Saturday in the Ivy League
(01/22/06 4:37pm)
Yesterday in the Ancient Eight, Columbia beat Cornell, Brown beat Yale, and Georgetown beat Duke.
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Former Penn player Pettinella heading to UVA
(01/22/06 6:54am)
I bumped into former Penn basketball player Ryan Pettinella last night.
What we learned today
(01/22/06 1:21am)
Today's La Salle-Saint Joseph's matchup at the Palestra was more than just an ugly tale of two halves. It was a preview of what Penn can expect in its next two contests at home.
Seen and heard last night
(01/20/06 12:04am)
Okay, I admit it. Yes, I went to the Palestra for last night's high school basketball doubleheader to see Episcopal Academy's star duo of Wayne Ellington and Gerald Henderson, just like many of the nearly 5,500 in attendance did. But I really went to see how much of a spectacle it would be, because high school hoops are a big deal in Philadelphia and this seemed to have all the trappings of a special occasion.
New Ivy League rule about uniforms
(01/18/06 5:39pm)
There is a new rule in the Ivy League this year relating to the back-to-back games that teams play every weekend. Teams are now allowed to wear their home jerseys for one of the two games, to avoid having to either find a place to do laundry on the road or just wearing the same uniforms without washing them (ugh).
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
(01/18/06 3:44am)
Penn's three wins over the weekend pushed the program total to 1,601 all time (against exactly 900 losses and two ties). That's a .640 win percentage. Seven programs have more wins. Here's a look at how they got to 1,600: Kentucky (1,915 wins in 103 seasons) Won 1,600th game Jan. 25, 1995 vs. Tennessee 69-50; UK's 92nd season North Carolina (1,870 wins in 96 seasons) Won 1,600th game March 23, 1995 vs. Georgetown 74-64; UNC's 85th season Kansas (1,858 wins in 108 seasons) Won 1,600th game Nov. 27, 1996 vs. Virginia 80-63; KU's 98th season Duke (1,780 wins in 101 seasons) Won 1,600th game Jan. 22, 2000 vs. Wake Forest 75-61; Duke's 95th season St. John's (1,686 wins in 99 seasons) Won 1,600th game Feb. 21, 2000 vs. Connecticut 79-64; SJU's 93rd season Syracuse (1,672 wins in 105 seasons) Won 1,600th game March 13, 2003 vs. Georgetown 74-69; SU's 102nd season Temple (1,647 wins in 110 seasons) Won 1,600th game Feb. 26, 2003 vs. Massachusetts 88-46; Temple's 107th season PENN (1,601 wins in 106 seasons) Won 1,600th game Jan. 14, 2006 vs. Columbia 87-55; Penn's 106th season
Road to Abner's
(01/17/06 3:49am)
I'm calling this season as the first time in a while that the Quakers cheesesteak more than one opponent. When is the last time that happened? If you guessed the Jerome Allen Quakers of 1994-95, you'd be correct. Oddly enough, Penn beat Fairleigh Dickenson and Cornell by the same score that year -- 101-71. On this campaign, I see Penn hitting the century mark against Brown or Harvard or both. They both run fast-paced offenses and if the Quakers hit 62 percent from the field like they did tonight, expect to be headed back to Abner's.
Notes from the cheesesteak game
(01/17/06 3:39am)
High class: Steve Danley passed up the chance to cut the cheesesteak line with the rest of the team, saying that he didn't shoot the ball well enough to deserve the free pass.
An Ivy League Super Bowl
(01/16/06 7:13am)
With wins by Seattle, Carolina and Pittsburgh this weekend in the NFL playoffs, at least one Ivy League graduate will be playing in the Super Bowl this year.
Quick Uniform update
(01/15/06 6:54pm)
I noticed that a previous Penn opponent, the Citadel, had strikingly similar uniforms to Columbia's.
Straight shooter
(01/15/06 5:54am)
As I was heading out onto the Palestra concourse at halftime of tonight's Penn-Columbia game, I heard public address announcer Rich Kahn announce the participants in the free throw shooting contest. One of them sounded like "Jack Schoo-ar," which caught my attention. I turned around, and there indeed was veteran Associated Press writer Jack Scheuer getting ready to face off against a Penn student whose name I didn't pick up.
Scouting La Salle
(01/14/06 8:03pm)
While Penn still has to take on Columbia tonight and Lafayette on Monday, there is no reason not to look ahead to the following game against La Salle.
500-to-1
(01/14/06 4:48pm)
Well, I just got this interesting press release via e-mail from Sportsbook.com. It has revised odds for winning the NCAA Tournament as of midway through the season. It only ranks what it considers to be the top 65 teams in the country.
Princeton wins at last
(01/14/06 6:10am)
Joe Scott's Tigers snapped their own eight game losing skid by wining their ninth straight over Columbia Friday night. Princeton won 68-64 in overtime thanks to a slew of foul shots in the waning minutes.
The big 4-0
(01/14/06 3:23am)
Here are a few interesting facts going back to the first season of the Ivy League in 1955. Friday night's 84-44 win over Cornell was more than just satisfying for Penn fans. It was also historic. The 40-point margin was the largest for Penn ever in an Ivy League opener. And in a league where blowouts are not uncommon, it was the seventh Ivy win for the Quakers by more than 40. Here are the others: Feb. 10, 1995 -- 101-71 vs. Cornell March 4, 1977 -- 105-59 vs. Yale Feb. 6, 1976 -- 94-54 vs. Cornell Feb. 7, 1975 -- 113-69 vs. Columbia March 5, 1971 -- 108-64 at Cornell Jan. 15, 1966 -- 87-43 vs. Dartmouth - For the record, Penn has never lost an Ivy League game by 40 points. - This was the first 40-point win for the Quakers since beating Monmouth 98-54 in 2003. - It was also Penn's biggest point production in an Ivy home opener since downing Harvard 85-68 in 1997. - The Quakers are now 37-15 in Ivy openers and 39-13 in Ivy openers at the Palestra. Penn's last loss in a home-opener was 42-40 against Princeton in 1992.
Getting up for the game
(01/11/06 5:25am)
The Quakers are fortunate Monday's Fordham disappointment happened in the Bronx rather than at the Palestra. For at the end of the season, losses at home hurt much more than losses on the road in the RPI (Penn is currently sitting at 94, down from a high of 32 earlier this year) and the eyes of the NCAA selection committee. This, of course, is if Penn can make it that far.
At long last
(01/11/06 3:04am)
For a team on a 10-game losing streak, it was an awfully ominous start.
A day later
(01/10/06 5:30pm)
The quote of the day on this morning's Basketball Extra page bears repeating here, because it says a lot about the biggest flaw in Penn's offense this season.
Anything but Uniform
(01/10/06 6:43am)
It's time for some uniform information on those Penn Quakers. This is a feature that will appear before and sometimes after every game for the rest of the season.