Sports Columns
Fleischer | Don't let Penn men's lacrosse fly under your radar this season
With all the excitement this past weekend, Penn men's lacrosse's Ivy League title clinch might have flown a bit under the radar.
Guest Column by Nancy Hu | A better sports culture would improve Penn's mental health
Sports have the amazing ability of fostering a greater sense of community, irrespective of individual backgrounds. A sense of community has valuable implications for mental health.
Guest column by Leila Ashtaryeh | When it comes to paying athletes, Penn isn't Duke
There are several things I’d like to note in the recently published DP articles which argued for and against the compensation of collegiate athletes.
Satz | The Quakers are hungry for more basketball
The Red and Blue didn’t show their wear and tear, getting off to a hot start against the visiting Eagles.
Guest column by Nancy Hu | Penn must recognize athletics as an excuse for absences
Why are class absences due to varsity sport competition not recognized under school policy as excused absences?
Dolgenos | Should college athletes be paid?
Professional athletes get paid for their talents. So why can't college athletes also get compensated?
Papazekos | Penn fell short of an NCAA berth, but it did exceed expectations
Optimism for next season won’t make the Red and Blue feel any better. The Quakers fell tantalizingly, agonizingly short. That hurts.
Papazekos | Want to know who wins Sunday's title game? Flip a coin.
Penn handled Harvard the same way Sunday’s foe, Princeton, handled a much worse Cornell team. Unfortunately, Saturday's games don't matter on Sunday.
Papazekos | Despite falling short in March, the Quakers' season was still a success
All that to say: Penn men’s basketball lost in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament. This season was still a success.
Landau | This Penn men's basketball team is much better than a No. 4 seed
After all the hand wringing, all the tight losses, and all the anxiety-ridden weekend nights, the Quakers are right where we expected them to be: playing in the Ivy League Tournament.
Papazekos | Spring break is cancelled. Everyone get to the Palestra.
If you happen to be within 50 miles of campus as spring break winds to a close, your butt needs to be in a seat. Scratch that — don’t sit.
Chiarodit | What Penn men's basketball needs now more than ever is offensive consistency
But with the door open for the Red and Blue to get into a three-way tie for fourth in the Ivy League with the Bears and Big Red, they couldn’t make it through.
Thompson | The Ivy League just ruined its own basketball tournaments
The Ivy League announced Wednesday morning that the League’s basketball tournament would rotate to every school in the conference through 2025. This is, simply, a complete travesty.
Landau | To make the Ivy Tournament, Penn will have to reclaim some of its 2018 magic
Moments of brilliance, like the win over Villanova in December, are nice, but poise that lasts for an entire season? That’s magical.
Landau | Barring a miracle, late miscues will define the Quakers' season
It doesn’t make much sense that a group that beat Villanova, Temple, and Miami (Fla.) this season has a 3-6 Ivy League record. But that’s what can happen when a team struggles to close games out in the final minutes.
Papazekos | Here are three different ways the season might end for men's basketball
With three weekends left to play, there seem to be three camps with different visions for how the remainder of the season will play out. Let’s take a look at some of the more likely possibilities.
DiGrande | It's do or die time for Penn men's basketball after another weekend split
Penn men's basketball isn't a lost cause yet, but the Quakers need to turn the ship around and quick.
Pollack | It's time for us to rethink how good Penn men's basketball really is
There have been too many poor shooting games for it to be a coincidence. You can’t get unlucky this frequently. At some point it stops being an off night and starts being the norm.
Guest column by former AD Steve Bilsky: The Ivy League should rethink the basketball tournaments
The focus for too many fans will be the race for fourth place rather than the quest for first.