Pennsylvania Quakers NCAA Basketball News

PHILADELPHIA : Tramanyne Hawthorne and Scott Rodgers each scored 13 points to lead Drexel to a 66-64 win over Penn on Tuesday.

Just checked in with Cornell SID Jeremy Hartigan, who was watching Cornell's shootaround at the Conte Forum on the campus of Boston College.

For the first 13 minutes of Penn's season opener against No. 1 North Carolina yesterday, the Quakers silenced the rabid fans at the Dean Smith Center time and time again.

The moment will not be lost on Mike Howlett. Howlett, a former standout forward for the St.

In order to get back to Ivy League supremacy and back to making regular appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the Penn basketball program had to go through some growing pains last winter.

Entering the 2007-08 season, Darren Smith had high hopes. The guard was just coming off an excellent rookie campaign in which he started 10 of the team's final 11 games, including the Quakers' first round NCAA ...

Tyler Bernardini was second on the Quakers with 12.9 points per game in a very productive freshman campaign last year.

The Ivy League has announced its official preseason media poll for men's basketball, and Penn has been picked second among the Ancient Eight.

It was a down year for the Quakers last season. That shows how good the program is at Penn, where an 8-6 league record and sole possession of third place is a colossal disappointment.

STRENGTHS: Penn adds an influx of talent, both in terms of freshman and returning players who were hampered by injury a year ago, to a roster that was already one of the strongest in the league.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Penn has what may be the most talented incoming class in the league.

Harrison Gaines and the rest of the Quakers will have their hands full when they face North Carolina on Nov.

Former Saint Josephs star Rashid Bey drives to the hoop during Rankin League game at Drexel.

FINAL RECORD: 13-18, 8-6, third place in the Ivy League. WHAT WENT RIGHT: Despite injuries, youth, inexperience and a rough first two months of the season, the Quakers still came back to win five of their last ...