Basketball season is finally here. With Ivy previews, projected starters, player features, and coach profiles, the 2019 Basketball Preview has everything fans need to know about Penn men’s and women’s basketball for the upcoming season. 

On Oct. 24, a plastic spoon melted on the hot stove and caused smoke at Rodin College House at about 1:30 a.m.

In two weeks, Nguyen will be leaving Penn to take on the top position at Harvard University Health Services following a national search for a replacement for Harvard's former director. 

After working with the team for the last four years as a student manager, Sarah Parks was hired this year as the new Director of Operations for Penn men’s basketball.

Penn’s own athletics director, M. Grace Calhoun, is a woman and the Ivy League generally has higher percentages of female representation than the D-I average. But the Quakers and the rest of their conference have a long way to go before reaching gender equity.

Guest speaker Scott O’Neil is the CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, which has the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, and Delaware Blue Coats in its portfolio. 

A weekend road trip across New York to battle Columbia and Cornell led to a pair of losses for Penn volleyball.

The Quakers were neck and neck with Brown for the whole game, but a last-minute penalty call handed the Bears the win.

Penn field hockey came out of the gates quickly and had a strong finish against Brown on Saturday afternoon.

En route to leading the Quakers to a win at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country men's championship, the junior finished as the individual runner-up in 24:38.3.

On Saturday night, Wagner concluded his 50-year career with the Red and Blue with a hard-earned, 31-21 victory against Caldwell.

Penn wrestling kicked off a new season over the weekend, with the majority of the team making the trip up to East Lansing, Mich. for the Michigan State Open.

D'Souza has been described as a conservative provocateur known for controversial statements. In September, he compared teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg to Nazi propaganda. 

The junior pair of forward Tori Crawford and guard Michae Jones picked up valuable minutes off the bench last year for Penn women’s basketball, and their roles are only set to increase this season.

Sophomores Bryce Washington and Michael Wang both played well while seeing an unprecedented amount of minutes as freshmen over the course of last season.

If Betley really does return “better than ever,” both his personal and team goals have a good chance of coming to fruition.

Through the ups and downs, dedicated Penn fans have stayed by the Quakers over the years.