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Back Where It All Began
Even now, almost 20 years later, Nat Graham C’97 looks uncomfortable talking about the end of his Penn basketball career. After playing on two of the best teams in program history – the Ivy League...
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Jerome Allen Faces a Tipping Point
Tony Hicks By Dave Zeitlin | Of all of the words people might use to describe Penn’s 2013-14 men’s basketball season, good would not be too high on anyone’s list. But seven months after the Quakers...
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Rookie Revolution
First, it was Antonio Woods. Then, Mike Auger. After that, it was Darnell Foreman. And finally, Sam Jones. Remarkably, all four of those Penn men’s basketball players have already claimed the Ivy...
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The Top Ten Games of 2014
In what’s become an annual tradition here at the Gazette’s sports blog, we’re proud to present our countdown of the top ten games of the year. As always, the following are the most dramatic, memorable...
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‘No better gym than a sold-out Palestra’
Antonio Woods knew exactly where to look just before Saturday’s game against Villanova tipped off. Until then, the Penn freshman had only played in four games at the Palestra – none of which were...
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‘A Couple of Ghosts Were Cheering For Us’
All of the players from Penn’s 2004-05 men’s basketball team that I reached out to almost had an identical response. Yes, they would love to talk about that incredible game 10 years ago when the...
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Walking On, Bowing Out
Matt Hanessian The shot itself was nothing remarkable: a routine layup early in the first half of Penn’s 59-42 win over Marist in early December. How could fans at the Palestra have realized then,...
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An Emotional Farewell
As it turned out, the customary handshake line with the opposing team was only the beginning. For nearly an hour after Penn lost its final game of the 2014-15 men’s basketball season to rival...
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An Inspirational Journey
Ugonna Onyekwe gives his speech during Monday’s Big 5 Hall of Fame indcution. One day recently, Ugonna Onyekwe W’03 was walking through the streets of New York City when he heard a familiar sound. He...
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Coaching Shakeup for Men’s Hoops
By Dave Zeitlin | The most pivotal moments at the Palestra this year came after the men’s season had ended. The first occurred on March 10. Jerome Allen W’09, one of the greatest Penn basketball...
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Rivalry Renewed
The Battle of 33rd Street is making its grand return. And it’s headed to a new locale. On Thursday, Penn released its schedule for the 2015-16 basketball season and, for just the second time ever, it...
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Sleeper Squad
By Dave Zeitlin | As he transitioned from one thought on the biological clock of college students to another on the changing technology behind sports science, first-year Penn men’s basketball coach...
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The Top Ten Games of 2015
The clock is about to strike midnight on 2015 so it’s time to present our annual countdown of the top ten Penn games of the year. As always, the following are the most dramatic, memorable and...
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‘A Big Special Family’
From left to right, Ibrahim Jaaber, Ira Bowman, Paul Little, Corky Calhoun, Ernie Beck and Stan Pawlak. Just before Penn took the Palestra court to play Saint Joseph’s on Wednesday night, six former...
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March Madness Missed
What’s more frustrating than playing Ivy League men’s basketball in the same era as Bill Bradley? Winning the University’s first official Ivy championship the year after he graduated, and then being...
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Rookie Revolution
Jackson Donahue has scored in double figures in nine of Penn’s last 12 games, including a 25-point outing vs. Cornell. Anyone that’s been to a Penn basketball game over the last couple of months has...
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Happy Reunion
From left to right, John Hellings, Charly Fitzgerald, Jeff Neuman, Jack McCloskey and Stan Pawlak. As I wrote a feature on in the current issue of the magazine, the star seniors on Penn’s 1965-66...
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Hall Call
On his first day of college, Dave Wohl C’71 wanted to find a pickup basketball game. On the urging of a friend, he ended up at the Palestra, playing alongside members of the men’s varsity basketball...
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‘No better gym than a sold-out Palestra’
Antonio Woods knew exactly where to look just before Saturday’s game against Villanova tipped off. Until then, the Penn freshman had only played in four games at the Palestra – none of which were...
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‘A Couple of Ghosts Were Cheering For Us’
All of the players from Penn’s 2004-05 men’s basketball team that I reached out to almost had an identical response. Yes, they would love to talk about that incredible game 10 years ago when the...
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