So, Princeton Tiger, look out!” The name for the hastily dubbed beast would have more staying power than Mason could have ever imagined. In 1907, and with the university still without a mascot ...

If you want to pick your bracket in hopes that the mascots themselves will take the court ... well, you probably shouldn't be picking brackets. But if you insist, go with demons and anthropomorphic ...

On April 20 of that year, a handful of Princeton players jeered Penn State's team as they arrived, pointing to a statue of their own mascot, the Bengal Tiger, as some show of strength. Mason ...