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Coach Mitch Henderson - 2/20/13.

February 20, 2013 at 4:58 pm
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Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met before practice at Jadwin Gym today to tape the 13th installment of their season-long weekly interview series.

Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's split at Dartmouth and Harvard in great detail before delving into the specifics of this weekend's Empire State trip to Columbia and Cornell.

This exclusive Q&A streaming after the jump is 11:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.

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Steven Postrel said,

February 20, 2013 @ 8:27 pm

In retrospect, the only question I would have liked to have answered was why we didn't see more of Brendan Connolly against Harvard, given Brase's struggles and the problems Smith was causing. Sorry for not suggesting that ahead of time.

I really like MH's attitude in this interview. Everything he said rang true to me. This is indeed a huge weekend for Princeton and it really is going to come down to attitude and effort. Maybe he should invoke some of his Big Ten experience with his players. I watched a recording of the Indiana-MSU tilt yesterday and was struck by how much harder both teams played on defense compared to Princeton and the Ivies I've seen this year. It isn't just a gap in speed, strength, and explosiveness. Izzo was all over his guys for defensive lapses on possessions where, to a civilian, Indiana looked to have made great offensive plays against pretty intense and physical MSU defense. If you watch Butler you'll see the same kind of defensive effort and attention to detail.

Heck, showing some old video of Kareem Maddox might not even be a bad idea. You could go back all the way to games against Cornell's mini-dynasty to find some great examples of Princeton really putting a skilled opponent through the defensive wringer. If they could combine that kind of defensive approach with their existing nifty offense, the Tigers would be very likely to sweep the rest of their games. Big if, though.

Jon Solomon said,

February 20, 2013 @ 8:29 pm

Slipped my mind as well when I was prepping questions this week. Sorry about that!

The "human element" stuff was unexpected and great.

Jon

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Editor:
     Jon Solomon
Photographers:
     Stephen Goldsmith
     Robert Solomon

The 13-14 Schedule

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

The 12-13 Results

at Buffalo 57-53 W
vs Northeastern 67-66 L
vs Rutgers 58-52 L
at Syracuse 73-53 L
at Lafayette 72-53 W
at Wagner 48-42 L (OT)
at Kent State 62-50 W
vs Drexel 64-57 L
vs Fordham 63-60 L*
vs Rider 62-45 W
vs Bucknell 79-67 W
at Akron 62-58 L
at Elon 74-64 W
vs Penn 65-53 W
vs TCNJ 71-33 W
vs Cornell 76-59 W
vs Columbia 72-66 W
vs Brown 63-46 W
vs Yale 69-65 L
at Dartmouth 73-55 W
at Harvard 69-57 L
at Columbia 65-40 W
at Cornell 72-53 W
vs Harvard 58-53 W
vs Dartmouth 68-63 W
at Yale 71-66 L
at Brown 80-67 L
at Penn 71-58 W

The 1,000 Point Scorers

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