Category Archives: Men's Basketball
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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Jack Eggleston’s farewell
It’s become almost obligatory for coaches to praise opposing teams and players following a game. I can’t remember too many postgame press conferences that haven’t include phrases like “You’ve just gotta give them credit” or “I tip my hat to … Continue reading
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On This Date – 1980
Just in case you needed any more proof that former college hoops broadcaster Billy Packer doesn’t care for mid-majors, Michael Brown C’83 has some. Twenty-four years before Packer’s famous on-air spat with St. Joe’s coach Phil Martelli over the Hawks’ … Continue reading
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Catching up with … Andy Toole
Andy Toole C’03 is only 30 years old, but in a few days he could be headed to his fifth NCAA tournament. Toole, the head men’s basketball coach at Robert Morris University outside Pittsburgh, went to the Big Dance twice … Continue reading
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On This Date – 1971
The 2010-11 Harvard basketball team is in prime position to win the first Ivy League championship in school history. But what some people may not know is that 40 years ago the Crimson also thought they had the team that … Continue reading
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