Congrats to the Penn men's basketball team for winning its second consecutive Ivy League championship. With wins over Brown and Yale at the Palestra this weekend, the Quakers racked up another Ivy League title -- their 20th -- and proved once again why they're the best in the Ancient Eight. We weren't always sure that it was going to end this way. Penn came into the season with a crop of promising but untested freshmen and sported a sub-.500 record as of only five weeks ago. But today we can forget about the blowout loss to Kansas and the heartbreaker against Villanova. Riding high with an undefeated record in the Ivy League and the country's second-longest winning streak -- now at 15 games and counting -- the Quakers are going to the Big Dance. It will be the final waltz around the floor for seniors Michael Jordan, Matt Langel and Frank Brown. And the freshmen, led by high-flying forward Ugonna Onyekwe, will get their first -- but assuredly not last -- taste of March Madness. It has been a season of defeat and redemption, of painful losses and now the sweetest of victories. The road to the NCAAs began in Kentucky, led out west to California, wound triumphantly through Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium and will end tomorrow at the Palestra. Truly, the Ivy title is an achievement in which we as a school should take a great deal of pride. So, to the fans -- including the record number of season-ticket holders -- thanks for supporting the team through the ups and downs this season. And to coach Fran Dunphy and the 14 members of the basketball team who have worked all season to get to this point, congratulations. We salute you and your tireless efforts.
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