All-Ivy teams + Thursday rooting guide

First off, congratulations to senior guard Ibrahim Jaaber for winning the Ivy League Player of the Year award for the second year in a row. He is the first person to do so since Penn's Ugonna Onyekwe did it in 2002 and 2003.

Joining Jaaber on the first team was fellow Quakers senior Mark Zoller, who I'm told finished a very close second to Jaaber in POY voting. It's too bad that the numbers didn't work out for them to share the award, because they both deserved it.

Junior guard Brian Grandieri was named to the second team, and probably could have been on the first team, but was passed over. He will have his chance again next year though, that's for sure.

And I think that the coaches did a great job by not including Harvard center Brian Cusworth on any of the teams. Cusworth graduated after one semester and didn't play in Harvard's last 10 or so games. He was great while he was here, but if you only play in 18 games, you don't get postseason awards.

And now, on to the rooting.

Yesterday was OK for Penn, with Villanova, Syracuse, Fordham and Saint Joseph's winning (against Temple), and UTEP blowing an 11-point second-half lead against Rice was the only blemish.

Here are today's games to watch:

Eastern Michigan vs. Toledo, 12 p.m. -- Toledo is currently below Penn, but can threaten the Quakers.
Villanova vs. Georgetown, 12 p.m.
Syracuse vs. Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
Idaho vs. Nevada, 2 p.m. -- Penn would need a big upset to get help from the WAC -- like a five or six seed winning the conference
Fordham vs. Rhode Island, 2:30 p.m.
TCU vs. BYU, 3 p.m. -- same deal as the WAC in the MWC
Wyoming vs. Air Force, 5:30 p.m. -- see above
Central Michigan vs. Akron, 7 p.m. -- another MAC threat
Marshall vs. Memphis, 7 p.m. -- Penn could use an upset winner of this league
Boise State vs. Fresno State, 8 p.m. -- another WAC upset
Saint Joseph's vs. George Washington, 9 p.m.
W. Michigan vs. Kent State, 9 p.m. -- the last MAC threat
Utah vs. UNLV, 9 p.m. -- another MWC upset La. Tech vs. New Mexico St., 10:30 p.m. -- another WAC upset

If you notice, there are a bunch of games here, but every one of them is the lower-seeded team. Obviously Penn doesn't need every one of these to happen, but the more the merrier.

Enjoy the couch (or the beach).