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Basketball

12/07/20 8:10pm
Penn men’s basketball is a program built on community and collective effort, and for freshman forward Andrew Laczkowski, playing team basketball is second nature.
12/06/20 8:56pm
The 1994 team was led by senior forward Barry Pierce and junior guards Jerome Allen and Matt Maloney, who all averaged nearly 15 points a game.
12/06/20 8:49pm
Before assuming the head coaching position for the Quakers in 1977, Weinhauer served as Chuck Daly’s assistant for four seasons. He then coached the Red and Blue from 1977 to 1982. 
12/02/20 9:21pm
1995 was yet another impressive year for the Penn's men basketball squad, clinching their third consecutive Ivy League title and securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time in history.
12/01/20 9:02pm
The Quakers-Tigers series has all the components of a good sports rivalry: close geographical proximity, distinct styles of play, and passion for the game on both sides.
11/29/20 10:21pm
While two seemingly unrelated businessmen may seem to only have sports ownership in common, they share another connection: They’re both Wharton graduates. 
11/29/20 10:15pm
Determined not to be second-best again, Dunphy pulled out all the stops and led his Quakers to an undefeated season, finishing 14-0 in the Ivy League and 22-5 overall.
11/24/20 9:27pm
With a strong freshman class joining a team that had all its starters from the previous year returning, the Quakers entered the 1987 season as favorites to win the league.
11/24/20 8:47pm
Nobody knows when the Ivy League will play again, but we're prepared for anything and are ranking the basketball teams heading into the season. 
11/23/20 10:39pm
Regardless of the level of competition, any great team you come across will be led by a great coach. Within the first three years after the creation of Penn women's basketball, the Quakers played without a coach entirely.
11/23/20 7:44pm
Slajchert is taking classes from home, hasn’t been able to meet any of his teammates in person yet, and found out that his freshman season would be canceled while waiting to enter a Zoom call in his childhood bedroom. 
11/22/20 5:23pm
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn men's basketball's Eddie Scott 15 questions about his sport, his time at Penn, and his life overall. Here's what the senior had to say.
11/18/20 9:04pm
Penn went 20-8 in 1980-81, including a dominant 13-1 Ivy League record. It even took a rematch with Princeton to decide who would win a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
11/18/20 8:11pm
For the first time in 55 years of games at the Palestra, the squad would start off the season with newly replaced floors since its construction.
11/15/20 11:02pm
Beck was born and raised in Philadelphia and chose to attend Penn over offers from other Big 5 schools Villanova and La Salle, along with Notre Dame. 
11/15/20 9:01pm
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn men's basketball’s Mark Jackson 15 questions about his sport, his time at Penn, and his life overall. Here's what the senior had to say.
11/15/20 7:40pm
As another Ivy League title launched Penn into the national spotlight, the Quakers set their sights on dominating all the way to the NCAA Tournament finals in San Diego.
11/12/20 6:52pm
Citing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ivy League has canceled the full winter sports season, league sources confirmed to CBS Sports Thursday evening and the conference announced shortly after.
11/10/20 9:27pm
The Daily Pennsylvanian recently compiled a pair of Penn men's basketball all-time starting five lineups, but now it's time for our top lineup for the women.
11/10/20 9:21pm
Over the years, numerous talented men have been at the helm of the team that calls the Palestra home. We take a look at Red and Blue's greatest coaches of all time.