Basketball
Halftime: Penn men's basketball leads defending national champs Villanova, 32-28
Through one half of action at the Palestra, Penn men’s basketball leads Villanova 32-28. Penn raced out to an early 14-2 lead, making it clear that the group could play with the Wildcats.
HALFTIME RECAP: Behind blistering pace, Penn men's basketball leads Miami, 50-36
After an exhilarating first half of play, Penn men’s basketball leads Miami, 50-36. The two teams combined to shoot nearly 60 percent from the field, as shoots were falling all half long.
HALFTIME: Penn men's basketball trails George Mason, 37-33, in season opener
Penn men’s basketball trails George Mason, 37-33, after one half of play in both team’s season openers. But the big story of the half was an injury to junior guard Ryan Betley, who went down awkwardly and painfully just five minutes into the game.
July recruiting: the first step towards a championship
In today's college basketball landscape, there truly is no offseason. Coaches at all levels flock to AAU tournaments across the country throughout the summer to catch a glimpse of the premiere high school talent.
Men's basketball reveals talented class of 2021
Now, a new set of freshmen are up to bat. While the class only has five players, it is replacing an even smaller group of seniors that boasted only one major contributor in Matt Howard.
Former Penn men's basketball standout leads lawsuit against Donald Trump
Karl Racine, the current Washington, D.C. Attorney General and a 1980s Penn men’s basketball standout, is leading a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Penn women's basketball set to participate in Thanksgiving Bahamas tournament
Over Thanksgiving break next season, the Quakers will be heading down to the Bahamas to participate in the Junkanoo Jam, the team announced earlier today. The annual event consists of two separate four-team bracket, with two guaranteed games for each team.
Former Penn player and coach Jack McCloskey dies at 91
Jack McCloskey, the former Penn basketball player and coach who went on to have a long and successful career in the NBA, died Thursday in Savannah, Georgia at the age of 91.
Former Penn coach Jerome Allen enjoying success with Boston Celtics
But now, Allen is facing a whole new kind of challenge. As an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics, Allen now has to help his team slow down the NBA defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers.
Ivy League Basketball Tournament returning to Palestra in 2018
The Ivy League Basketball tournament will return to the Palestra in 2018 for its second year.
Many Penn teams had national success this school year — but which one was best?
As the 2016-17 school year nears its close, there have been some incredible Penn Athletics feats to reflect upon. But with so many Penn teams having such thorough success this year, there’s one natural question to ask — which one was best? DP Sports set out to find out.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will return to Philadelphia, and Penn is hosting
It's been 60 years since Penn last hosted the East Regionals in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, when the Palestra saw March Madness played out under its roof for four straight years in 1954-57.
Chambers | As hard as they were, eight minutes don't define Penn women's basketball
We started out the season trying to find our identity. While we had many of the same players, it was not the same team. We battled through some tough losses, but only to come out stronger. We were able to do that by focusing on one possession at a time. We took that mentality through to the end of the season.
Two Penn women's basketball stars take home Big 5 awards
Penn women's basketball may have ended its season almost a month ago, but the awards haven't stopped coming in, recognizing the team's standout season. Junior forward Michelle Nwokedi was just named a member of the All-Big 5 First-Team of the season, while senior center Sydney Stipanovich picked up a Second-Team honor herself.
For these four international athletes, the journey to Penn Athletics was different than most
There are 35 international student-athletes at Penn with 19 different countries represented, ranging from Hong Kong to Egypt to French Guiana. We wanted to highlight some of the athletes that best exemplify the character international students give to the university. These are their stories.
Rothman | Penn's athletes often aren't that recognizable — and that's not all that bad
We go to Penn, where people don't remember, and probably never knew, the name of the player who screwed up in the game a few days ago. They probably don't know there was one big mistake that had a huge impact on the game at all. Most of them don't know the game was lost, or even played.
Jacobson | Penn women's basketball isn't there yet — but program is on brink of breakthrough
It doesn’t get worse than this. There’s no sugarcoating what we just saw; Penn women’s basketball choked. And as much as it pains me to say it both as a journalist and a fan, that’s the evidence that coach Mike McLaughlin’s program isn’t quite at the next level yet.
Let the Madness begin! Penn women's basketball prepares for Texas A&M in first round of NCAA Tourney
They’ve been here before. In fact, this is their third trip to the NCAA Tournament in four years. But a first NCAA Tournament win in program history still eludes the women of Penn basketball. The Quakers will be hoping that the third time is the charm when they tip off against Texas A&M in the first round of March Madness on Saturday night in Los Angeles.
The Ivy Tournament just ended, but will it be back at the Palestra next year?
By all accounts, the first-ever Ivy League basketball tournament was a grand success, thanks in large part to the event's host, the Palestra.