Category Archives: Men's Basketball

Technically, the Penn basketball team played in its first postseason since 2007, won its first postseason game since 1994 and hosted its first postseason game since 1978. But the Quakers seemed to recognize that their invitation to the College Basketball … Continue reading →

Last year I was privileged enough to talk to Dick Harter for a feature I wrote on Penn’s legendary 1970-71 basketball team.  Harter was the coach of that team, and it was in large part due to his no-nonsense leadership … Continue reading →

PRINCETON, N.J. – What is there to say? For Penn basketball fans, Tuesday night marked a bitter end to a memorable season as the Quakers missed a golden opportunity to capture a share of the program’s first NCAA tournament since … Continue reading →

BOSTON – Lavietes Pavilion, the basketball gym at Harvard, has a unique setup. Unlike most gyms, where media areas are tucked away inside the bowels of the arena, the press conferences at Lavietes are held in a second-story room with … Continue reading →

For a few moments on Saturday, it felt like old times for Stan Greene, who played basketball at Penn from 1974-78. As Greene drove to the hole, he heard the familiar ring of “Go Stan Greene,” the legendary chant that … Continue reading →

For so many years, it’s been Penn and Princeton playing crucial games with the Ivy League basketball championship hanging in the balance. Not this year. If the Quakers want to go dancing in March, they’ll have to go through Harvard … Continue reading →

Before the 2011-12 basketball season began, many people liked to say that senior Zack Rosen could go down as one of the best Penn basketball players never to win an Ivy League championship. That is certainly true. But the real … Continue reading →