1) Here is week seven of the Schuylkill 16 poll. After Villanova defeated Temple last Monday, it seems unlikely that the Wildcats will lose the top spot especially with just one more game against a S-16 opponent (Rutgers). Meanwhile even if they lose in the Big East, it won't be to a terrible opponent since right now every Big East team remaining on Villanova's schedule is above 134 in the Ken Pomeroy rankings. (Penn, on the other hand, only plays five games against opponents above 134: Temple, La Salle, St. Joe's and twice against Cornell).
2) In conference news, Dave Zeitlin checks in yet again on Rush the Court, asking Glen Miller to give a "state of the program address." He also sees the league as Cornell vs. everyone else, which at this point is probably what it's going to be. (He also mentions item number 3.)
3) I don't quite know how this fell through the cracks, but Princeton is going to name the floor at Jadwin Gymnasium "Carril Court" after Hall of Fame coach Pete Carril who invented the Princeton offense.
4) Moving away from basketball, Penn might not have a varsity ice hockey team, but that doesn't mean the rest of the conference's teams don't get national attention on occasion. In fact, Ted Donato, the Harvard coach, recently got a write up in the New York Daily News since he is a former Ranger and Islander. (HT David Gurian-Peck).
Tags: basketball, hockey, random Ivy notes, Schuylkill 16
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