Moments of brilliance, like the win over Villanova in December, are nice, but poise that lasts for an entire season? That’s magical. 

The sweep of the New York Ivies makes the Quakers 8-1 in League play with just five regular season games remaining.

The Quakers got the job done on Saturday in a strong 68-50 win over Cornell, which sat two slots above them in the conference standings entering the game. 

In the end, the offenses would come back down to earth and the Quakers would win, 69-58, in a game that was close but never really in doubt.

Penn men's and women's basketball will look to pick up Ivy wins over Cornell on Saturday, as the women tip off at 4:30 while the men take the court at 7:00.

It doesn’t make much sense that a group that beat Villanova, Temple, and Miami (Fla.) this season has a 3-6 Ivy League record. But that’s what can happen when a team struggles to close games out in the final minutes. 

The Quakers’ disappointing conference play continued in a 79-77 loss to Columbia at the Palestra.

Entering Friday’s contest versus Columbia, the Quakers ranked fourth in the NCAA in opponents field-goal percentage (33.0) and fifth in points allowed per game (51.9).

Penn women’s basketball used a run of hot second half shooting to rebound from a disappointing first Ivy loss to Harvard with a dominant 79-56 win over Columbia on Friday.

Last Saturday, both the men and women of Penn basketball suffered losses to Harvard, the first conference loss for the women all season, and a disappointing defeat for the men that dropped them to 3-5 among the Ancient Eight.

On Thursday, Penn Athletics announced that the remaining four home men’s basketball games will be broadcast live in Mandarin.

With three weekends left to play, there seem to be three camps with different visions for how the remainder of the season will play out. Let’s take a look at some of the more likely possibilities.

Whether it’s electronic dance music – EDM, for short – to get the blood flowing or a slow song to mourn a tough loss, music serves a multitude of purposes for athletes at Penn. 

The energy the Penn band brings has become a staple in creating the atmosphere that makes the Palestra so special.

Coming off its first conference loss of the season against Harvard in double overtime, Penn women's basketball will look to get back on track when it hosts Columbia on Friday and Cornell on Saturday.

The freshman guard has been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week four times this season, all coming in the past six weeks. 

On Friday and Saturday, the Quakers will host Columbia and Cornell, respectively, at the Palestra. The Red and Blue are currently in fifth place in the Ivy League, tied with Brown.