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Before we get into tonight's game against Brown and Tournament seeding (if VMI can't make a three for the win to help Penn who can?), you have to marvel at Penn's performance last night.

The 22 assists and the 57 to 35 shooting percentage were impressive, but have been done quite often this season.

But Penn outrebounded Yale 45 to 22. Let that sink in for a minute. Mark Zoller (17) and Brennan Votel (6) alone had more rebounds than the Elis. Travis Pinick had 10 boards off the bench, but no other player had more than two. The Quakers have been out-rebounded by 3.25 per game in their last eight in the Ivy League.

Whether Yale was nervous or even just thinking too much, it seemed like Penn just wanted it more. While many players were just beasts on the glass, Ibrahim Jaaber exemplified the aggressive rebounding attitude. Off of a free throw no one decided to box him out or go for the ball with any sort of tenacity, and the senior guard grabbed it right under the basket and put it up for two.

It was classy for the Penn student section (which was surprisingly full) didn't rush the court. I'm not going to say it would have been bad if they did, but it was nice to se some restraint.

The funniest part of the game (other than Andreas Schreiber falling out of bounds on his own) was when three fans got together and rushed. Usually this sparks a flood on to the hardwood, but no one followed them, and they got real embarrassed (one even took his shirt off) and went back to their seats.

As for tonight, Brown (6-7 Ivy) has been out of the title picture for a while, but has won four of its last five games, only losing to Cornell, and holding Dartmouth to 33 points. They're only 2-4 on the road though.

Tonight is senior night for the Quakers, but it is also for the JV team. Four-year seniors Peter Feldman and Mike Cosulich will dress for the big squad tonight. Dunphy didn't play Jeff Bilsky last year who dressed on senior day, but who knows, maybe Glen Miller will reward coach Bromwell's guys in case of a blowout. Pete is actually a former DPOSTM-ite, who wrote his freshman year.