Rivalry week

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College basketball fans have not been disappointed with this year's rivalry week. Duke-UNC, Georgetown-Syracuse, Pitt-West Virginia and, oh yeah, that overtime Penn-Princeton thriller.

While we celebrated the P-P rivalry with an entire sports section devoted to the matchup, ESPN's Andy Katz seems to think that Penn-Princeton might be headed to the backburner. On his blog this week, he noted several up-and-coming rivalries to watch out for:

Harvard-Princeton: Penn coach Jerome Allen will have something to say about the top two spots in the Ivy. And nothing in the Ivy can or will replace Penn-Princeton. But the top spot for the foreseeable future is Harvard-Princeton. It might be the most competitive competition for the next few years as Sydney Johnson and Tommy Amaker build conference powers.

Sorry Andy, but I'm gonna have to disagree on this one. Penn may have come away from its last two games with two losses, and those two losses make winning the league that much tougher for Penn, but the closeness with which Penn played both those games (and Harvard played Princeton) shows how even these teams all are.

I will admit that Harvard has some great young talent, so I can see the Crimson being good for several years to come, but there's not reason to think Penn won't give either of these team's a run for their money this year or in the near future.

Shall we call it a tri-valry?

(h/t to Zach Klitzman)