The countdown is on for the men's basketball opener tonight in Syracuse. Here are a few notes to get you ready and to accompany this morning's basketball supplement.
Here's the complete formula from the book The Wages of Wins that we used in the supplement.
Look out for the formula in the DP throughout this season as a player ranking method.
The sports gambling Web site Pinnaclesports.com has the Quakers listed as five-point favorites over the Miners.
In addition to true freshman Malik Alvin (Simon Gratz HS), who is profiled in today's issue, the Miners boast three other players from the area. Freshman Maurice Thomas and Stefon Jackson, a sophomore (misleading because he was born the same day as yours truly, a senior) attended Lutheran Christian Academy. Marvin Kilgore attended the same basketball factory and has since spent a year at East Carolina and a year at Panola College in Carthage, Texas.
Penn isn't the only Ivy team opening tonight. Princeton opens at 5:30 p.m. against Loyola-Chicago (-5.5) in the Columbus, Ohio, BCA Invitational. Cornell tips off in its opener at Northwestern (-9.5) at 9:30 p.m. Brown, the only team with games under its belt is off to an 0-2 start with losses to Michigan State and Central Michigan.
Bears coach Craig Robinson's Princeton ties are kicking in already. The ex-Tiger's team has averaged 46 points in the two losses.
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