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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
The Trentonian and the Trenton Times report from Princeton's Media Day.
Oregon State will knock out some cobwebs tonight with an exhibition versus Pacific University.
Sydney Johnson did not coach any exhibitions while at Georgetown or Princeton, so this evening's friendly versus University of Bridgeport will be a new experience.
03 - Jimmy Sherburne - G - 6-3/197 - Jr - Whitefish Bay, WI (Whitefish Bay)
04 - Denton Koon - F - 6-8/205 - Fr - Liberty, MO (Liberty)
05 - T.J. Bray - G - 6-5/205 - So - New Berlin, WI (Catholic Memorial)
11 - Brian Fabrizius - F - 6-11/210 - Fr - Arlington Heights, IL (Kimball Union)
12 - Ben Hazel - G/F - 6-5/192 - So - Bowie, MD (Good Counsel)
14 - Chris Clement - G - 6-2/190 - So - Round Rock, TX (Stony Point)
15 - John Comfort - F - 6-7/197 - Sr - La Grange, IL (Fenwick)
20 - Douglas Davis (C) - G - 5-11/157 - Sr - Philadelphia, PA (Hun School)
22 - Patrick Saunders (C) - F - 6-8/205 - Sr - Gilford, NH (New Hampton)
23 - Clay Wilson - G - 6-3/176 - Fr - Tulsa, OK (New Hampton)
24 - Will Barrett - F - 6-10/208 - Jr - Hartsville, PA (Central Bucks South)
25 - Tom Noonan - F - 6-8/235 - So - Havertown, PA (Penn Charter)
32 - Mack Darrow - F - 6-9/230 - Jr - Lake Barrington, IL (Barrington)
34 - Ian Hummer - F - 6-7/230 - Jr - Vienna, VA (Gonzaga College HS)
40 - Bobby Garbade - C - 6-11/245 - Fr - Binghamton, NY (Seton Catholic)
41 - Daniel Edwards - F - 6-8/225 - So - Dallax, TX (Highland Park)
44 - Brendan Connolly - C - 6-11/255 - Jr - Brentwood, TN (Father Ryan)
Princeton has updated the heights and weights for its 2011-12 roster.
All returning players came back to the team for the second straight year.
Princeton held its annual preseason Media Day after practice at Jadwin Gym this afternoon. Coach Mitch Henderson and a cross section of Tigers spoke to princetonbasketball.com and other press outlets about the upcoming season.
Coach Mitch Henderson interview:
Douglas Davis & Patrick Saunders interview:
Ian Hummer interview:
Brendan Connolly interview:
Denton Koon interview:
These interviews are exclusive to our site. If you're interested in inside access like this all season long, please consider becoming a member.
25 photos shot by Robert Solomon from today's event, including your first glimpses at the freshman class, can be found after the jump. I've added a couple of observations there as well.
Ian Hummer makes the 14-Game Tourament's First-Team Preseason All-Ivy. Interesting analysis to compliment each of that site's selections.
Today's Ivy League preview comes from the Sports Network.
Ken Pomeroy has updated his ratings for this season. He projects Princeton going 18-11 overall (his table does not include the TCNJ game).
Memories of the Tigers' two games versus Penn in 1999.
Watch Joe Scott at Denver's media day.
The confidence of Oregon State is growing.
Kareem Maddox had 15 points and seven rebounds in a recent DBL contest.
Coming off the bench, Pawel Buczak contributed seven points as Slask Wroclaw defeated LKS Lodz.
The second edition of the New York City Power Poll is out. I am voting in this during the season. Unfortunately, there will be no Schuylkill 16 this year.
Don't get too attached to the above design. Princeton will have new uniforms this season. Do you want to let Paul Lukas know or should I?
The Connecticut Post is offering a Sit Down with Sydney interview series talking to the new Fairfield head coach on a weekly basis.
Princeton's annual media day event is later this week. If you have questions for Mitch Henderson or select players, please let me know and I'll do my best to ask them on your behalf.
Yahoo! offers a preseason team report for Princeton.
The Tigers' 2012 recruiting took a hit yesterday when Plainfield's Justin Sears committed to Yale over fellow finalist Princeton.
IUPUI also added a recruit who had interest from several Ivy schools.
Some dude on Bleacher Report wonders about who can contend with Harvard for the Ivy title.
Looks like Fork Union Military Academy will play the Princeton JV on March 2nd.
Long overdue, but Steve Goodrich and Gabe Lewullis each now have their own category on the site.
Impressed by NYC Buckets' "Five Nights" series, finished with this year's epic data entry of schedules for the eight "Carril Cradle" teams and suffering from an mild early bout of snow madness, I opted to write a piece highlighting one non-conference game in the first three weeks of the season for each of the teams we cover.
My only rule was not picking match-ups that share the same date. Read on for sequential suggestions of contests to pay close(r) attention to as 2011-12 gets underway.
