Win and in?

While it's always fun to watch Nate Robinson miss double-digit dunks in a row, the more important game tonight comes at the Palestra.

And while Penn (7-1) is only a half-game a game up on Yale and Cornell (each 7-2), I have the feeling if Penn wins this it will be almost impossible for the two upstart teams to catch the defending champs.

Cornell is a very good squad, with some power inside and youthful enrgized guards outside, and it just beat Princeton comfortably despite shooting 37% from the field. The two freshman leading scorers - Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale - could always fold under the pressure on the road, but they should definitely put up a fight tonight.

But if the Quakers can pull out an eighth Ivy win, I don't see any teams, even Yale, taking them out. The Red and Blue can sometimes take it easy in mid- or late-season Ivy games, but they will come out blazing against Yale, which embarassed them in New Haven earlier this year. With revenge on the minds of the home team, I can't see Yale coming out of the Palestra two weekends from now with a win. And neither should any other Ivy team the rest of the season after tonight.