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S8 March 20, 2012 Game #8-778: Northern Iowa Panthers at Drexel DragonsMarch 18, 2012 12:00 pmDaskalakis Athletic CenterBBState Stats/RecapWhat's more dramatic than a confession? OK, here goes: this past Sunday was my first time ever seeing a game at the Daskalakis Athletic Center on the campus of Drexel University. ... [more]

2. Ghost (Bracket) Story

S8 March 16, 2012 Game #8-764: Quinnipiac Bobcats at Pennsylvania QuakersMarch 14, 2012 8:30 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapAbout a week and a half ago, I walked out of the Palestra for what I assumed would be the last time this season. Penn had just defeated Yale to stay in the hunt for the Ivy League title, and t... [more]

3. The 14-Game Tournament

S8 March 6, 2012 Game #8-707: Yale Bulldogs at Pennsylvania QuakersMarch 3, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapLet's get this out of the way right up front: personally, I think the Ivy League has got it right in how it selects its NCAA tournament representative. To me, the goal should be to send the team to ... [more]

4. Brown at Pennsylvania 3/2/2012

S8 March 6, 2012 Game #8-706: Brown Bears at Pennsylvania QuakersMarch 2, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapBy the time I had a chance to write about the game that took place on Friday night, Brown coach Jesse Agel had already lost his job.Brown certainly came into the Palestra looking overmatched. They wer... [more]

5. From Purgatory Swamp to Sunset Lake

S8 February 27, 2012 Game #8-630: Northeastern Huskies at Delaware Blue HensFebruary 25, 2012 12:00 pmBob Carpenter CenterBBState Stats/RecapAlthough my heart would be in Boston with the Penn Quakers on Saturday night for their critical game against Harvard, the rest of me was obligated to be in Washington, D.C. But I c... [more]

6. One More Saturday Night

S8 February 21, 2012 Game #8-603: Columbia Lions at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 18, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapAt this time of year, the factoid closest to the front of most people's minds about the Ivy League is the lack of a conference tournament. (Indeed, I wrote about this yesterday.) This state of ... [more]

7. Control

S8 February 21, 2012 Game #8-601: Cornell Big Red at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 17, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapOn my own personal sportz-related crimes-against-English scale, on which the offenses range from "just trite" to "utterly senseless and inane," the one I heard most about Penn coming into Frid... [more]

8. Meetup!

S8 February 7, 2012 Game #8-529: Old Dominion Monarchs at George Mason PatriotsFebruary 4, 2012 5:00 pmPatriot CenterBBState Stats/RecapOn Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending a game with several of our fellow 800GP-ers when Old Dominion traveled to Fairfax for George Mason's homecoming. Although this was nominall... [more]

9. I Do Not Eat Frosted Flakes

S8 January 31, 2012 Game #8-490: Princeton Tigers at Pennsylvania QuakersJanuary 30, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapThe 800 GP guidelines say no smac, which in the case of this game will require great restraint on the part of your correspondent. (The lawyer in me is tempted to muse on the nature of guidelin... [more]

10. This Is Our* House

S8 January 23, 2012 Game #8-447: Saint Joseph`s Hawks at Pennsylvania QuakersJanuary 21, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/Recap"This is our house." It's a common cheer in college basketball - I've heard it, or at least versions of it, in arenas all over the place. When the "house" in question is the Palestra, thou... [more]

11. Major Boredom and General Apathy

S8 January 16, 2012 Game #8-401: Army Black Knights at Navy MidshipmenJanuary 14, 2012 2:30 pmAlumni HallBBState Stats/RecapIn a number of our recent recaps, writers have echoed a common refrain: The students are finally back! After those sometimes eerily quiet winter break games where you could count, if not on one ha... [more]

12. Line-Drawing

S8 January 7, 2012 Game #8-355: UAB Blazers at George Washington ColonialsDecember 28, 2011 7:00 pmCharles E. Smith CenterBBState Stats/RecapAs part of my (self-imposed) duties as custodian of the @800gp Twitter feed, I occasionally search some of the common terms that TMM readers out there might be using in tweets. O... [more]

13. `UMBC3K` and `The Real Housewives of New Jersey Mid-Major Basketball`

S8 December 18, 2011 Game #8-252: Rider Broncs at Maryland-Baltimore County RetrieversDecember 17, 2011 7:00 pmUMBC FieldhouseBBState Stats/RecapThere are two reasons you might “just hope for a good game” when you watch any sporting event: you’re not emotionally invested in either team, or you’re invested in both teams.... [more]

14. Wagner at Pennsylvania 11/22/2011

S8 December 2, 2011 Game #8-094: Wagner Seahawks at Pennsylvania QuakersNovember 22, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapWhen Wagner visited Penn, it was a rainy Tuesday night; getting from Annapolis to Philadelphia after work for a 7 p.m. tip-off on these types of nights can be a dicey proposition. We... [more]

15. Marist at Loyola (Md.) 12/1/2011

S8 December 2, 2011 Game #8-168: Marist Red Foxes at Loyola (Md.) GreyhoundsDecember 1, 2011 7:30 pmReitz ArenaBBState Stats/RecapThe MAAC started conference play last night, and I love conference play, so it was off to Baltimore. My first game outside of the Palestra this season reminded me that taking in a ... [more]

16. A Current Questionnaire

S8 November 21, 2011 Game #8-084: Robert Morris Colonials at Pennsylvania QuakersNovember 19, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapOkay, let’s get this out of the way: the Palestra is magical, historic, a fantastic place to watch basketball, etc. You do not need me to tell you this, because you are a fan of TMM an... [more]

17. AOU→EOU

S8 November 16, 2011 Game #8-034: Temple Owls at Pennsylvania QuakersNovember 14, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapIn the essay E Unibas Pluram, David Foster Wallace (whom you may know from his non-fiction work like Consider the Lobster or his NY Times magazine article on Roger Federer) analyzes the relationsh... [more]