Tiger69
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09-12-16 11:52 PM - Post#210372
Is it available yet? Not on GoPrincetonTigers.com. I would like to know schedule through December as I shall be in the East for Thanksgiving to Christmas and would like to see a few games.
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westcoast
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Re: 2016-17 Schedule
09-14-16 04:44 PM - Post#210426
In response to Tiger69
The official schedule has not been released yet, but this link has most of this season's games:
http://barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Princeton&...
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bradley
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Re: 2016-17 Schedule
09-14-16 09:04 PM - Post#210443
In response to westcoast
I do not have any inside knowledge as to why the schedule has not come out earlier but I suspect that Coach H has been trying to add quality opponents to the schedule. The recent addition of BYU to the schedule adds another quality opponent to the schedule. I suspect that he is searching for at least one more quality opponent. On the surface, it appears that the Tigers have the strongest non-league schedule among the Ivies this year.
Why the search? I would not be surprised that he is trying to hedge his bet if the Tigers do not win the Ivy League tournament as he has a senior laden team with talent. He probably hopes to get two bites at the apple (NCAA Tournament) -- Ivy League Tournament and the regular season record. The difference this year is that he has not scheduled Maryland and Miami type teams away which are extremely challenging games to win on the road. I would not be surprised if Henderson has experienced difficulty in getting games scheduled as opposing teams might want to take a pass on the Tigers this year.
Stronger competition may also help prepare them for the Ivy League tournament if they do not have a great record in non-league play. Take away the Ivy League tournament and he may have selected a different strategy as to non-league play.
Just a guess. Will the strategy work? Time will tell.
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mrjames
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09-14-16 09:13 PM - Post#210444
In response to bradley
Princeton has made an active effort to be more RPI conscious. The selection committee does what it wants so I'm not sure it'll help, but I hope they get rewarded.
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Tiger69
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Re: 2016-17 Schedule
09-15-16 10:43 AM - Post#210466
In response to westcoast
Thanks!  I'm really looking forward to St. Joe's rematch at Jadwin. We lost there last year when we couldn't find the basket.
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SRP
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09-17-16 10:07 AM - Post#210516
In response to Tiger69
And to give the Hawk his due, some of that (not all) was good D.
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Tiger69
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09-17-16 10:22 AM - Post#210517
In response to SRP
Fair enough. And the Hawk had nearly as much trouble finding its basket. 
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westcoast
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Re: 2016-17 Schedule
09-19-16 04:36 PM - Post#210573
In response to Tiger69
The official schedule has now been posted:
http://www.goprincetontigers.com/schedule.aspx?pat...
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SRP
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09-20-16 03:32 AM - Post#210595
In response to westcoast
The Richmond game is a bit of a surprise. Carril-tree coaches usually avoid playing one another. Maybe also playing their archrival VCU compensates.
Lots of road-warrior stuff early, but only Cal looks like a bear of an opponent. They'll even have Grant Mullins for familiarity with the Tigers. VCU and Richmond should also be serious tests. Conference schedule has good home/away alternation--I never like it when the team has too many consecutive roadies.
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Tiger69
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09-20-16 10:35 AM - Post#210603
In response to SRP
Am I blind? When do we play Richmond?
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SRP
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09-21-16 03:50 AM - Post#210635
In response to Tiger69
I was hallucinating. I think I glanced at the VCU location--Richmond--as I skimmed it on my phone.
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Tiger69
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09-21-16 10:49 AM - Post#210647
In response to SRP
Another good reason to hate my cell phone.
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bradley
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09-30-16 09:02 AM - Post#211029
In response to SRP
CBS analyst surprisingly has the Tigers/Monmouth game as one of the top 50 non-conference games to be played. Part of the reason is that Monmouth has 93% of last season points coming from returning players and Princeton has 99%, second only to Wisconsin.
Monmouth will be a tough road game as they are very good.
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