Pizza Parlor Madness: Penn

Nickname: Quakers
Colors: Blue, Red, White
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Enrollment: 10,047
Conference: Ivy League
Distinguished Alumni: Donald Trump, Maury Povich

Head Coach: Fran Dunphy
Record (Conference Record): 19-7 (11-1)
Advanced by: Beating Yale to clinch Ivy League Regular Season Title
RPI: 98
SOS: 156
Best Performance: 62-55 Loss to Villanova
Best Player: G Ibrahim Jabeer
No. of Seniors: 4
NCAA Tournament Appearances (in four years): 22 (3)
Likely Seed: 14

The Quakers are the first team in the NCAA tournament by virtue of going three games up on Princeton with only two games left to play. They have played two likely #1 seeds Duke and Villanova, so they may not be in awe of their first round opponent. NCAA Tournament success has eluded Penn and Dunphy and Jabeer is an erratic shooter. I don’t see them putting a scare to anyone in the first round.