Calder Silcox

A few weeks ago, a tweet from Penn football’s standout kicker and 2011 graduate Andrew Samson hit me like a train.

Though the Ivy League is considering instituting a four-team postseason basketball tournament, they should ultimately decide against it.

Beginning with the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a showcase for elite college seniors running from April 11-14, Rosen will look to impress professional scouts in the hopes of hearing his name called during the NBA draft on June 28.

Coach John Cole said he had a pretty good idea coming into the season that the rookie would take the starting job, filling the void left by catcher Will Davis, a Phillies signee last year.

Allen, who was enlisted by CBS as a tournament analyst, will be working double duty until his Quakers finish their run in the College Basketball Invitational.

On Monday night, the Quakers will take on Butler in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational.

In its first tourney appearance since 1946, Harvard fell, 79-70, to SEC tournament champion Vanderbilt in Albuquerque, N.M.

The faculty and staff are just as much a vital part of this community as the students are, but are rarely seen at Penn basketball games. They should come be a part of a part of the Penn community Monday night at the Palestra.

Harter grew up in Pottstown, Pa., only 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia and enrolled at the university in the School of Education. He was a reserve guard on the men’s basketball team before graduating in 1953.

After missing out on a bid to the National Invitational Tournament, the Quakers will host a game in the College Basketball Invitational, Wednesday against Quinnipiac at the Palestra.