In addition to the images Robert Solomon captured during yesterday's game, Stephen Goldsmith was courtside shooting for the Town Topics.
Stephen offered to share some of his pictures here as well and who was I to turn him down?
Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon. Apparently no vacation rust for my dad, as I had a difficult time picking my favorite 20 images out of his shots.
Seven games in with a week off between contests seems like a decent juncture to pause, step back and examine some bigger picture facts and figures about the 2012-13 Princeton Tigers.
Mitch Henderson's 3-4 team is now halfway through their non-conference slate and some interesting trends are developing. After the jump find lengthy analysis and projections as conversation starters and add your thoughts in the comments.
College basketball recruiting is by no means an exact science. Sometimes those with extra stars shining next to their names don’t see their abilities convert beyond high school. At Princeton there’s a long list of the comparatively unhearlded who have developed from seeming afterthoughts to all-conference players.
With that history understood, it becomes even harder to look 23 months into the future.
Yet on November 20 of this year the Tiger coaching staff can wake up in the morning feeling comfortable about having filled their top priority for the 2014 recruiting class.
Amir Bell of East Brunswick High School may not be a name that has attracted a lot of attention from the top recruiting sites yet but the key word in this sentence is “yet.” Getting Bell committed to the enrollment process at Princeton before he attracted additional attention from bold-faced basketball powerhouses was paramount.
It can not be coincidence that three different members of Mitch Henderson’s staff posted words to the effect of “it is a great day to be a Tiger” on Twitter last night with Bell’s commitment then entering public knowledge less than an hour later.
I had a chance to speak with the 6’4” 170 lb junior point guard’s high school coach Bo Henning on the phone a few hours ago. Quotes from our conversation plus links and videos featuring Bell can all be found after the jump.
All photos courtesy Ethan Reiss. Used with permission.
Dan Mavraides and I have been talking about doing an interview for a few weeks, but the former Princeton guard wanted to wait until his situation in Italy was settled before answering any of my questions.
Now under contract for the remainder of the 2012-13 season with Lega A side Sidigas Avellino, Mavraides was free to do his first interview with princetonbasketball.com since last August's Q&A.
Mavraides' new team holds a 2-4 record in the top Italian league and Mavraides has hit double figures in his last three contests, averaging 8.0 ppg and 2.8 assists/game on the young season.
The result of our email exchange follows after the jump.
Delayed a week by Hurricane Sandy, Princeton held its annual preseason Media Day at Jadwin Gym this snowy and blustery afternoon.
Coach Mitch Henderson, Ian Hummer, Will Barrett, Hans Brase and T.J. Bray spoke to princetonbasketball.com about the upcoming season. A number of questions raised earlier today were answered along the way.
In both queries asked and answers given this was one of the better Media Days in some time.
25 Robert Solomon photos have since been added to this post, plus some details on a couple of potential roster additions and observations in addition to the audio which follows after the jump.
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