Today.
What do you expect?
We're nearing in on 48 hours until the opening tip of the 2011-12 season for the Princeton Tigers. What do you expect to see, both on Saturday versus Wagner and throughout the campaign?
Add your questions, observations, opinions and concerns about the orange and black in the comments and I'll respond to as many of them as I can. Don't be shy.
Thursday News:
An ancient rallying cry now appears above the doors to the court at Jadwin Gym.
The Town Topics reports from Princeton's Media Day.
Because yesterday began the November Signing Period, one recruiting site posted a piece about future Tiger Hans Brase.
A trio of prospects were expected to sign with Northwestern yesterday and a pair pledged to Richmond.
14 Fairfield games will be televised in 2011-12. I've added this information to our electronic team calendars.
The Stags have plenty of offensive options.
ESPN ranks the Ivy League as the 15th-best conference this season. They also look briefly at what to expect in the Ancient Eight.
Princeton shows up in the SB Nation Preseason Mid-Major Top 25.
Georgetown's Markel Starks is aware he's a question mark heading into the start of play for the Hoyas.
A long, well-constructed preview of the Denver Pioneers.
Wednesday News:
Douglas Davis shows up in a statistical review of New Jersey's Division I players.
There's no looking back as Mitch Henderson takes charge.
The Ivy League has published their first weekly release heading into the start of the season on Friday.
You can download audio for this week's Sit Down With Sydney.
ESPN provides five early thoughts on Northwestern.
An excellent Groupon is available for select Georgetown games.
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Know! Your! Foe! - Wagner.
Princeton tips off the 2011-12 season on Saturday, and to provide you with detailed insight on the Tigers' opening opponent I talked with Staten Island Advance writer and Associated Press College Basketball Board member Cormac Gordon (not pictured above) for the first Know! Your! Foe! of the year.
A transcript of our conversation recorded over the weekend can be found after the jump. If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.
Tuesday News:
Princeton Association of New England is putting on a post-game reception when the Tigers visit Northeastern in December. If you don't have your tickets for this event or the tilt at Harvard yet, they are still available through Bob Ruxin and PANE.
Despite missing three likely starters, Northwestern had no trouble with Robert Morris. Six Wildcats hit double figures on their way to the 99-48 victory.
Princeton basketball recruit Mike Washington, Jr. grabbed six receptions and a touchdown in Oak Harbor's season-ending state tournament loss to Eastlake Catholic.
Bull Run is already previewing Buffalo's trip to Jadwin Gym.
There's a documentary about Georgetown's trip to China airing tonight on MASN.
The Hoya has published their in-depth basketball preview edition.
Denver coach Joe Scott likes what he sees out of his freshman class.
I've added Basketball Times' Ivy League predictions to the site's 2011-12 conference projections.
In the latest ESPN The Magazine, the Tigers are ranked 104th out of all 344 Division I programs. There are also some great photographs in the issue of two gyms Princeton will visit this season - The Palestra and Payne Whitney Gym.
Thanks to Ballin' Is A Habit for including this site in their Social Media Must-Follow Database.
Finally, look for the first Know! Your! Foe! of the season up later today!
Coach Mitch Henderson - 11/7/11.
Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met courtside at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record a wide-ranging interview in advance of the Tigers' season opener versus Wagner.
Henderson and Solomon discussed myriad topics including the competitiveness of the team's recent practices, the overall health of Princeton's roster, replacing Dan Mavraides by committee, who the orange and black's best on-ball defender is, the impact of the new restricted area under the basket and how the addition of Dan Geriot has benefited the team's big men before concluding by previewing Henderson's first game as a head coach against the Seahawks.
This exclusive Q&A is 15:00+ in length.
Monday News:
Northwestern hosts Robert Morris in an exhibition tonight.
Both Harvard/Princeton contests make one man's list of favorite conference games this season.
Kareem Maddox had six points and four rebounds in Landstede Basketbal's win at Rotterdam. Maddox is currently third in the DBL in blocked shots.
Coming off the bench Mason Rocca also totaled six points as EA7 Emporio Armani Milano passed Novipiù Casale Monferrato in the fourth quarter.
Mercer 58 BMCC 49.
Postgame audio - Coach Howie Levy:
Howie Levy had a right to be pessimistic preceding Mercer County Community College's second basketball game of the season. Not the Pete Carril version of over-exagerated for effect pessimism, either.
His legitimate pessimism was grounded in what had transpired the previous afternoon. The Vikings (1-1) had opened 2011-12 with a horrific first half and a beastly initial showing, held to six points in the nascent 20 minutes of what would end as a 61-25 loss to CCRI.
"Guys weren't ready to play. Some guys showed up late for the game," Levy said of a Saturday to forget. "Just a real horrible performance."
Sunday was a completely different story, the sort of tough half court victory that can get a ramshackle lineup to buy in to the type of basketball their coach believes in.
Sunday News:
Borough of Manhattan CC vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET - Mercer/Burlington Classic
This is the photo. You know the one. Brendan Prunty has a great feature on new Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson.
At Georgetown, it is Jason Clark's turn in the spotlight.
Oregon State's Jared Cunningham is interviewed by Yahoo! Sports.
It wasn't the start to the season Howie Levy was looking for as Mercer (0-1) scored six first half points and lost 61-25 to CCRI.
Saturday News:
CCRI vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET - Mercer/Burlington Classic
Princeton assistant coach Brian Earl shares a diary entry on the differences between Mitch Henderson and Sydney Johnson.
Pete Carril is part of an article about the 25th anniversary of the three point shot in college basketball.
The 14-Game Tournament unloads an epic 2011-12 Ivy League preview.
NYC Buckets asks three questions about Princeton's first foe of the season, Wagner. The NEC's preseason coaches' poll projects the Seahawks to finish fourth in their conference.
Oregon State won yesterday's exhibition versus Pacific by 31.
The Sydney Johnson era began at Fairfield with a 97-70 win over the University of Bridgeport. Johnson was mostly pleased with his team's effort.
Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College team kicks off their season this afternoon.
Someone (again not me! stop pointing fingers!) has created a Wikipedia page for Kit Mueller.
Finally, don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight everybody.
Twelve years of season openers.
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...
