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One area of fandom at Penn has taken a decisive turn for the worse. Heckling, jeering and yelling at opposing teams is at an all-time low in terms of ingenuity and taste.
In the midst of a rare two-week home stretch, the Penn men’s basketball team will remain at the Palestra this weekend to face Ivy foes Cornell and Columbia.
On Friday night, the Quakers hosted the Crimson in what was one of the biggest Ivy hoops games in recent memory. Trouble was, if you weren’t there, you likely didn’t see it, and that’s a shame.
Princeton handed Harvard its 23rd consecutive loss at Jadwin Gym to destroy the Crimson’s hopes of a perfect Ivy season. And suddenly, the Ivy League race became interesting again.
The last time a nationally ranked Ivy League basketball team walked into the Palestra, it walked out with a loss. Now Penn faces the same situation against No. 25 Harvard.
From his first Red and Blue scrimmage in November 1992, to his final game, a loss to Alabama in the NCAA tournament in March 1995, he dominated Penn’s backcourt alongside Jerome Allen. The Quakers did not lose an Ivy League game during his Penn career.
From his first Red and Blue scrimmage in November 1992, to his final game, a loss to Alabama in the NCAA tournament in March 1995, he dominated Penn’s backcourt alongside Jerome Allen. The Quakers did not lose an Ivy League game during his Penn career.
Followers of the Penn basketball team have emphasized the need for other players to step up and have big games, and thus far, those performances have been few and far between.
The Quakers rallied after their first Ivy loss to Yale on Friday and, with some help from senior guard Rob Belcore, emerged victorious over Brown on Saturday, 65-48.
The Quakers opened the game with impressive ball movement from inside-out, which allowed them to overcome the early deficit. Yale and Penn traded leads throughout the first period — the margin was never greater than four points — and they went into the locker room tied at 29.
Although the men’s basketball team will be facing not one, but two Ivy League opponents this weekend, the Quakers are trying not to get too far ahead of themselves.
Last year, everything the Quakers built during a trio of league wins crumbled to pieces in a nightmarish week. Penn believes this year will be different.