Above, the Jadwin Jungle waits for the opening tip of the 2005-06 season.
This post was originally penned in 2009 as "A Decade of Season Openers." I've added last season's game against Rutgers as part of an annual revamp for each upcoming season.
Many of these pieces come from the listserv that predated this web site.
With a week until the 2011-12 season begins, read on for the stories of the past 12 Tiger tipoffs in sequential order...
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Chris Mooney answers questions at Richmond's media day.
Seven additional clips after the jump.
A reader was kind enough to scan and send over this photo of the 1996-97 Tigers, a squad that would go 24-3 in the regular season with an unblemished Ivy record before falling 55-52 to Cal in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Front row: Jason Osier, Brian Earl, Alex Karlsen, Sean Gregory, Gabe Lewullis, Phil Belin, Mitch Henderson, J.R. Gillern, Jose Ramirez-Del Toro
Back row: Jim Brenner, Joe Scott, Jay Galloway, Sydney Johnson, James Mastaglio, Steve Goodrich, Jesse Rosenfeld, Nate Walton, Mason Rocca, John McCann, Darren Hite, John Thompson III, Bill Carmody, Mike McDonnell
22% of those pictured have been the head basketball coach at Princeton.
Click to enlarge.
Cornell announced that due to Princeton's exam schedule, the Ivy League opener between the Big Red and the Tigers would be moved up two weeks.
This alteration is not unprecedented but it is also not common over recent seasons. The previous two times Princeton opened conference play before breaking for exams didn't work out well for the Tigers: Swept at Columbia and Cornell in 2007 and a split with Cornell and Columbia at Jadwin in 2006. Prior to that the orange and black bested both Harvard and Dartmouth on the road in January 2002.
Both Northwestern and Richmond have released their full 2011-12 schedules. Spiders head coach Chris Mooney was a recent guest at the Robins School of Business.
Will Venable made two significant plays in San Diego's 3-1 over San Francisco on Wednesday. Venable homered to open the first inning (video) off the head of an oblivious fan in right field and threw out a runner at the plate (video) to end the seventh inning.
Researching the field guide to Tigers in Europe I noticed that Kareem Maddox led his team in scoring during an exhibition and Pawel Buczak tallied 12 in his team's friendly with Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Team captain Mason Rocca shares his thoughts prior to Milano's training camp.
The Hellenic Voice has a story on Dan Mavraides receiving the Harry Agganis Award at the AHEPA Sports Luncheon.
There are quotes from Pete Carril in a recent ESPN piece on Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.
Columbia has also revealed their complete schedule.
It took longer than expected, but Judson Wallace has finally signed a two year deal with Lega ACB champions Regal FC Barcelona.
With Wallace under contract there are now six former Princeton players suiting up overseas. Want to keep track of all their professional careers in 2011-12? Everything you need is after the jump.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Can Mason Rocca still dunk? Watch and see.
Four additional clips after the jump, including more from the “Study to Win” Basketball Camp.
Mason Rocca will return to Armani Jeans Milano for 2011-12.
A destination for Judson Wallace next season is up in the air. It appears both Regal Barcelona and Unicaja Malaga are after the Gran Canaria forward's services.
The Kenner League starts at Georgetown today. Word has it Ian Hummer will be playing with The Tombs this summer. No details on a team for Ben Hazel.
Pete Carril is back in Jadwin Gym.
The first 60 days on the job for Mitch Henderson have involved many photographs with an arm around different individuals.
Former Princeton player Doug Snyder received the the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Allentown School District.
I asked Noah Savage for an update on the marathon he was training for with Nick Lake. Savage finished in four hours and 48 minutes, running the entire time! You can see finish line videos and photographs here. Lake was about an hour ahead of him.
In addition to this site's weekly in-season interviews with John Thompson III, Joe Scott and Sydney Johnson, princetonbasketball.com has produced numerous pieces with former Princeton players over the past decade+.
The summer struck me as a good time to collect the archived links to all of the Q&As, transcripts, email correspondence and audio files into one post for newer members who might have missed some of these when they originally ran.
I believe this is a complete list, but if I'm missing anyone let me know!
-Bill Bradley
-Mike Brennan
-Pete Carril
-Scott Greenman
-Kyle Koncz
-Nick Lake and Noah Savage
-Jimmy Lane
-Howie Levy
-Kevin "Moon" Mullin
-Ed Persia
-Craig Robinson
-Mason Rocca
-Judson Wallace
-Chris Young and Will Venable
Want more? There's also an interview with "Outside The Limelight" author Kathy Orton.
Finally, from back in the "Catching Up With..." listserv days - conversations with Mitch Henderson, Sean Jackson, Sydney Johnson, Jamie Mastaglio, Frank Sowinski and Mike Stephens.
It has been a decade since Mason Rocca '00 initially began playing professionally in Italy and the former Princeton standout is hosting a basketball camp for the first time this offseason in his adopted homeland.
Running from June 27th to July 1st, the "Study to Win" camp will reunite several former Tigers with the Armani Jeans Milano captain, mixing on-court and in-classroom education.
I had a chance to exchange emails with Mason and catch up before his inaugural camp gets underway. The full interview can be found after the jump.
Judson Wallace saw his season end on Sunday. Gran Canaria 2014 lost 93-76 to Caja Laboral and fell out of the Liga ACB quarterfinals. Wallace had nine points and six rebounds in the game.
A right hand injury is hampering Will Venable. The former Princeton player is hitting .244 in 134 at bats for the Padres.
princetonbasketball.com readers were the first to read about Clay Wilson's acceptance to Princeton on Thursday night and now reporters in Wilson's home town of Tulsa are picking up the story we broke.
Wilson was named second team All-State in April by Tulsa World.
A sophomore big man from TCU will transfer to Northwestern.
The Wildcats are expected to play in the Charleston Classic this November.
Fairfield officially announced the additions of Tony Newsom and Martin Bahar to Sydney Johnson's coaching staff.
Those of you in Italy now have the option of attending the Mason Rocca Basketball Camp. The staff working this camp includes several familiar names for those who follow Princeton basketball.
Kareem Maddox is the Daily Princetonian's Male Athlete of the Year.
The Mets' Chris Young opted for shoulder surgery and his season is almost certainly done. ESPN New York writes about how Young's four starts and 24 innings pitched were actually statistically amazing.
Princeton coach Mitch Henderson was part of a group that rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ on Thursday. Here is video of the ceremony.
Armani Jeans Milano coach Dan Peterson checked in with his perspective on a 92-74 home victory over Vanoli Cremona. Peterson writes:
"The MVP was Mason Rocca, from my home town of Evanston, Illinois, with 14 points (7-10 shooting) and 9 rebounds. He played 29 minutes at the '4' position and we were +34 in those minutes on the plus-minus."
Milan's Jonas Maciulis suffered a serious knee injury during the game.
Wednesday, March 23rd
(4) Northwestern vs. (2) Washington State – 11:00 pm ET – ESPN2
NIT
Friday, March 25th
Southwest region – San Antonio, TX
(12) Richmond vs. (1) Kansas – 7:27 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Northwestern and Washington State meet in Pullman with a trip to the NIT semifinals in New York City on the line. A three point shooting drill that originates with Pete Carril has helped the Wildcats become expert marksmen from the arc.
Success heads the resume of Chris Mooney. Richmond president Edward Ayers hopes Mooney will stay with the Spiders after this season is over.
The Princeton Packet writes about how a tough ending is just a beginning for the Tigers.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon was named to the MBCA Boys Class 5 All-State team.
Mason Rocca scored 13 in Armani Jeans Milano's home victory over Dinamo Sassari.
