Penn-Princeton countdown

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Just 20 hours until the Penn-Princeton game tips off, and here are some notes to get you ready.

Quakers guard Eric Osmundson said at practice today that he survived his two run-ins at Harvard and will be ready to go for tonight's matchup.

Osmundson twisted his knee as he tripped over a Penn cheerleader under the basket after making a layup. He later took a pretty good whack from the Crimson's Michael Beal in his shoulder, but he has shaken both off.

Bad news for Princeton, as Osmundson was the one who sparked the big comeback at the Palestra last year.

The smart money is on not betting when the Quakers and Tigers meet, since we all know that all logic is thrown out the window in this rivalry.

But if you must know, Penn was listed as a 14.5 point favorite on the sports betting Web site Pinnaclesports.com.

At first, I thought there just wouldn't be enough possessions in a Princeton game for either team to win by that many, but then I looked back through the years. Of the teams' last 20 meetings, half were decided by 14 points or more, with the widest margin coming in Penn's 73-48 win at Princeton on March 2, 1999.

Maybe a little revenge for Black Tuesday 21 days earlier.

See you at the Palestra.