September 29, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Filed under Administrative
I always said I would keep doing my work at princetonbasketball.com as long as it remained fun.
In the past couple of seasons it has become progressively less and less fun.
So, like a pair of my basketball writing heroes did before me - Jake Wilson and Kyle Whelliston - I'm stepping away for a while.
Content will cease to be added regularly here when this year's current subscriptions expire on October 1, 2013. With only a few days left until the end of that period, I can now make this announcement.
As for the future, I plan on keeping my press credential in the case that I am inspired to write the occasional larger picture "think piece" during the season.
You'll still see me at a number of games, especially at Jadwin Gym, and I very much want to get to my 200th consecutive Ivy League contest!
Both Stephen Goldsmith and Robert Solomon have shown interest in photographing occasionally for the site and I'd welcome that.
There may also be a guest columnist here from time to time.
In the next couple of weeks the pay wall on the site will come down and everyone will be able to explore princetonbasketball.com's full, rich history - something of which I am exceptionally proud.
Perhaps, like Jason Molina sings in the above song, I'll be "gone, but not forever." I'm leaving the door ajar for a return, though I can't promise when that might be - if at all.
I'm looking forward to this significant change in my daily routine, to unsubscribing from a bunch of RSS feeds, canceling a healthy number of Google Alerts and disconnecting from the world I've fully immersed myself in for so long.
It has been incredible running this site in various iterations since 1998. I've been able to do everything I ever hoped I could do, interview everyone I always wanted to talk with growing up watching Princeton basketball and most of all I'm pleased with the community we were able to build here together.
I've been awed by your support, friendship and good will over the years. Just because I am not going to be updating a web site's content regularly does not mean those feelings change. I'm excited about filling my late nights and early mornings with other pursuits, but a part of me will always care deeply about Princeton basketball and for those who love it the way I do.
Thank you.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
October 1, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Filed under Administrative, Princeton
Welcome to this year's princetonbasketball.com fundraising message. Hard to believe it is already October, which means practice starts up in less than two weeks and the season follows in just shy of 50 days. We're gearing up for comprehensively covering another year of Princeton Tigers basketball!
2011-12 was a good season for both the Princeton basketball program (20 victories, several marquee non-conference wins, a postseason triumph) as well as this site. We were able to again provide thorough, expansive, fully independent eyewitness coverage while criss-crossing the country to take in 38 different games. This number reflects 30 separate Tiger contests as well as games of teams from the Carril Cradle.
The annual crowing: princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon has covered the Tigers' last ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY CONSECUTIVE IVY LEAGUE GAMES in person. We've also been on-hand for every Princeton postseason game since 1983. With princetonbasketball.com you're reading a source you can count on for consistent, knowledgeable, reliable coverage that puts current events in historical context.
princetonbasketball.com continues to be your best location for keeping track of the Tigers that many of you know as your sons, brothers and grandsons, your friends and your classmates. If you're not subscribing to our site, you're not getting the full Princeton basketball experience.
If you have given to the site in the past, I hope you will renew for another season! Old memberships expired on October 1st, 2012.
New members can sign up here for immediate access.
Remember, all of our postgame audio, all archived video and all weekly interviews are available only to princetonbasketball.com donors. You also need to be a donor to comment on articles, read full recaps, read full posts, post in our forums (more on that in a bit!), contribute to Q&As and access daily news links.
For the second straight season, we're setting a membership goal during this campaign. A counter sits on the right side of the site so you can see how many fellow fans you're interacting and commenting with by being a part of the princetonbasketball.com family. By subscribing to princetonbasketball.com you're joining a network whose membership includes many collegiate coaches, national sportswriters and multiple former Ivy League Players of the Year. In 2011-12 we signed up 261 unique members. For 2012-13 that goal has been upped to 275.
It is a fair concern that times remain tight financially and you may be reluctant to sign up for our subscription content. As the editor of this site, all I can do is promise you, as a fan of Princeton, the Ivy League and/or one or more of the many schools we report on, that I will work tirelessly (and often sleeplessly) to bring you the most comprehensive news and insight available.
I want to assure you I'll cover more Princeton games in person than any other beat reporter.
I guarantee you that I'll report on games to which no other area reporters will travel.
I promise you I'll stay up late crunching numbers and doing research to answer your statistical questions and bring you numerical analysis that isn't available elsewhere.
I'll spend hours upon hours cutting audio, scanning images and editing photographs to bring you exclusive multimedia content all year long.
In addition I will go see recruits in person to provide first-hand observations on their skill sets.
I'll go out of my way to talk to the high school coach of every Princeton recruit (and most of their AAU coaches) for exclusive interviews as soon as verbal commitments are made.
I'll even make restaurant recommendations, provide travel tips and offer hotel suggestions off-site (if asked).
Since last year's appeal and now I penned 505 separate posts!
All of this for less than $1/game, plus you're going to get thorough coverage of the entire Carril Cradle of coaches: Princeton, Georgetown, Richmond, Northwestern, Fairfield, Oregon State, Denver and Mercer County Community College.
New for 2012-13: This is big. The last month has been spent working with a developer to tackle your suggestions of site improvements. I am thrilled to report that the following major and minor site changes are now in place:
-All audio on the site now will play on your iPad or iPhone. This was the number one member request and it has been solved!
-You can now navigate to the Previous Post and Next Post at the bottom of each post, plus peruse five Related Post suggestions per piece.
-Increased site security will make it harder for non-subscribers to poach links we've tracked down, making membership all the more vital.
-The "Please Login" issue that popped up every time you "liked" a post on Facebook is no more! Click "like" and your friends will see the proper title of the story you enjoyed.
-There is now a princetonbasketball.com FORUM! Check it out here. Four boards for starters - General Discussion, Recruiting, Ticket Exchange and Off-Topic, though I am open to suggestions of further divisions. You'll need to be logged in to participate but now you can talk amongst yourselves in a different fashion than just using the comment field under a specific post. Long overdue! Avatars for everyone!
Here is what we did during the 2011-12 season and what you can expect to see again this year:
Weekly Interviews: princetonbasketball.com produced a weekly interview program that featured a new in-depth discussion with Coach Mitch Henderson 21 times over the course of the year. We took you from the preseason through a two-part extended summer conversation, looking back at the previous week's games, previewing upcoming contests and talking about the state of Princeton basketball. This show also offered you a forum to ask Coach Henderson your questions. We hope to tape similar interviews again this season.
Daily News: Each morning a post appeared on the site with links to that day's articles from local and national papers. If it has been published on-line, we've found the article and passed it along to you - and we're not just posting every article that mentions "Princeton" and "Basketball" in it to pad our post count.
Premium Postgame Content: This past season princetonbasketball.com provided you exclusive on-site postgame audio from Coach Henderson and select players after all 32 of last season's games. We gave you the scoop from Raleigh to Lewisburg to Princeton to Albany to Hanover to Evansville (oy, that drive to Evansville), including all 14 Ivy contests. For the two non-conference games we could not attend in person, Coach Henderson called us for exclusive audio.
You could also read detailed same-night recaps of all of the season's games, along with full box scores, exclusive HD box scores with great statistical detail and cumulative team and player statistics. We're planning to cover a minimum of 27 of this season's 28 regular season games in person, with statistical previews for each opponent on game day.
Exclusive Audio: In addition to postgame interviews and our weekly interviews with Coach Henderson, princetonbasketball.com also had bonus streams of Coach Henderson's portion of the Ivy League's preseason and midseason media teleconferences. We recorded press conference audio prior to the Evansville and Pitt CBI games plus full court coverage of Princeton's annual Media Day and pre-Spain practice.
Recruiting News: Phew. What a year! Seven different high school prospects committed to Princeton during the last 12 months - Hans Brase, Mike Washington Jr., Edo Lawrence, Hashim Moore, Steven Cook, Pete Miller and Spencer Weisz. We talked to each of their high school (and sometimes also AAU) coaches for detailed profiles. We provided pictures and video of players you had only heard about and were able to confirm rumors of commitments long before this news reached print media. In the spring, full updates on each member of the 2012 recruiting class were posted containing new information provided by Brase, Washington Jr. and Lawrence's high school coaches.
Game Previews: Expanding our pre-game coverage in 2011-12 beyond statistical comparisons, the Know! Your! Foe! series became a regular feature. On 24 different occasions we talked with reporters and bloggers who covered Princeton opponents to get their perspective on these teams.
Articles and Analysis: In addition to the daily news, there were numerous exclusive interviews and features written for the site that only donors had access to. Kareem Maddox and Marcus Schroeder were the subjects of Q&As on the site. We talked to Luke Owings before and after his first boxing match.
Those are just the interviews. There were other pieces to enjoy such as 19 questions for 2011-12, Eight teams, eight games to watch before Thanksgiving, looking at the performance of Jeremy Lin vs. Princeton, how Top 25 teams at Jadwin had faired, 19 answers from 2011-12, the 21 Best Quotes Of The Pete Carril Era and the First-Annual Year End Site Awards!. After the regular season Princeton's postseason chances were frequently reviewed and updated. As soon as the CBI pairings were revealed we had a quick Evansville primer at the ready.
As if all of this wasn't enough, we continued to offer +/- statistical analysis of Princeton at several junctures during the season.
The Tigers' shot selection and Stats from Spain were compiled and analyzed. A Tale of the Tape comparing Doug Davis and Kit Mueller's career statistics was prepared. Both pros and cons of the upcoming season's schedule were discussed.
The above doesn't even include posts with mysterious titles like 20 X 10 +1?, What I See, Halfway, What do you expect?, "The Field" and best of all The Chase.
We also let you know dates and opponents for the majority of Princeton's non-conference games this season even before the official press release came out.
The Epic Works: These were long retrospectives on a specific theme. A multimedia piece with text, audio, video and still photography about Princeton's endless close games at Harvard, looking in detail at the last four times Princeton played NC State, Rutgers: Past, Present, Future, the recent history of Rider and 12 years of season openers.
Alumni Updates: You'll always be kept up-to-date on the professional basketball (and baseball) careers of former Tigers through princetonbasketball.com, even those players playing in foreign ports of call. This year princetonbasketball.com tracked Judson Wallace in Spain, Mason Rocca in Italy, Dan Mavraides in Greece, Konrad Wysocki in Germany, Kareem Maddox in the Netherlands and Pawel Buczak in Poland. All but one of these alums also wrote a piece for our first-ever Dispatches from Europe post. Our coverage also included Sean Gregory's work for Time Magazine, Chris Young and Will Venable's respective careers with the New York Mets and San Diego Padres and David Blatt's coaching successes on the international and Olympic levels.
Gameday Photographs: Thanks to your donations, we were able to bring photographer Stephen Goldsmith into the fold six years ago, providing readers with exclusive photographs of the Tigers in action. Stephen's images helped further enhance the Princeton basketball experience for those who were unable to see the games in person. Last year Stephen and Robert Solomon combined to shoot 25 different games for the site, including joining forces one evening for double duty in the regular season finale versus Penn. Solomon was also recently on hand to snap images at practice prior to Princeton's Spain trip.
Schedule Sync: We're the only web site to offer an iCal schedule you can sync with your computer's calendar. It has details on every Princeton, Georgetown, Northwestern, Richmond, Fairfield, Oregon State, MCCC and Denver game. Select which teams you want to follow or subscribe to them all!
Social Networking and New Media: We've fully embraced new forms of communication. This season we used Facebook and Twitter as ways to enhance site content and alert you to updates on the site before, during and after games. We offer the most comprehensive list of future, current and former Princeton players on Twitter. I think it is fair to imagine we will be using Instagram to capture many small details of the upcoming season.
We improved the ability to get email updates when people respond to your comments on the site and utilizing an email alert system that informs you when a new post goes live on the site.
From the Vaults: As princetonbasketball.com covers the present and looks to the future, we made sure that the past was not forgotten. We continued to scan stacks of old schedule cards, trading cards, programs and media guides. A chance encounter with David Zeft allowed a treasure trove of vintage 1980s and 1990s photographs to be seen for the first time.
Videos: Hundreds of videos (including every conceivable angle of Doug Davis' shot to send Princeton to the NCAA Tournament) are always available to donors by clicking on the site's Video category. This past year saw the addition of an unflinching documentary on Howie Levy at Mercer County Community College, Mack Darrow's buzzer-beater at Rider, Ian Hummer reaching 1,000 points for his career and Davis passing Kit Mueller for second all-time in scoring at Princeton.
Seniors On A Stick: We continued this Jadwin Gym tradition for the final home game of the season, honoring last year's seniors. Did you wave a poster saluting Doug Davis, Patrick Saunders or John Comfort? Another princetonbasketball.com production.
Going the Extra Mile: Subscribers in the Boston area were offered discounted admission to the reception Bob Ruxin puts on after the Harvard game and access to tickets for a sold-out affair. We'll be posting a link soon for members to get Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival passes at a reduced rate. We answered your questions at games and responded in great detail to subscriber observations and comments off-site.
Fifteen years in, princetonbasketball.com's basic level of access continues to remain free, but it costs money for us to operate and manage this web site on a daily basis. Covering the Tigers has gone from a hobby to nearly a full-time job between October and May. To make all of this possible, princetonbasketball.com relies on your donations to cover our expenses of web hosting and reporting on the games we all care about so deeply.
Anyone making a contribution of $30.00 or more this season is entitled to a season-long password for individual access to donor-only content. Donations above that base level are welcomed and go to offset operating expenses and travel costs.
Current high school, college and graduate students can gain individual access to princetonbasketball.com's donor-only content at the reduced rate of $15.00 for the season. Contact us directly for a coupon code.
To sign up on-line and become a new donor using our secure payment portal, click here.
If you are already logged in and want to renew a subscription using your old login/password combination, click here.
Please email us if you have any difficulties whatsoever signing up or are more comfortable paying by check.
I welcome your comments, suggestions and ideas about what you would like to see on princetonbasketball.com in the future. If you haven't subscribed in the past but are a frequent visitor to the site, I'd love to hear from you and see what I can do to make you a member. I want you to be able to take full advantage of all princetonbasketball.com has to offer.
Being part of this community and the extended Princeton basketball family remains my genuine pleasure and I can't wait to bring you coverage of all this season's games.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
September 26, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton, Roster
03 - Clay Wilson - G - 6-3/170 - So - Tulsa, OK (New Hampton)
04 - Denton Koon - F - 6-8/210 - So - Liberty, MO (Liberty)
05 - T.J. Bray [C] - G - 6-5/207 - Jr - New Berlin, WI (Catholic Memorial)
11 - Brian Fabrizius - F - 6-11/207 - So - Arlington Heights, IL (Kimball Union)
12 - Ameer Elbuluk - G - 5-9/165 - Sr - Richfield, OH (Revere)
13 - Mike Washington Jr. - G - 6-3/169 - Fr - Oak Harbor, WA (Oak Harbor)
21 - Mack Darrow [C] - F - 6-9/248 - Sr - Lake Barrington, IL (Barrington)
22 - Chris Clement - G - 6-2/190 - Jr - Round Rock, TX (Stony Point)
24 - Will Barrett - F - 6-10/197 - Jr - Hartsville, PA (Central Bucks South)
25 - Issac Serwanga - G - 6-3/200 - Sr - Sacramento, CA (Jesuit)
30 - Hans Brase - F - 6-8/231 - Fr - Lake Wylie, SC (Hill School)
32 - Daniel Edwards - F - 6-8/230 - Jr - Dallax, TX (Highland Park)
33 - Edo Lawrence - C - 7-1/220 - Fr. - London, UK (Canterbury School)
34 - Ian Hummer [C] - F - 6-7/225 - Sr - Vienna, VA (Gonzaga College HS)
40 - Bobby Garbade - C - 6-11/234 - So - Binghamton, NY (Seton Catholic)
44 - Brendan Connolly [C] - C - 6-11/255 - Sr - Brentwood, TN (Father Ryan)
Princeton has posted their 2012-13 basketball roster.
A few notes follow after the jump.
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September 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton
Since it already rolled off the front page due to the past week's recruiting profiles, vintage posts and daily news updates, I'm reposting that I've made 2012-13 site subscriptions available.
Current subscribers still don't need to panic about renewing until 9/30/12, but if you want to sign up for another season of coverage early, I'm not going to stop you!
Thank you so much to those who have already renewed your subscriptions.
If you choose to sign up for the 2012-13 campaign you will get site access from now until October 2013 free at no additional charge. That's 12+ months of princetonbasketball.com for the price of a traditional calendar year.
Finally, I've again created unique coupon codes for any and all students (high school, college, graduate school, etc) that are interested in joining the princetonbasketball.com family. If you email me I can provide you with a code that automatically generates a discount of 50% off our $30 annual membership fee.
There will be a proper, full fundraising appeal in late September explaining who we are, what we do and why your support is needed (you can read the 2011 appeal by clicking here) but I wanted to give those eager to get a jump on next season the opportunity to stay within the fold immediately and those who have missed out on a summer of copious unique content the chance to get caught up before the season is upon us.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
Ps. If you want to direct interested parties who can't access specific posts on the site to this deal, I've cross-posted the same information at a public URL here. Thanks again!
September 4, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton
With Labor Day already fading in the rear view, I'm making 2012-13 site subscriptions available now.
Current subscribers don't need to panic about renewing until 9/30/12, but if you want to sign up for another season of coverage early, I'm not going to stop you!
Those who choose to sign up for the 2012-13 campaign get site access from now until October 2013 free at no additional charge. That's 13 months of princetonbasketball.com for the price of a traditional calendar year. Not bad.
Finally, I've again created unique coupon codes for any and all students (high school, college, graduate school, etc) that are interested in joining the princetonbasketball.com family. If you email me I can provide you with a code that automatically generates a discount of 50% off our $30 annual membership fee.
There will be a proper, full fundraising appeal in late September explaining who we are, what we do and why your support is needed (you can read the 2011 appeal by clicking here) but I wanted to give those eager to get a jump on next season the opportunity to stay within the fold immediately and those who have missed out on a summer of copious unique content the chance to get caught up before the season is upon us.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
Ps. If you want to direct interested parties who can't access specific posts on the site to this deal, I've cross-posted the same information at a public URL here. Thanks again!
March 18, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton
When princetonbasketball.com started its fundraising campaign for the 2011-12 season back in September, a member goal was set for the first time in the history of this site.
As of today, we're one new subscriber away from hitting that magic number of 250.
Being someone who takes pride in accomplishing goals, I'd love it if a reader who is not a current site member could push us over the top.
Unsure about who we are, what we do or what your subscription goes towards? Read this piece, which I feel makes a compelling case to join the princetonbasketball.com family.
A current student at Princeton or elsewhere at any educational level? You're entitled to 50% off a subscription. Just ask for a coupon code.
Still on the fence? Email me and I'll send you testimonials from satisfied active members who believe that princetonbasketball.com offers the best, most comprehensive coverage of anyone tracking the Tigers and the rest of the "Carril Cradle."
Finally, if you want to spread the word to people you know, I won't stop you! Send them here.
This year (which isn't over yet) has been a very satisfying one to report on and reaching this total would be a great way to kick off another postseason drive to Pittsburgh and hopefully beyond.
Let's do this!
Yrs,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
November 4, 2011 at 8:55 am
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton, Roster
03 - Jimmy Sherburne - G - 6-3/197 - Jr - Whitefish Bay, WI (Whitefish Bay)
04 - Denton Koon - F - 6-8/205 - Fr - Liberty, MO (Liberty)
05 - T.J. Bray - G - 6-5/205 - So - New Berlin, WI (Catholic Memorial)
11 - Brian Fabrizius - F - 6-11/210 - Fr - Arlington Heights, IL (Kimball Union)
12 - Ben Hazel - G/F - 6-5/192 - So - Bowie, MD (Good Counsel)
14 - Chris Clement - G - 6-2/190 - So - Round Rock, TX (Stony Point)
15 - John Comfort - F - 6-7/197 - Sr - La Grange, IL (Fenwick)
20 - Douglas Davis (C) - G - 5-11/157 - Sr - Philadelphia, PA (Hun School)
22 - Patrick Saunders (C) - F - 6-8/205 - Sr - Gilford, NH (New Hampton)
23 - Clay Wilson - G - 6-3/176 - Fr - Tulsa, OK (New Hampton)
24 - Will Barrett - F - 6-10/208 - Jr - Hartsville, PA (Central Bucks South)
25 - Tom Noonan - F - 6-8/235 - So - Havertown, PA (Penn Charter)
32 - Mack Darrow - F - 6-9/230 - Jr - Lake Barrington, IL (Barrington)
34 - Ian Hummer - F - 6-7/230 - Jr - Vienna, VA (Gonzaga College HS)
40 - Bobby Garbade - C - 6-11/245 - Fr - Binghamton, NY (Seton Catholic)
41 - Daniel Edwards - F - 6-8/225 - So - Dallax, TX (Highland Park)
44 - Brendan Connolly - C - 6-11/255 - Jr - Brentwood, TN (Father Ryan)
Princeton has updated the heights and weights for its 2011-12 roster.
All returning players came back to the team for the second straight year.
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September 22, 2011 at 10:00 am
Filed under Administrative, Princeton
Welcome to this year's princetonbasketball.com fundraising message. Practice starts in less than a month and the season tips in less than 60 days. We're gearing up for comprehensively covering another season of Princeton Tigers basketball!
2010-11 was not only the most successful Princeton basketball season in seven years but it was also the most successful, most thorough and most expansive year of coverage in the fourteen year history of princetonbasketball.com. Last year was a championship season full of countless memories and only princetonbasketball.com provided you with the independent eyewitness reporting a season such as this one deserved.
The annual crowing: princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon has covered the Tigers' last ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX CONSECUTIVE IVY LEAGUE GAMES in person. That's every Ivy game since 2000. What other reporter or web site can say that? None. We've also been on-hand for every Princeton postseason game since 1983. With princetonbasketball.com you're reading a source you can count on for consistent, knowledgeable coverage that puts current events in a historical context.
princetonbasketball.com continues to be your best location for keeping track of the Tigers that many of you know as your sons, brothers and grandsons, your friends and your classmates. If you're not subscribing to our site, you're not getting the full Princeton basketball experience.
If you have given to the site in the past, I hope you will renew for another season! Old memberships will expire on October 1st, 2011.
New members can sign up here for immediate access.
Remember, all postgame audio, all archived video and all weekly interviews are available only to princetonbasketball.com donors. You also need to be a donor to comment on articles, read full recaps, read full posts, contribute to Q&As and access daily news links.
For the first time, we're setting a membership goal during this campaign. In 2010-11 the 200 member threshold was passed for the first time. For 2011-12 the hope is to exceed 250 members. A counter will be added on the site in October so you can see how many fellow fans you're interacting and commenting with by being a part of the princetonbasketball.com family.
It is a legitimate concern that times remain tight financially and you may be reluctant to sign up for our subscription content. As the editor of this site, all I can do is promise you, as a fan of Princeton, the Ivy League and/or one or more of the many schools we report on, that I will work tirelessly (and often sleeplessly) to bring you the most comprehensive news and insight available.
I want to assure you I'll cover more Princeton games in person than any other beat reporter. With the Tigers spending two thirds of their 2011-12 schedule away from Jadwin Gym, the site's coverage will be more vital than ever to Princeton fans.
I guarantee you that I'll report on games to which no other area reporters will travel. Sometimes you'll swear I'm in two places at once.
I promise you I'll stay up late crunching numbers and doing research to answer your statistical questions and bring you numerical analysis that isn't available elsewhere.
I will go see recruits in person to provide first-hand observations on their skill sets.
I'll go out of my way to talk to the high school coach of every Princeton recruit (and most of their AAU coaches) for exclusive interviews as soon as verbal commitments are made.
I'll spend hours upon hours cutting audio, scanning images and editing photographs to bring you exclusive multimedia content all year long.
I'll even make restaurant recommendations, provide travel tips and offer hotel suggestions off-site (if asked). We were able to secure a ticket for every single person who was on our "waiting list" for the sold out Ivy League playoff in New Haven. Every one of them got to see Doug Davis' incredible shot in person.
All for less than $1/game, plus you're going to get thorough coverage of the entire Carril Cradle of coaches: Princeton, Georgetown, Richmond, Northwestern, Fairfield, Oregon State, Denver and Mercer County Community College.
Beyond all of this, what does your donation specifically go towards? Well, in 2010-2011 princetonbasketball.com brought you:
Daily News: Each morning a post appeared on the site with links to that day's articles from local and national papers. If it has been published on-line, we've found the article and passed it along to you - and we're not just posting every article that mentions "Princeton" and "Basketball" in it to pad our post count. Since last year and now we penned over 600 posts! March 2011 was our most prolific month ever with a site-record 103 original posts.
Premium Postgame Content: This past season princetonbasketball.com provided you exclusive on-site postgame audio from Coach Sydney Johnson and select players after all thirty-two of last season's games from Durham to Harrisonburg to Princeton to Hanover to Tampa, including all fourteen Ivy contests. For the one non-conference game we could not attend in person, Coach Johnson called us for exclusive audio.
You could also read detailed same-night recaps of all of the season's games, along with full box scores, exclusive HD box scores with greater statistical detail and cumulative team and player statistics. We're planning to cover a minimum of 29 of this season's games in person, with statistical previews for each opponent on game day.
Weekly Interviews: princetonbasketball.com produced a weekly interview program that featured a new in-depth discussion with Coach Johnson sixteen times over the course of the season, looking back at the previous week's games, previewing upcoming contests and talking about the state of Princeton basketball. This show also offered you a forum to ask Coach Johnson your questions. We hope to tape similar interviews with Mitch Henderson this season.
Exclusive Audio: In addition to postgame interviews and our weekly interviews with Coach Johnson, princetonbasketball.com also had bonus streams of Coach Johnson's portion of the Ivy League's preseason, midseason and postseason media teleconferences plus sideline-to-sideline coverage of Princeton's annual Media Day available only for our donors. We recorded a lengthy, exclusive interview with Sydney Johnson after his departure to Fairfield that asked the difficult questions you had about this situation. Two months after he was introduced we sat down one-on-one with new Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson for a long, wide-ranging discussion.
Recruiting News: Here at princetonbasketball.com we tracked the incoming Tigers on a daily basis, including all four 2011 recruits. We provided pictures and video of players you had only heard about, provided quotes from their high school coaches and were able to confirm rumors of commitments long before this news reached print media. We shared a workout video for Tiger recruit Bobby Garbade that couldn't be seen elsewhere. It was princetonbasketball.com who broke the story in May that Clay Wilson was not "decommitting" and was still headed to Princeton.
Articles and Analysis: In addition to the daily news, there were numerous exclusive interviews and features written for the site that only donors had access to. Mason Rocca, Kareem Maddox, Pawel Buczak, Dan Mavraides, Judson Wallace (twice!), Kyle Koncz (twice!), Nick Lake and Noah Savage were all the subjects of Q&As on the site. Marcus Schroeder shared the story of his trip to China.
Those are just the interviews. There were also pieces on going to see Will Barrett and Doug Davis play at the DelCo Pro-Am, Princeton's efficiency the previous 15 seasons, predictions for the Ivy League playoff from many Princeton, Harvard and Ivy writers under the title Who Wins & Why?, honoring the far-too-short life of Christian "Crunch" Regulski, sharing the many small moments of the championship season, a frame-by-frame review of how Princeton used deception to their advantage at Tulsa, a preseason wish list, Five Games, Five Concerns following the tournament at James Madison, trying to answer the existential question Who is Princeton?, recognizing the significance of Kareem Maddox scoring 30 points twice in a season, reviewing the prior time Princeton played Kentucky in 1977 with Frank Sowinski, an expanded version of the Douglas Davis profile for Princeton Alumni Weekly that added quotes and content cut for space from the print edition and the night Sydney Johnson left for Fairfield, trying to make sense of it all.
We also let you know dates and opponents for 14 of Princeton's non-conference games this season before the official press release came out.
The Epic Works: These were long retrospectives on a specific theme. A multimedia piece with text, audio, video and still photography about Princeton's endless close games at Harvard entitled Lavietes Pavilion: Where anything could happen, will happen and probably already has happened, looking in detail at the last four times Princeton played Duke, Rutgers in the 2000s: A Decade of Dismay and Eleven years of season openers. Can't wait to get started on a similar work about the Tigers and NC State!
Alumni Updates: You'll always be kept up-to-date on the professional basketball (and baseball) careers of former Tigers through princetonbasketball.com, even those players playing in foreign ports of call. This summer princetonbasketball.com tracked Judson Wallace and Mason Rocca in Italy, Konrad Wysocki in Germany, Sean Gregory's work for Time Magazine, Chris Young and Will Venable's respective careers with the New York Mets and San Diego Padres and David Blatt's coaching successes on the international level. There's already been coverage on the site of Kareem Maddox, Dan Mavraides and Pawel Buczak's nascent professional careers. Our new Field Guide to Tigers in Europe makes it easier for you to know how each player is performing overseas and where they're playing.
Gameday Photographs: Thanks to your donations, we were able to bring photographer Stephen Goldsmith into the fold five years ago, providing readers with exclusive photographs of the Tigers in action that helped further enhance the Princeton basketball experience for those who were unable to see the games in person. Because of donor support, we were able to increase Stephen's workload exponentially in 2010-11. He and Robert Solomon shot 30+ events for this site, including exclusive essays from Media Day, Senior Night, the Ivy League playoff, Selection Sunday, all over Tampa during the NCAA Tournament and Mitch Henderson's introduction as the new head coach of Princeton. This Photos of the Year collection is just a taste of the amazing work they produced.
Schedule Sync: We're the only web site to offer an iCal schedule you can sync with your computer's calendar that has details on every Princeton, Georgetown, Northwestern, Richmond, Fairfield, Oregon State, MCCC and Denver game. Select which teams you want to follow or subscribe to them all!
Social Networking and New Media: We've fully embraced new forms of communication. This season we used Facebook and Twitter as ways to enhance site content and alert you to updates on the site before, during and after games. We offer the most comprehensive list of future, current and former Princeton players on Twitter. We listened to your requests, improving the ability to get email updates when people respond to your comments on the site and utilizing an email alert system that informs you when a new post goes live on the site.
From the Vaults: As princetonbasketball.com covers the present and looks to the future, we made sure that the past was not forgotten. We continued to scan stacks of old schedule cards, trading cards, programs and media guides.
Videos: With a modicum of embarrassment, I shared my POV of the final 2.8 seconds during the Ivy playoff. With less hesitation, exclusive footage of Princeton cutting down the nets was posted. Hundreds of other videos (including every conceivable angle of Doug Davis' shot to send Princeton to the NCAA Tournament) are always available to donors by clicking on the site's Video category.
Seniors On A Stick: We continued this Jadwin Gym tradition for the final home game of the season, honoring last year's seniors. Did you wave a poster saluting Bobby Foley, Kareem Maddox or Dan Mavraides? Another princetonbasketball.com production. We also scanned as many old Seniors On A Stick as we could find in our collection from the past two decades. Still looking for a Jimmy Lane and a George Leftwich!
Going the Extra Mile: Subscribers in the Boston area were offered discounted admission to the reception Bob Ruxin puts on after the Harvard game. Several of you were able to get into sold out Cameron Indoor and Lavietes Pavilion by checking with us on tickets. We answered your questions at games and responded in great detail to subscriber observations and comments off-site.
The Uncategorizable: You wanted to know why Princeton did not regain possession after the technical foul in OT versus Penn? We asked the Ivy League's Coordinator of Officials on your behalf. Late in the season we broke down the odds for both Princeton and Harvard to make the NCAA Tournament in every possible scenario. A princetonbasketball.com member went to Italy to visit Mason Rocca and sent back a full compliment of photographs. We gave you a chance to say goodbye to the Class of 2011. Live courtside chats were held on-line twice during the season, once before Princeton hosted Harvard and once moments before the Ivy League playoff. As if all of this wasn't enough, we expanded a series called Know! Your! Foe! where we talked with reporters and bloggers who covered Princeton opponents - including Kentucky, Harvard, Cornell, Penn, Brown, Monmouth and James Madison for insight on each team. We added +/- statistical analysis of Princeton at several junctures during the season.
Fourteen years in, princetonbasketball.com's basic level of access continues to remain free, but it costs money for us to operate and manage this web site on a daily basis. Covering the Tigers has gone from a hobby to close to a full-time job between October and May. To make all of this possible, princetonbasketball.com relies on your donations to cover our expenses of web hosting and reporting on the games we all care about so deeply.
Anyone making a contribution of $30.00 or more this season is entitled to a season-long password for individual access to donor-only content. Those of you who have donated since August 1st, 2011 have already had your accounts extended through next September 30, 2012.
Current high school, college and graduate students can gain individual access to princetonbasketball.com's donor-only content at the reduced rate of $15.00 for the season. Contact us directly for a discount code. Renewing now will assure a smooth transition for last year's donors. You don't want to miss out on any of the coming season's premium offerings.
To sign up on-line and become a new donor using our secure payment portal, click here.
If you are already logged in and want to renew a subscription using your old login/password combination, click here.
Please email us if you have any difficulties whatsoever signing up or are more comfortable paying by check.
I welcome your comments, suggestions and ideas about what you would like to see on princetonbasketball.com in the future. If you haven't subscribed in the past but are a frequent visitor to the site, I'd love to hear from you and see what I can do to make you a member that can take full advantage of all princetonbasketball.com has to offer.
Being part of this community and the extended Princeton basketball family remains my genuine pleasure and I can't wait to bring you coverage of all this season's games.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
August 21, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton
Due to unexpected demand, I'm making 2011-12 site subscriptions available now.
Current subscribers don't need to stress about renewing until 9/30/11, but if you want to sign up for another season of coverage early, I'm certainly not going to stop you!
Those who choose to sign up for the 2011-12 campaign get site access from now until October free at no additional charge. That's 13+ months of princetonbasketball.com for the price of a traditional calendar year. Sweet.
Finally, I've set up unique coupon codes for any and all students (high school, college, graduate school, etc) that are interested in joining the princetonbasketball.com family. If you email me I can provide you with a code that automatically generates a discount of 50% off our $30 annual membership fee.
As happens every September there will be a proper, full fundraising appeal explaining who we are, what we do and why your support is needed (you can read the 2010 appeal by clicking here) coming next month but I wanted to give those eager to get a jump on next season the opportunity to stay within the fold immediately and those who have missed out on a summer of copious unique content the chance to get caught up before the season is upon us.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
Ps. If you want to direct interested parties who can't access specific posts on the site to this deal, I've cross-posted the same information at a public URL here. Thanks again!
November 15, 2010 at 9:13 am
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton
For many Tiger undergraduates, Friday night may have been the first time you had been to a men's basketball game at Jadwin Gym. A pretty great time, right? It was a top-flight atmosphere as Princeton defeated Rutgers in the 2010-11 season opener.
You guys were loud, passionate, resplendent in orange and an important part of Princeton's overtime victory.
If you're looking for the best in Tiger coverage to match your interest in the team, you're come to the right place.
Welcome!
We're an independent subscription-based site that provides unparalleled coverage of the Princeton Tigers.
I'd like to offer any interested students the (poorly-publicized) student subscription discount rate of $15 if you're interested in becoming a member. That's 50% off our base rate.
Please email me for details, as this is not publicized on the site's subscription page.
What does that subscription get you?
-Full access to the complete site through the end of September 2011.
-Weekly interviews with Tiger coach Sydney Johnson that you can submit questions for.
-Postgame audio from players and coaches after every contest.
-The ability to read detailed recaps and exclusive statistical analysis for each game.
-Photo essays.
-Updates on recruiting classes, including interviews with all three 2011 recruits' high school coaches.
-Access to old posts and our complete archives.
-You'll learn about Princeton basketball history and the many branches of Pete Carril's coaching tree, get to interact with other Tiger fans in our comments and become part of a group of dedicated fans and alums. Have questions about the past, the present and the future? Someone here can answer'm.
With your subscription, you'll be able to take advantage of our Facebook fan page and Twitter feed, which are set up to relay new posts and member comments as they happen.
Read more about who we are and what we do here.
I've had many people tell me over the years that following Princeton basketball was the best part of their four years at Princeton. I hope this site can help enhance and improve that experience for you.
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
October 18, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton, Roster
02 - Kareem Maddox (C) - F - 6-8/230 - Sr - Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park)
03 - Jimmy Sherburne - G - 6-3/190 - So - Whitefish Bay, WI. (Whitefish Bay)
05 - T.J. Bray - G - 6-6/207 - Fr - New Berlin, WI (Catholic Memorial)
11 - Bobby Foley - G - 6-5/198 - Sr - Richmond, VA. (Godwin)
12 - Ben Hazel - G/F - 6-5/191 - Fr - Bowie, MD (Good Counsel)
14 - Chris Clement - G - 6-2/183 - Fr - Round Rock, TX (Stony Point)
15 - John Comfort - F - 6-8/198 - Jr - La Grange, Ill. (Fenwick)
20 - Douglas Davis - G - 5-11/164 - Jr - Philadelphia, Pa. (Hun School)
22 - Patrick Saunders (C) - F - 6-8/200 - Jr - Gilford, N.H. (New Hampton)
24 - Will Barrett - F - 6-10/197 - So - Hartsville, PA (Central Bucks South)
25 - Tom Noonan - F - 6-9/228 - Fr - Havertown, PA (Penn Charter)
32 - Mack Darrow - F - 6-9/225 - So - Lake Barrington, IL (Barrington)
33 - Dan Marvraides (C) - G - 6-4/210 - Sr - San Mateo, CA (Phillips Exeter)
34 - Ian Hummer - F - 6-7/226 - So - Vienna, VA (Gonzaga College HS)
41 - Daniel Edwards - F - 6-8/232 - Fr - Dallax, TX (Highland Park)
44 - Brendan Connolly - C - 6-11/252 - So - Brentwood, TN (Father Ryan)
Princeton has released its 2010-11 roster.
All returning players came back to the team this season.
Height and weight changes:
J. Sherburne: -5 lbs
B. Foley: +3 lbs
W. Barrett: -3 lbs
J. Comfort: +1 inch, +13 lbs
D. Davis: +9 lbs
P. Saunders: +1 inch
K. Maddox: +5 lbs
D. Mavraides: +1 inch, +5 lbs
I. Hummer: +1 lb
M. Darrow: +2 inches
B. Connolly: +2 inches, -18 lbs!
Connolly is the only player on the roster listed as a center.
Kareem Maddox will decide between wearing #2 and #55 later this week.
Kareem Maddox will wear #2 this season.
September 20, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Filed under Administrative, Princeton
Welcome to this year's princetonbasketball.com fundraising message. Practice starts in less than a month and we're gearing up for covering another season of Princeton Tigers basketball!
Over the past thirteen years princetonbasketball.com has continued to evolve. As the princetonbasketball.com network has grown exponentially, we've brought our donors more content each season to keep them informed about the extended Princeton basketball family and the Ivy League. 2009-10 was our biggest, best, most thorough and most expansive season yet.
First, some crowing: princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon has covered the Tigers' last ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE CONSECUTIVE IVY LEAGUE GAMES in person. That's every Ivy game since 2000. What other reporter or web site can say that? None. We've also been on-hand for every Princeton postseason game since 1983.
With princetonbasketball.com you're reading a source you can count on for consistent, knowledgeable coverage that puts current events in a historical context.
princetonbasketball.com continues to be your best location for keeping track of the Tigers that many of you know as your sons, brothers and grandsons, your friends and your classmates. If you're not subscribing to our site, you're not getting the full Princeton basketball experience.
If you can't make a game, I'll make you feel like you were there. It is that simple.
If you have given to the site in the past, I hope you will renew for another season! Old memberships will expire on October 1st, 2010. If you haven't been a member before, now is the time to join.
I understand first-hand that times remain tight financially and you may be reluctant to sign up for our subscription content. As the editor of this site, all I can do is promise you, as a fan of Princeton, the Ivy League and/or one or more of the many schools we report on, that I will work tirelessly to bring you the most comprehensive news and insight available.
I want to assure you I'll cover more Princeton games in person than any other beat reporter.
I guarantee you that I'll report on games to which no other area reporters will travel. Sometimes you'll swear I'm in two places at once.
I promise you I'll stay up late crunching numbers and doing research to answer your statistical questions and bring you numerical analysis that isn't available elsewhere.
I will go see recruits in person to provide first-hand observations on their skill sets.
I'll go out of my way to talk to the high school coach of every Princeton recruit (and most of their AAU coaches) for exclusive interviews as soon as verbal commitments are made. There's no other site that has talked to each Tiger recruit's coaches like we have.
I'll spend hours upon hours cutting audio and editing photographs to bring you exclusive multimedia content all year long.
I'll even make restaurant recommendations, provide travel tips and offer hotel suggestions off-site (if asked).
All for less than $1/game, plus you're going to get thorough coverage of the entire Carril Cradle of coaches.
Beyond all of this, what does your donation specifically go towards? Well, in 2009-2010 princetonbasketball.com brought you:
Daily News: Each morning a post appeared on the site with links to that day's articles from local and national papers. If it has been published on-line, we've found the article and passed it along to you - and we're not just posting every article that mentions "Princeton" and "Basketball" in it to pad our post count! Since last year and now we penned 674 posts - an average of 1.8 a day and 192 more than in 08-09! February 2010 was our most prolific month ever with a site-record 93 original posts.
Premium Postgame Content: This past season princetonbasketball.com provided you exclusive on-site postgame audio from Coach Johnson and select players after all thirty-one of last season's games from California to Hanover to Saint Louis, including all fourteen Ivy contests. For the two non-conference games we could not attend in person, Coach Sydney Johnson called us for exclusive audio on the UNC-Greensboro and Maine games. This is all information that was not available anywhere else.
You could also read detailed same-night recaps of all of the season's games, along with full box scores, exclusive, new for 2009-10 HD box scores with greater statistical detail and cumulative team and player statistics. We're planning to cover a minimum of 29 of this season's games in person, with statistical previews for each opponent on game day.
Weekly Interviews with Coach Johnson: princetonbasketball.com produced a weekly interview program that featured a new in-depth discussion with Coach Johnson sixteen times over the course of the season, looking back at the previous week's games, previewing upcoming contests and talking about the state of Princeton basketball. For example, our bonus summer interview with Coach Johnson was 26:00+ and we talked about the 2010 recruiting class and many varied topics uncovered elsewhere from the team's Elite Camp to the World Cup. This show also offered you a forum to ask Coach Johnson your questions. We look forward to taping similar interviews again this season.
Exclusive Audio: In addition to postgame interviews and our weekly interviews with Coach Johnson, princetonbasketball.com also had bonus streams of Coach Johnson's portion of the Ivy League's preseason and midseason media teleconferences plus sideline-to-sideline coverage of Princeton's annual Media Day available only for our donors. We recorded the first two-on-one interview with former Tigers Chris Young and Will Venable in Philadelphia before the Padres played the Phillies. We produced a 30 minute exclusive radio-quality discussion with Craig Robinson after his book was released. Expect similar bonus audio to be available in 2010-11.
Recruiting News: Here at princetonbasketball.com we tracked the incoming Tigers on a daily basis, including all five 2010 recruits. We provided pictures and video of players you had only heard about, provided quotes from their high school coaches and were able to confirm rumors of commitments long before this news reached print media. We went to see Tom Noonan play in person to form our own opinion. The names may not have reached you yet, but we've already filed detailed profiles on Princeton's two 2011 recruits - Denton Koon and Clay Wilson.
Articles and Analysis: In addition to the daily news, there were numerous exclusive interviews and features written for the site that only donors had access to. We reviewed Princeton's Performers of the Decade. We interviewed author Kathy Orton about her book "Outside The Limelight." We talked to former Tiger Ed Persia about his new coaching gig. When we heard he might have an NBA-DL tryout, we went straight to the source and interviewed Marcus Schroeder about his experiences. We told the story of our first Ivy road trip. We reflected on a decade of season openers. We broke down Kareem Maddox's success guarding Ivy League guards. We reviewed Princeton's historical record when playing five games in nine days. We analyzed the importance of Pawel Buczak and Marcus Schroeder to last season's Princeton team. After Princeton was unable to make it to Maine, we researched the last time the Tigers were snowed out. We also let you know dates and opponents for 11 of Princeton's non-conference games this season before the official press release came out.
All in the Family: Not only has princetonbasketball.com covered Princeton and the Ivy League this past season, but we were able to provide extensive information on Coach Thompson's Georgetown Hoyas, Coach Mooney's Richmond Spiders, Coach Scott's Denver Pioneers, Coach Robinson's Oregon State Beavers, Coach Carmody's Northwestern Wildcats and Coach Levy's Mercer County Community College Vikings. In 2009-10 we covered 45 different games in person, including but not limited to NCAA Tournament games for Georgetown and Richmond, Mercer's Region XIX title run and the Big East Tournament. princetonbasketball.com will feature games from these teams in our daily news and offer bonus postgame coverage when scheduling allows.
Alumni Updates: You'll always be kept up-to-date on the professional basketball (and baseball) careers of former Tigers through princetonbasketball.com, even those players playing in foreign ports of call. This summer princetonbasketball.com tracked Judson Wallace and Mason Rocca in Italy, Spencer Gloger in Spain and Konrad Wysocki in Germany as well as Sean Gregory's work for Time Magazine - plus Chris Young and Will Venable's careers with the San Diego Padres and David Blatt's coaching successes on the international level.
Gameday Photographs: Thanks to your donations, we were able to bring photographer Stephen Goldsmith into the fold four years ago, providing readers with exclusive photographs of the Tigers in action that helped further enhance the Princeton basketball experience for those who were unable to see the games in person. Because of donor support, we were able to increase Stephen's workload in 2009-10. He shot 27 events for this site, including exclusive essays from Media Day, Senior Night and the Brian Taylor celebration.
Schedule Sync: We're the only web site to offer an iCal schedule you can sync with your computer's calendar that has details on every Princeton, Georgetown, Northwestern, Richmond, Oregon State, MCCC and Denver game. Select which teams you want to follow or subscribe to them all!
Social Networking and New Media: While many web sites and publications have resisted progress or had terrible execution of their social media plans, we've fully embraced new forms of communication. This season we used Facebook and Twitter as ways to enhance site content and alert you to updates on the site before, during and after games. It was through Twitter we were first to report Princeton's participation in the CBI before anyone else had the scoop, show you photographic proof of Douglas Davis' broken nose and alert you to when different Princeton players were unable to suit up due to injury. We listened to your requests, adding the ability to get email updates when people respond to your comments on the site and utilizing an email alert system that informs you when a new post goes live on the site.
From the Vaults: As princetonbasketball.com covers the present and looks to the future, we made sure that the past was not forgotten. We scanned old schedule cards, trading cards, programs and media guides. We used stories on Kit Mueller and Bob Scrabis as jumping off points for longer posts.
Videos: By donor request, we tracked down footage of Kareem Maddox's insane dunk at Columbia and Nick Lake's surprising slam to close out the final game at Jadwin plus found the complete YouTube debuts of Princeton's 1989 NCAA loss to Georgetown and a tribute to Bill Bradley and the 1965 Final Four team called Year of the Tiger. Hundreds of other videos are always available to donors by clicking on the site's Video category.
Seniors On A Stick: We continued this Jadwin Gym tradition for the final home game of the season, honoring last year's seniors. Did you wave a poster saluting Zach Finley, Pawel Buczak, Marcus Schroeder or Nick Lake? Another princetonbasketball.com production. We also scanned as many old Seniors On A Stick as we could find in our collection from the past two decades.
Things everyone else overlooked: The story behind Dan Mavraides' tattoo. Why Zach Finley changed his jersey number and who he honored by doing so. The identity of "Crunch," the small kid who sometimes sat on the Princeton bench. Nobody else was covering these tiny details, so we got the scoop.
Going the Extra Mile: Subscribers in the Boston area were offered discounted admission to the reception Bob Ruxin puts on after the Harvard game. We answered your questions at games and responded in great detail to subscriber observations and comments off-site.
New in 2009-10: As if all of this wasn't enough, we started a new series called Know! Your! Foe! where we talked with reporters and bloggers who covered Princeton opponents. We added +/- statistical analysis of Princeton at several junctures during the season.
Thirteen years in, princetonbasketball.com's basic level of access continues to remain free, but it costs money for us to operate and manage this web site on a daily basis. Covering the Tigers has gone from a hobby to close to a full-time job between October and April. To make all of this possible, princetonbasketball.com relies on your donations to cover our expenses of web hosting and reporting on the games we all care about so deeply. How much you choose to give is up to you. Every dollar helps and is greatly appreciated.
This season princetonbasketball.com continues to expand donor-only content on our web site. All postgame audio, all archived video and all weekly interviews are available only to princetonbasketball.com donors. You also need to be a donor to comment on articles, read full recaps, read full posts, contribute to Q&As and access daily news links.
Anyone making a contribution of $30.00 or more this season is entitled to a season-long password for individual access to donor-only content. Those of you who have donated since August 1st, 2010 have already had your accounts extended through next September 30, 2011.
Current students can gain individual access to princetonbasketball.com's donor-only content at the reduced rate of $15.00 for the season. Contact us directly for this student discount. Renewing now will assure a smooth transition for last year's donors. You don't want to miss out on any of the coming season's premium offerings.
This year, we're adding a special "thank you" for many of our donors. All donors who contribute $100 or more are entitled to a copy of our SECRET PROJECT. We can't talk about it now, as details have not been finalized, but trust me when I say that SECRET PROJECT will not only be worth your donation, but also will the first of its kind and will be made available to donors well before the general public. I really wish I could even hint at more.
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I welcome your comments, suggestions and ideas about what you would like to see on princetonbasketball.com in the future.
Being part of this community and the extended Princeton basketball family remains my genuine pleasure and I can't wait to bring you coverage of all this season's games.
Warmly,
Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com
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