Category Archives: Men's Basketball
A look back at the most memorable Penn-Harvard basketball games
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
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Catching up with … Mike Jordan C’00
If you’ve been in the Palestra much this season, you’ve probably seen Mike Jordan C’00. Back from Europe, the former Ivy League Player has spent a lot of time in the gym where he led the Quakers to back-to-back Ivy … Continue reading
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Zack Rosen – already a Penn legend
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
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A special California homecoming
ANAHEIM, Ca. – The reporters from California might not have been able to see it but it was there, buried beneath disappointment and press-conference clichés: For Tyler Bernardini and Miles Cartwright, Saturday’s game against UCLA was a special one. “We … Continue reading
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When great athletes return to Penn
Saturday on 33rd street, the Penn football team lost and the Penn basketball team won. But for some, those results may have seemed secondary to a couple of grand returns to the University. Let’s start with a very special homecoming … Continue reading
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The brilliant/tortured career of Zack Rosen
Zack Rosen slumped in his char, sitting sideways, intently doing to an orange what he had just finished doing to the Temple defense: picking it to shreds. This press conference, in the immediate aftermath of Penn’s heartbreaking 73-67 overtime loss … Continue reading
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Historic night at historic gym
Since opening in 1927, the Palestra has been home to iconic games, legendary players and some of basketball’s most memorable moments. On Sunday, another piece of history was added to college basketball’s most historic gym when a few of the … Continue reading
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Highlighting some of the best games of Penn’s 2011-12 basketball schedule
College basketball season is still nearly two months away, but Penn hoops fans got a glimmer of excitement today when the program officially unveiled its schedule. You can find the complete list of games here but below I’ve provided some … Continue reading
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Penn alums agree: ‘We should have been in Houston’
In a few days, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four will be held in Houston – the same city that hosted the event 40 years ago when Penn nearly got there. As we all know however, after winning every … Continue reading
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‘The Penn guys’keep winning at Temple
For the fourth straight year, Penn won’t be playing in the NCAA tournament. But if it’s any solace to Quaker fans – and I’m sure it’s not – the army of former Penn coaches and players over at Temple are … Continue reading
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