Red and Blue scrimmages set for Saturday morning

Little known fact: The Palestra is not at its best on Friday or Saturday nights. Or any night. Come during the daytime and you'll see what I mean. With the light pushing through the opaque skylights, the ceiling and rafters are lit up blue, and the banners pop.

But nobody, except the teams that practice there, gets to see it. I'd love to see some Big 5 or Ivy games pushed up into the daytime in the future. Until then, your chance to see the Palestra in a new light will be Saturday, when both basketball teams hold their Red and Blue intrasquad scrimmages.

Starting conveniently after The Line ends, the women's team will give fans a first look at 9:45, and the men will start at 10:30. We'll be liveblogging with our first impressions of the 2011 Quakers.

So come and get a look at some rough pre-season basketball. But also come see one of my favorite places at Penn.