ESPN's season preview: Penn hoops

With "The Line" just three days away and team practices already in full swing, the time has finally come to delve into Penn hoops. To get your preseason fix, check out the season preview for the Quakers featured on ESPN (made by the folks over at Blue Ribbon Yearbook).

The preview goes into a good amount of detail about what can be expected from the 2011-12 Quakers and has a bunch of interesting quotes and tidbits from Coach Allen. Here are the grades they gave for Penn's team:

BLUE RIBBON ANALYSIS

BACKCOURT: A BENCH/DEPTH: C FRONTCOURT: C+ INTANGIBLES: B

Also, according to the article, sophomore swingman Marin Kukoc, who missed all of last season to injury, is ready to suit up. It will be interesting to see where he fits in the rotation, especially if he's slotted as a small forward. Seniors Tyler Bernardini and Rob Belcore figure to get a healthy dose of minutes at that spot, but then again, with the number of potent guards this team has, the Quakers could go with a lot of small lineups — the article even has a quote from Coach Allen saying that Belcore may be called to play the four at times.

There's much more to talk about, but something makes me think that there will be a Mano-a-Mano on Penn hoops tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.