Penn Quakers men's basketball

Penn Quakers
Penn Quakers
	2015–16 Penn Quakers men's basketball team
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University	University of Pennsylvania
Conference	Ivy League
Location	Philadelphia, PA
Head coach	Steve Donahue (1st year)
Arena	The Palestra; (Capacity: 8,722)
Nickname	Quakers
Student section	Red & Blue Crew
Colors	Red and Blue;
Uniforms
Home	Away
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
	1920
Pre-tournament Helms champions
	1920, 1921
NCAA Tournament Final Four
	1979
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
	1971, 1972, 1979
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1953, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1953, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Conference regular season champions
	1906, 1908, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1955, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

The Penn Quakers men's basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Pennsylvania. As the fifteenth-winningest men's basketball program of all-time, the team from Penn had its greatest success from 1966 to 2007, a period of over 40 years. Penn plays in the Ivy League in NCAA Division I.

On March 20, 1897, Penn and Yale played in the first basketball game with five players on a team. Prior to the formation of the Ivy League in 1954 Penn was a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate League (EIL) from 1903 thru 1955. Penn won 15 EIL Regular Season Championships - 1906, 1908, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1955. Penn was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion for the 1919–20 and 1920–21 seasons by the Helms Athletic Foundation and for the 1919–20 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[1]

Penn has appeared in one Final Four, in 1979. Penn trails only Princeton for the most Ivy League regular season championships with 25. Princeton has won 26. (1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007).^[2] Their main Ivy League rivalry is with Princeton, whom they always play as the last regular season game. Combining the EIL and Ivy Championships Penn leads with 40 championships; Princeton 32; Columbia 14; Dartmouth 12; Yale 12; Cornell 8; Harvard 5; and Brown 1.

One of Penn's most memorable seasons came in 1979 when the Quakers advanced to the NCAA Tournament Final Four. With players such as Tony Price, the Quakers stunned the nation with victories over Iona, North Carolina, Syracuse, and St. John's to advance to the Final Four. The Quakers faced Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Michigan State in the national semifinals in Salt Lake City, Utah, but ultimately were met with defeat, 101–67. Other notable Penn teams include the team led by guards Matt Maloney and Jerome Allen during the mid-1990s and the nationally ranked teams of the early 1970s led by Dave Wohl, Steve Bilsky, Corky Calhoun and Bob Morse. Penn's 1970–71 team completed an undefeated regular season (26–0) and advanced to the Eastern Regional Final in the NCAA Tournament, losing there to a Villanova team it had defeated during the regular season. Villanova lost to UCLA in the national championship game, but was later found to be using an ineligible player, Howard Porter.

The last NCAA Tournament victory for the Quakers came on March 17, 1994, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The No. 11 Red and Blue defeated the No. 6 Nebraska Cornhuskers, 90–80, in the first round. The Quakers fell in the second round to No. 3 Florida on March 19, 1994, as the Gators prevailed, 70–58.

History

First Year of Basketball: 1897-98
Overall All-Time Record: 1,697-999-2
National Championships: 2, (1919–1920) and (1920–1921)
Final Four Appearances: 1 (1979)
Eastern Intercollegiate League Champs: 15
Ivy League Championships: 25
NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last): 23 (2007)
NIT Appearances (Last): 1 (1981)
Last Postseason Opponent: Butler (2012 College Basketball Invitational)
Result: Lost 63-53 in second round
Penn-Princeton Rivalry:
- Games Penn 124–Princeton 108//First Met 1903
- Ivy League Championships since 1956 Penn 25–Princeton 26
Penn vs. Ivy League Opponents/// First Met (Thru 2014-15 season)
- Penn 103 Brown 25//////////////1902
- Penn 139 Columbia 88/////////1902
- Penn 150 Cornell 74/////////////1904
- Penn 150 Dartmouth 59////////1905
- Penn 129 Harvard 39////////////1903
- Penn 124 Princeton 108////////1903
- Penn 146 Yale 76//////////////////1897
- Total Wins Total Losses Total Games
- 941//////////////469///////////////1410(.667)

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Quakers have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 23 times. Their combined record is 13–25.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Results
1953		Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Notre Dame DePaul	L 57–69 W 90–70
1970		First Round	Niagara	L 69–79
1971		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Duquesne South Carolina Villanova	W 70–65 W 79–64 L 47–90
1972		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Providence Villanova North Carolina	W 76–60 W 78–67 L 59–73
1973		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	St. John's Providence Syracuse	W 62–61 L 65–87 L 68–69
1974		First Round	Providence	L 69–84
1975		First Round	Kansas State	L 62–69
1978		First Round Sweet Sixteen	St. Bonaventure Duke	W 92–83 L 80–84
1979	#9	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	#8 Iona #1 North Carolina #4 Syracuse #10 St. John's #2 Michigan State #2 DePaul	W 73–69 W 72–71 W 84–76 W 64–62 L 67–101 L 93–96
1980	#12	First Round Second Round	#5 Washington State #4 Duke	W 62–55 L 42–52
1982	#12	First Round	#5 St. John's	L 56–66
1985	#15	First Round	#2 Memphis	L 55–67
1987	#16	First Round	#1 North Carolina	L 82–113
1993	#14	First Round	#3 Massachusetts	L 50–54
1994	#11	First Round Second Round	#6 Nebraska #3 Florida	W 90–80 L 58–70
1995	#12	First Round	#5 Alabama	L 85–91
1999	#11	First Round	#6 Florida	L 61–75
2000	#13	First Round	#4 Illinois	L 58–68
2002	#11	First Round	#6 California	L 75–82
2003	#11	First Round	#6 Oklahoma State	L 63–77
2005	#13	First Round	#4 Boston College	L 65–85
2006	#15	First Round	#2 Texas	L 52–60
2007	#14	First Round	#3 Texas A&M	L 52–68

NIT results

The Quakers have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) one time. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1981	First Round	West Virginia	L 64–67

CBI results

The Quakers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) one time. Their record is 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2012	First Round Quarterfinals	Quinnipiac Butler	W 74–63 L 53–63

Coaches

		Overall		Conference
Name	Years	Won-Lost	Pct.	Won-Lost	Pct.	Note
No Coach	1897; 1902–05	33-28-2	.540	7-11	.389
R. B. Smith	1905-09	73-22	.768	23-5	.821	2x EIL Champs
Charles "Kid" Keinath	1909-12	36-25	.590	11-7	.611
Arthur Kiefaber	1912-14	10-24	.294	5-13	.278
Lon Jourdet	1914-20; 1930–43	227-143	.614	105-86	.550	6x EIL Champs
Edward McNichol	1920-30	186-63	.747	62-40	.608	3x EIL Champs
Donald Kellett	1943-48	46-31	.597	23-15	.605	'45 EIL Champs
Robert Dougherty	1945-46	7-10	.412	4-4	.500
Howard Dallmar	1948-54	105-51	.673	48-26	.649	'53 EIL Champs
Ray Stanley	1954-56	31-19	.620	19-10	.655	'55 Ivy League Champs
Jack McCloskey	1956-66	146-105	.582	87-53	.621	'66 Ivy League Champs, 1x Big 5 Champs
Dick Harter	1966-71	88-44	.667	49-21	.700	2x Ivy League Champs, 2x Big 5 Champs
Chuck Daly	1971-77	125-38	.767	74-10	.881	4x Ivy League Champs, 4x Big 5 Champs
Bob Weinhauer	1977-82	99-45	.688	62-9	.873	5x Ivy League Champs, 2x Big 5 Champs
Craig Littlepage	1982-85	40-39	.506	28-14	.667	'85 Ivy League Champs
Tom Schneider	1985-89	51-54	.486	36-20	.643	'87 Ivy League Champs
Fran Dunphy	1989-06	310-163	.655	191-49	.796	10x Ivy League Champs, 3x Big 5 Champs
Glen Miller	2006-09	45-52	.412	27-15	.643	'07 Ivy League Champs
Jerome Allen	2009–2015	65-104	.384	38-46	.452
Steve Donahue	2015–present	6-8	.429	0-1	.000

Players awards

Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Zack Rosen (2012)
Ibby Jaaber (2006, 2007)
Tim Begley (2005)
Ugonna Onyekwe (2002, 2003)
Ira Bowman (1996)
Matt Maloney (1995)
Jerome Allen (1993, 1994)
Perry Bromwell (1987)
Paul Little (1982)
Tony Price (1979)
Keven McDonald (1978)
Ron Haigler (1975)

Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

Tyler Bernardini (2008)
Ugonna Onyekwe (2000)
Will McAllister (1991)
Paul Little (1980)
Keven McDonald (1976)
Ron Haigler (1973)

General

Name of School: University of Pennsylvania
Location (Zip): Philadelphia, Pa. (19104)
Founded: 1740
Enrollment: 9,900
Nickname: Quakers
School Colors: Red and Blue
Arena/Capacity: The Palestra / 8,722
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Ivy League
Other Affiliation: Big 5
President: Dr. Amy Gutmann
Athletic Director: M. Grace Calhoun
Athletic Department Phone: 215.898.6121
Ticket Office Phone: 215.898.6151

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Steve Donahue
Assistant Coaches:
Ira Bowman (Penn '96)
Nat Graham (Penn '97)
Joe Mihalich
Director of Men's Basketball Operations: Brad Fadem
Athletic Trainer: Phil “Sam” Samko

Team information

2014-2015 Overall Record: 9-19
2014-2015 Ivy League Record/Finish: 4-10/8th
2013-2014 Overall Record: 8-20
2013-2014 Ivy League Record/Finish: 5-9/6th
2012-2013 Overall Record: 9-22
2012-2013 Ivy League Record/Finish: 6-8/5th
2011-2012 Overall Record: 20-13
2011-2012 Ivy League Record/Finish: 11-3/2nd
2010-2011 Overall Record: 13-15
2011-2012 Ivy League Record/Finish: 7-7/4th
2009-2010 Overall Record: 6-22
2009-2010 Ivy League Record/Finish: 5-9/5th (3 way tie)
2008-2009 Overall Record: 10-18
2008-2009 Ivy League Record/Finish: 6-8/6th
2007-2008 Overall Record: 13-18
2007-2008 Ivy League Record/Finish: 8-6/3rd
2006-2007 Ivy League Record/Finish: 13-1/1st
2005-2006 Ivy League Record/Finish: 12-2/1st
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/0
Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0

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v t e Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
Culture & lore	History "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Penn Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Ivy League men's basketball
Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championships & awards	No conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

v t e Philadelphia Big 5
Schools	La Salle University University of Pennsylvania Saint Joseph's University Temple University Villanova University
Teams	La Salle Explorers Penn Quakers St. Joe's Hawks Temple Owls Villanova Wildcats
Arenas	Hagan Arena Liacouras Center Palestra The Pavilion Tom Gola Arena
Related	City 6 Holy War Robert V. Geasey Trophy St. Joe's–Temple Rivalry Battle of 33rd Street

Penn Quakers men's basketball

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Postseason

NCAA tournament results

NIT results

CBI results

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