basketball at tech is fun, but exhausting. It sounds like it's more demanding than most of the other sports because of the teamwork required and shallow pool of talent. Other sports can get away with 50% attendance. When you have a team of 15 players, you need every one there just to scrimmage. </p>
<p>Practices appear to be maybe 4-6 days/week for 2.5+ hours (there are probably NCAA restrictions once the season kicks in), right before dinner in the Houses [typical for Tech life...]</p>
<p>Comparing notables is sure to favor the larger, "Asian Parents' Favorites", but as a Techer on the path to being a professor, I meet alums everywhere I go. Caltech is where serious math and science researchers grow up and are trained, and I certainly feel the respect I get was well earned.</p>
<p>More on sports: it's incredibly open. Other Universities' intramurals are our Interhouse or even intercollegiate teams. Because of the large participation rate, it's more fun for everyone, and helps to break up the routine.</p>
<p>As for the basketball team, you heard it here first: 2/20/06 - Caltech (W) vs Whittier</p>
<p>That game takes place in Whittier, right? Any chance against Milwaukee on 2/18 or puget sound on 2/19? They are home games</p>
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I might be wrong about this, but I believe Boeing Aircraft Company was founded by 3 Caltech alums.
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<p>William Boeing went to Yale but is is unclear whether he graduated.</p>
<p>George Conrad Westervelt was a Navy engineer who studied at MIT (but did not get a degree).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/%5B/url%5D">http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/</a></p>
<p>Yeah, I was thinking of T.A. Wilson, chairman emeritus of Boeing;</p>
<p>You keep me honest sakky.</p>
<p>This thread may be dead, & all efforts to resusitate futile. Still, Monday night, the C BB team almost defeated Whittier. They lost by 2 points in overtime, and 2 of the best players had fouled out. The spirit was great--people standing the last 6 minutes, thinking this is it! Those guys played so well. If it was not for the referee with the bad toupee.......</p>
<p>It WILL HAPPEN!!!</p>