05/10/12 7:41pm
A few weeks ago, a tweet from Penn football’s standout kicker and 2011 graduate Andrew Samson hit me like a train.
04/18/12 10:27pm
Though the Ivy League is considering instituting a four-team postseason basketball tournament, they should ultimately decide against it.
04/02/12 11:58pm
Beginning with the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a showcase for elite college seniors running from April 11-14, Rosen will look to impress professional scouts in the hopes of hearing his name called during the NBA draft on June 28.
03/21/12 12:29am
Coach John Cole said he had a pretty good idea coming into the season that the rookie would take the starting job, filling the void left by catcher Will Davis, a Phillies signee last year.
03/19/12 1:48am
Allen, who was enlisted by CBS as a tournament analyst, will be working double duty until his Quakers finish their run in the College Basketball Invitational.
03/18/12 10:41pm
On Monday night, the Quakers will take on Butler in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational.
03/16/12 1:53am
In its first tourney appearance since 1946, Harvard fell, 79-70, to SEC tournament champion Vanderbilt in Albuquerque, N.M.
03/15/12 11:43pm
The faculty and staff are just as much a vital part of this community as the students are, but are rarely seen at Penn basketball games. They should come be a part of a part of the Penn community Monday night at the Palestra.
03/14/12 12:03am
Harter grew up in Pottstown, Pa., only 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia and enrolled at the university in the School of Education. He was a reserve guard on the men’s basketball team before graduating in 1953.
03/12/12 1:20am
After missing out on a bid to the National Invitational Tournament, the Quakers will host a game in the College Basketball Invitational, Wednesday against Quinnipiac at the Palestra.
03/02/12 8:45pm
Behind a game-high 19 points from Rosen and 10 from senior Tyler Bernardini the Red and Blue pulled away from the Bears (8-22, 2-11 Ivy) late in the second half to win their sixth straight game, improving to 10-2 in the Ivy League (18-11 overall), still a half game behind Harvard.
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02/26/12 11:10pm
Whereas Harvard Coach Tommy Amaker sat senior forward Keith Wright, the reigning Ivy Player of the Year, in the final minutes of Saturday’s game, Penn Coach Jerome Allen depended on his seniors for the win. And they stepped up. Especially Tyler Bernardini.
02/22/12 11:08pm
After playing just 47 total minutes his freshman year, Steve Rennard has emerged as coach Jerome Allen’s go-to spark off the bench.
02/19/12 11:26pm
Every one of the 4,103 under those baby blue rafters knew whose hands would be trusted with the final shot: Zack Rosen.
So, of course, it was Fran Dougherty, sweet baby Fran, who caught the inbounds pass from Miles Cartwright in midair and delicately kissed it off the glass for two points as the clock wound down to 0.5 seconds Saturday night against Columbia.
02/15/12 10:10pm
Penn’s ticketing and digital products are joining the 21st century. This week, Penn Athletics and its content provider, NeuLion, announced a multi-year contract extension, which will include a bevy of new services.
02/13/12 9:39pm
On Friday night, the Quakers hosted the Crimson in what was one of the biggest Ivy hoops games in recent memory. Trouble was, if you weren’t there, you likely didn’t see it, and that’s a shame.
02/09/12 11:57pm
Harvard is the antagonist to the Ivy saga this year — a growing danger, challenging the “traditional” Ivy power structure of Penn and Princeton.
02/07/12 8:45pm
From his first Red and Blue scrimmage in November 1992, to his final game, a loss to Alabama in the NCAA tournament in March 1995, he dominated Penn’s backcourt alongside Jerome Allen. The Quakers did not lose an Ivy League game during his Penn career.
02/07/12 8:40pm
From his first Red and Blue scrimmage in November 1992, to his final game, a loss to Alabama in the NCAA tournament in March 1995, he dominated Penn’s backcourt alongside Jerome Allen. The Quakers did not lose an Ivy League game during his Penn career.
01/25/12 10:41pm
This year, pride will have to wait. For the first time since 1997, there was no neighborhood matchup.
