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...
Former Princeton center Steve Goodrich is interviewed by the magazine connected to the camp he attended as a boy.
Oregon State expects a breakthrough season in 2011-12. Here's video of Craig Robinson at Pac-12 media day. The Beavers were picked eighth in the conference's preseason media poll.
CBS' Matt Norlander says Fairfield is loaded and ready for a huge year.
Georgetown has relaunched their DC Is Our Playground web site for the upcoming season. Hoyas head coach John Thompson III spoke yesterday as part of a panel series called "Think About It: An Afternoon of Ideas."
Will Venable now qualifies for Super Two status.
Tiger basketball recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a touchdown catch in Oak Harbor's loss to Meadowdale.
Will Venable capped 2011 with his first career grand slam (video) as San Diego beat the Cubs 9-2. Venable hit .154 over his final 10 games of the year, lovering his season average to .246 with an on base percentage of .310. The former two sport Princeton star had 91 hits, nine home runs, 44 runs batted in and 28 stolen bases across 121 games. He dropped his strikeout total from 128 in 392 at bats last year to 92 strikeouts in 370 at bats for 2010.
Princeton is viewed as the fourth-strongest team in the New York area by Big Apple Buckets.
John Thompson III attended the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine's annual gala. Thompson's wife Monica was honorary chair of this event.
A Minnesota point guard verbally committed to Harvard. Penn also added a big man to compliment their guard-heavy roster.
Former Princeton assistant and current Fairfield Director of Basketball Operations Martin Bahar is raising money for the 2011 Light The Night walk, which supports the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Bahar's sister Madeleine suffered from plasma cell leukemia and passed away in 2009 at the age of 25. You can show your support for Maddie's Team by following this link.
Will Venable has been out for the last week+ due to an issue with his back.
It is unusual to see an article about a school offering a roster spot to a potential recruit, but there's indeed a piece about a forward from North Carolina and Princeton. Seeking clarification, I checked with the author to find out if said offer had been accepted. "No, not yet" was their response.
Quotes from Mitch Henderson show up in another story about how high school players can get noticed by college coaches.
Joe Scott was one of those taking advantage of a recent event where the Denver Nuggets opened their playbook to area college coaches.
Where does Georgetown fit in to the chaos of conference realignment?
Anyone with an interest in Ivy League basketball will want to keep an eye on Cambridge this weekend, with many impressive prospects visiting Harvard.
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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.
Will Venable has a good reason to cheer for the Chicago Bears this season. Above, Venable clears the bases with a triple on Sunday as San Diego ended their lengthy losing streak.
Georgetown slots in as number 39 in The Hoops Report's Top 68 Team Previews.
At the recommendation of Mitch Henderson, a British professional team has signed former Northwestern Wildcat Mike Capocci.
Sydney Johnson learned more about his new team during Fairfield's recent trip to Italy. Johnson is also the subject of a new piece up on Rivals.
The saga continues? Judson Wallace is trying to attain a Congolese passport so he can finalize his deal with Barcelona.
Video of a recent appearance by John Rogers on CNBC.
A small forward from Georgia has verbally committed to Oregon State.
Will Venable was mired in a 1-17 slump before hitting a home run (video) to lead off yesterday's game versus Colorado. The Padres still dropped their ninth straight, 5-4.
Now it looks like Judson Wallace does have his new passport in order and can sign with Barcelona? I'm so confused, and Google Translate isn't helping matters.
A member of Georgetown's official delegation shares the truth about the Hoyas' brawl with Bayi Rockets.
Two names to keep an eye on: a quarterback / point guard from California and a forward out of Florida both say they're being recruited by Princeton.
There's a great photo of Dan Mavraides arriving at the airport in Greece.
Former Tiger Bob Kleinert '78 shows up in a Fortune Magazine feature on Sandler O'Neill.
Northwestern and Denver both announced their 2011-12 non-conference schedules.
The Pioneers will have Rob Lewis in uniform, as the forward was granted an extra season of eligibility after missing last year due to injury.
Georgetown won their final game in China and Fairfield rounded up their Italian tour with a 89-73 win against Fulgor Omegna.
The Stags are #43 in the Hoops Report Top 68 Team Previews.
Added this as an update below, but for those who missed it Princeton's game at NC State is official.
What is Will Venable?
The College Sports Madness preview of Princeton also had a brief Mitch Henderson profile I missed the first time.
Finally, a happy birthday to one of my favorite people I've met through Princeton basketball, Stan Adelson.
Continuing to thrive after his demotion, Padres outfielder Will Venable led off yesterday's game with a home run (video) and ended the action with a walk off ninth inning single (video) as San Diego swept Florida, 4-3.
John Thompson III says last week's brawl is behind his team. After a day in Shanghai, the Hoyas easily defeated Liaoning, 91-69.
In Italy it was Fairfield with the 101-70 win over Forli. The Stags' Rakim Sanders had 35 points on 14-15 shooting, nearly equalled on the other side by former Georgetown standout Austin Freeman's 34.
Will Venable is the San Diego YPC's Young Professional of the Month.
As most were getting up on the east coast, Georgetown was playing their first exhibition in China, a 98-81 Hoyas victory over the Shanxi Brave Dragons. Vice President Joe Biden attended the game and spoke to the team in the locker room beforehand.
Not much to take away from Mitch Henderson's appearance on ESPNU, but my ears perked up a touch when he said some of the incoming Princeton freshmen will be "special for us."
John Thompson III and Sydney Johnson are both scheduled to be on with Andy Katz today at 5:00 pm ET.
I like what Fairfield is doing with the release of their 2011-12 non-conference schedule today. Each game will be revealed on the team's Twitter every 10 minutes starting at 1:00 pm ET with an exclusive discussion of the schedule following on the school's Facebook page.
Kareem Maddox is interviewed for a Fairfield site to give Stags fans insight about their new head coach from a player's perspective.
Princeton ranks 89th in the College Sports Madness men's basketball preview.
Mitch Henderson will be on ESPNU today at 5:00 pm ET as part of a panel hosted by Andy Katz.
Will Venable (video) hit a two run home run, his fourth of the season, in the seventh inning of last night's New York/San Diego game.
Before the first pitch Chris Young paid a visit to the Mets' locker room. Young still faces a long road back from right shoulder surgery.
A Yahoo! contributor's list of the best NBA players born in Philadelphia includes Geoff Petrie.
Former Harvard guard Max Kenyi will not return to the Crimson after nearly a year away from Cambridge.
A single, two doubles and a triple for Will Venable in last night's 9-5 San Diego victory over the Mets. Venable has a .419 batting average over the last 10 games, .362 in the last 30 days.
Mitch Henderson is featured in the new issue of US1.
Princeton has posted the Tigers' 2011-12 team roster. Expect more on this once heights and weights are updated.
MSG's Jon Rothstein interviewed Georgetown head coach John Thompson III.
These young Hoyas travel to Alabama on December 1st as part of the Big East/SEC Challenge.
Alex Wolff is Princeton Alumni Weekly's "Tiger of the Week." Tonight Woff will receive the Curt Gowdy Media Award at the Basketball Hall of Fame
