To listen to oft-injured fifth-year seniors Darren Smith and Andreas Schreiber tell it, staying in peak condition won’t be a concern this year. Coach Jerome Allen says their returns should manifest themselves in more ways than just on-court production.

Marin Kukoc doesn’t quite stack up to the stature of his father, three-time NBA champion Toni Kukoc, but he brings to Penn much of what Toni brought the Bulls: size and versatility.

This year’s Ivy League preseason poll pegged the Quakers at fourth in the conference.

The returns of Tyler Bernardini, Andreas Schreiber and Conor Turley from long-term injuries will be a big factor in how improved Penn is this season.

Greg Louis, a 6-foot-6 power forward out of William T. Dwyer High School in south Florida, told The Daily Pennsylvanian Tuesday that he would be coming to Penn for his college career.

Tommy Eggleston and Sean Mullan, the last remaining sophomores on the Penn men’s basketball squad did not make the roster for the 2010-2010 season.

The recruiting season is in full swing, and though it may not be time to hit the panic button, the early returns are at the very least a red flag.

Greg Louis, a 6-foot-6 power forward, told The Daily Pennsylvanian that he has decided Penn and Tulane and will announce his commitment this weekend.

While high turnout at The Line used to be the norm, it's time to make changes to the event and adapt to the 2010 climate.

This weekend, all 18 men's basketball players—along with a few hundred fans—got intimate with the Cathedral of College Basketball at The Line.

This year, without reserving a spot beforehand, any student can show up to The Line by 9 p.m. tonight and guarantee season tickets in the student section. But that wasn't the only change.

Though Penn has nabbed at least two recruits before Oct. 16 each of the last five years, the Quakers have no commitments so far this year.

In an effort to bring some much-needed buzz back to the Palestra, Penn is resurrecting a Big 5 tradition which was banned by the NCAA in 1985.

After working as an assistant coach at five schools, the former Penn number two will officially begin his first stint as a D-I head coach at Hartford on Oct. 15.

In the past, players voted for their captains, but this year coach Jerome Allen handpicked junior Zack Rosen, one of two captains last year, and seniors Jack Eggleston and Conor Turley.

It isn’t often that an entire conference sees a significant overhaul in its coaching staff during the offseason, but that is exactly what has happened in the Ivies this year.