The picture's becoming clearer

Now that we're about a third of the way through the Ivy season, we can really begin to evaluate what this team is like. There are clear strengths and clear weaknesses, and we can now identify which players are good at what. So without further ado, here's my midterm awards, good and bad:

Most dependable player: Brian Grandieri He's scored in double figures in eight of the first ten games, and grabbed four or more rebounds in all but one. He hasn't been fased by the bright lights, dropping 17 points and six rebounds against North Carolina and 23 and 10 in the opener against Drexel. but even the most consistent Quaker has some liabilities - he averages 17.5 points and 7 rebounds per game at home, but 10.75 and 3.75 on the road.

Biggest mystery: Harrison Gaines The Quakers' starting point guard seemed like he'd solidified his starting job a few weeks ago, but lost it to Aron Cohen last weekend against Monmouth. In the third and fourth games of the season against The Citadel and Virginia he had 21 points and 20 assists, but in the next five games he only posted 30 points and 12 assists. He is Penn's far and away leader in assists with 40, but also the leading culprit of coughing the ball up, with 26 turnovers. He also tends to not show up until the second half of the game, quite often when it's too late.

Biggest Gun: T - Aron Cohen and Gaines In case you didn't notice, it's not a good thing when the two most over-shooting players are the point guards. Cohen has gone 9 for 34 on the season for 26.5 percent shooting, while Gaines is 21 for 58 (third-most attempts on the team) for 36.2 percent from the floor. When they step out for three, which happens often for Cohen, they are even worse. Cohen is 8 for 28 (1 for 7 this month) for 28.6 percent and Gaines is 2 for 13, 15.4 percent. Out of the eight players who get double-digit minutes, they are the only ones with more shot attempts than points - 34-to-30 for Cohen and 28-to-27 for Gaines.

Best defender: Perimeter - Gaines, inside - Andreas Schreiber Gaines has the foot speed to contend with anyone, and unlike many guards, hasn't seemed to get beat off the dribble very often. Cam Lewis could be a pick for the inside guy for his shot-blocking ability, but he's not nearly as strong or quick as Schreiber. The sophomore actually has almost double the blocks of anyone else on the team, though he's got to stay out of foul trouble (leads the team with 28 fouls).

Best rebounder: Grandieri This is pretty sad - the 6-foot-4 guard leads the team in rebounding with 5.7 per game. The guy nearest to him is Eggleston with 4.7. If the many 6-foot-8 forwards and swingmen learn how to box out that would help things quite a lot.

Most upside: This award could easily go to Gaines, but I've talked enough about him, so I'll go with Tyler Bernardini. He dropped 26 points against No. 1 North Carolina, a performance that included threes, fadeaways and even a play where he absolutely blew by (fellow 'Tyler' and 26-point scorer) Hansbrough. The freshman started the year slowly, but has averaged 20 points in the last three games. If he keeps playing like he has (and that is a big 'if') then the rookie has a First-Team All-Ivy bid in his sight.

Get him more shots: Justin Reilly The Sophomore is 23 of 50 from the fieild (46 percent) and 7 for 13 from three. Although notice this category isn't named "get him the ball": he has five assists compared to 17 turnovers. Jack Eggleston is a runner-up fo this award. He has hit 51.8 percent from the field and and 38.9 percent from three.

Best shooter: Bernardini - 48.3 percent from the floor, 38.9 percent from three, 78.9 percent form the line.

Turnover waiting to happen: Lewis - Eight turnovers compared to 12 points

Hack: Schrieiber - leads the team with 28 fouls despite getting the eight-most minutes. He draws a whistle every five minutes he plays.

Sure-handed: Gaines - other than Grandieri, he's the only player with more assists (40) than turnovers (26)