Spring Break
Jay Wright is starting to like this Palestra joint.
"I always take the guys for a tour," said the Villanova coach. "They said, 'Coach we did this last year.' I said, 'We're gonna do it anyway because I like it.'"
You might, too, after six straight triumphs over the custodians of College B
Offensive coordinator Bill Schmitz will not return for a third season with the Penn football team.
The Athletic Department announced in a statement this afternoon that Schmitz's contract will not be renewed for 2009.
"We appreciate his efforts during the last two years, and we wish him the best in his future endeavors," head coach Al Bagnoli said in the statement.
December can't come soon enough for the women's basketball team. And no, it's not because of Christmas.
After going 0-5 in November, a change in the calendar might be just what the doctor ordered.
The Quakers start their December schedule tonight at Lafayette (1-5).
There was an eerie feeling last night at the Palestra, even before the game tipped off. Scanning the arena from press row, I saw completely empty sections in the second tier of the historic gym. Penn's cheerleaders moved their seats from the baseline to the front rows of the student section to fill the rows of sparsely-filled bleachers behind the basket.
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By ANDREW SCURRIA
Senior Staff Writer
scurria@dailypennsylvanian.com
Andreas Schreiber played last night for the first time this year after spending weeks recovering from a shoulder injury he sustained in preseason practice.
Coach Glen Miller had kept the injury, and Schreiber's status, murky.
Ivy Hoops Notebook | Wittman family wearing different shades of red
Harvard's Lin on fire; Brown hoops adjusts to third coach in four years
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Randy Wittman probably expected to see his kid at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. The former Indiana All-American and current coach of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves got his wish on Sunday - only his son was wearing Cornell red, not Hoosiers' cream and crimson.
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