Even though the first men’s hoops tourney is played in Memphis, the Palestra will remain a potential site for future tourneys, since both the women’s and men’s tournaments are both expected to move on a rotating basis.

Like a high school freshmen, the newly-formed American Athletic Conference has a few issues.

This past weekend, I had the chance to talk to recruit Jack Williams about his visit to Penn, his place in the recruiting process and his thoughts about his playing ability on the court.

Two Ivy League teams travelled to the Collegiate Rugby Championships last weekend, and one walked away in defeat while the other left triumphant.

Two is company for the Quakers this weekend as a duo of track and field stars head to the west coast for the NCAA Championships.

Franklin Field is getting a new SprinTurf field after nine years of wear and tear on the old one. The new playing surface will consist of a synthetic turf similar to the stadium’s original SprinTurf playing surface.

While Penn’s own Duke Lacroix helped the Nor’easters fight to say in the contest, as they responded to an early Union goal, it wasn’t enough, as the Nor’easters couldn’t undo the late minute heroics of the MLS’ Philadelphia Union.

For Chris Johnson, cycling was always a natural hobby. He grew up in the part of California where the mountain bike was invented, so it only made sense that he would end up biking. In high school and throughout college, however, he went off the beaten bike path and ended up competing in track and field. However, Johnson, a 2005 College graduate, never forgot his passion for cycling.

Just under 10,000 people showed up for the women’s final on Sunday night, while 29,000 fans made their way down Broad Street to take in the men’s final on Monday afternoon. For me, coming from a high school without football and a college where, admittedly, sports are not a top priority, I was stunned.

Going into the national championship, Duke face-off specialist Brendan Fowler had already earned the NCAA single-season record for face-off wins. While each face-off win doesn’t matter any more than the next when it comes to that record, the 20 that Fowler accumulated on Monday afternoon will mean a little more to Fowler. After all, it was on his shoulders that Duke became the national champions, going on a 16-6 run from the second quarter until the end of the game to come back from an early Syracuse lead, ultimately winning, 16-10. Fowler won 20 of 28 face-offs, allowing Duke (16-5) to maintain possession for the majority of the contest. “Obviously winning face offs and getting the ball back makes it a lot easier to score goals,” Fowler said.

It only took 60 minutes of regulation and three overtime periods, but 31 seconds into that third overtime of the NCAA Championship, North Carolina put a Maryland team that came into the title game with a perfect record down for the count, winning, 13-12.

On Tuesday night, rising senior Jonny Dolezal, fellow classmate Stephen Baker and rising junior Duke Lacroix took the field to play in the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

The NCAA women’s lacrosse national championships will be held at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pa. this weekend, featuring three of the opponents that Penn faced off against in the regular season.

We won’t see the immediate impact of Penn’s nascent prestige on this year’s recruiting class, but that’s not to say this year’s recruits won’t step in and make an impact.

The Red and Blue came off of a 12-0 shutout at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies heading into its elimination game versus the Arizona Wildcats in College Station. On Saturday, the Quakers (30-20) battled with a storied Arizona (33-25) team, coming up just short in extra innings, 3-2.

The Quakers fell in 5 innings to Texas A&M, managing just one hit while the Aggies smashed Penn pitching

Saturday, Texas A&M will host a four-team double elimination tournament for the NCAA Softball Regional Finals including Baylor, Arizona and Penn.