Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian
18-3-1994 Men's Basketball NCAA vs Nebraska (DP Archives).jpg

On March 20, 1897, the Quakers faced off against Yale in their first-ever basketball game, which also served as one of the first intercollegiate five-on-five basketball games ever. Penn lacked a coach or captains for that game, and dropped the contest in the Bulldogs' home court by a score of 10-32.


The Latest








2018 Danielle Orie headshot.jpg

Orie’s path to competing at Penn was atypical. The Buffalo, N.Y. native grew up as a multi-sport athlete, sampling nearly every sport that she could. Even when it came time to specialize in sports early in high school, running hadn’t crossed Orie’s mind yet.







12-2-2020 Michigan Mens Basketball Mike Smith (Marc-Gregor Campredon).jpg

After it was canceled a year ago due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will return this year on March 19. Unfortunately for the Ivy League, there will not be any teams from the Ancient Eight participating in this year’s tournament after the league canceled the winter season. However, there will be a handful of graduate transfers from the Ivy League who will still look to make an impact in March Madness. 


9-17-2019 Football Offensive Coach Kevin Morris(Chase Sutton).jpg

Penn's five assistant coaches not only manage players, implement game plans, and coach technique, but they also are all assigned different geographic regions to recruit the next generation of Quakers to lead the storied programs