For the first time in site history, we ran the table in the opening half of Ivy League play, publishing seven different Know! Your! Foe! interviews with seven different experts on each Princeton opponent.
What to do for the back end of the conference schedule? Well, repeat Q&As would be overkill so instead each subject has been asked back to provide a refresher on how the team they initially talked about has been playing since we last conversed.
This afternoon at Jadwin Gym, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down to tape their weekly interview.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's recent sweep of Dartmouth and Harvard in great detail and extensively previewed a second consecutive weekend at home against Columbia and Cornell.
Along the way the pair also talked about the approach to the second half of Ivy play, if ball screens are something Henderson would like to use more at Princeton, if the norovirus outbreak on campus has effected the team and (of course) Jeremy Lin.
This exclusive, longer than usual Q&A is 19:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
MCCC vs. Brookdale - 5:00 pm ET
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET
Former Princeton and Georgetown assistant Robert Burke was placed on "paid administrative leave" yesterday and is no longer the head coach at Mount St. Mary's. Burke requested this decision for as-yet-unknown reasons.
The Daily Princetonian writes about how the Tigers faired versus Jeremy Lin, which complements this piece from the site nicely.
Princeton recruit Hans Brase must have received a second opinion. While Brase originally wrote his season was done due to a torn ankle ligament, he was on the floor for The Hill School in their PAISAA Tournament quarterfinal loss to Friends' Central.
Another future Tiger saw their high school career conclude with a defeat. Mike Washington, Jr. had 14 points as Oak Harbor was knocked out of the Class 3A Northwest District Tournament.
At 19-5, Georgetown is surprising everyone but themselves.
Senior Night was a huge success for Fairfield (16-10). The Stags built a 33-13 halftime lead and easily won their sixth straight.
John Shurna scored 29 but Northwestern (15-10) came up a couple plays short at #18 Indiana.
Richmond dropped a 64-50 decision on the road against St. Louis.
Looking to exact a modicum of revenge, Denver hosts Louisiana-Lafayette.
What will Oregon State and Stanford do as an encore to their four overtime game earlier this season? The answer comes tonight in Palo Alto.
It is already Senior Night at Fairfield. The Stags host St. Peter's this evening. A new Sit Down With Sydney is available, including the coach's thoughts on Princeton defeating Harvard.
Craig Robinson and family welcomed Aaron Lamar Robinson into the world Monday night, Robinson's fourth child. Congratulations!
Look, I've purchased my fair share of Princeton basketball items via eBay, but here is one auction I think I'll pass on.
With Princeton at the mid-point of Ivy play, the Tiger athletic department was kind enough to update this season's plus/minus numbers. I've generated my own Ivy-only and DI-only plus/minus numbers in Excel out of that document.
The first of four charts shows the number of minutes played across the first 23 games this season and the difference in points scored by Princeton while each player was on the floor versus points allowed by the Tigers during the same span.
The second chart shows the same information for non-conference games only, followed by non-conference versus DI opponents and Ivy-only data.
I've also broken down +/- per 40 minutes for all players who have seen at least 100 minutes of action and added Net/40 numbers ("Roland Rate") with inspiration from Hoya Prospectus. This data has been split into non-conference and Ivy-only as well.
The recent, rapid ascent of Harvard alum Jeremy Lin from undrafted NBDL afterthought to trending topic, international phenomenon and nickname machine has been incredible to watch from afar.
When at Jadwin over the weekend I fielded a number of questions about Lin and how Princeton had contained him the eight occasions he faced the Tigers. The same thing happened each time I cleared my inbox after I got home.
After the jump, you'll find Lin's stat lines and complete recaps from these contests.
Lin was 2-6 versus Princeton as a member of the Crimson, 2-2 at home and like all other Harvard players the past 20 years, winless at Jadwin Gym.
NBA GMs trying to scout Lin who read this site: Why not sign Kareem Maddox, stat?
Ian Hummer's great Saturday night overshadowed his forgettable Friday evening and earned him a spot on the 15th Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release of the season.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the true sign you've made a cultural impact in this modern world of ours: A reworking of a pop song about Princeton's victory over Harvard.
David Zeft, whose photographs were first shared on the site at the start of the month, came up to me on Saturday night at Jadwin Gym carrying a yellow plastic bag filled with a stack of historic shots from the past 30 years of Princeton basketball.
I've scanned an initial octet of images this afternoon, the majority of which follow after the jump. Some serious treats here with more of equal quality to come down the line. I can't thank him enough.
Above, the overflow Selection Sunday crowd for the 1990-91 made-for-CBS regular season finale against Loyola Marymount. Shot taken by climbing a camera stanchion!
Since Saturday night's victory over Harvard I've received multiple inquiries that were variations on the same question:
"Between beating Notre Dame in 1977 and last weekend, how many Top 25 teams did Princeton actually play at Jadwin Gym?"
While schools like BYU (81-82), Penn (93-94) and Xavier (00-01) were all ranked either before or after specific visits to Mercer County, these appear to be the only then-ranked teams that have played the Tigers on their home floor in the past 35 years.
The most common misconception when I was doing my research is that Loyola Marymount was highly regarded when they came across the country to close the 1990-91 season. In fact the Lions had a 16-14 overall record. Which reminds me, I need to scan some shots from that game next...
Full list after the jump. Add your memories from any and all in the comments!
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
