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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The first was troubling. The second was killer. Both were wide open...
Harvard men’s basketball hasn’t won at Princeton since 1989. The Crimson hasn’t won at Penn since 1991. In the last 44 years, the Killer P’s have a 379-31 record against the rest of the Ivy League. Their buildings have become the stuff of legend, the Palestra in particular. The most historic and acoustically insufferable gym in the Ancient Eight, the Palestra practically spills its fans onto the court, where they can scream at a guy like Sam Winter from three inches away as he inbounds the ball...
...they do, and if Harvard knocks off either Killer P, it won’t be because the games were at Lavietes Pavilion. It will be because Harvard committed far fewer than 17 turnovers and because Pat Harvey’s runners fell. If they lose, it will be because Spencer Gloger got hot and Toole time reigned once again...
Wins by the squad and two saber fencers could not make up for the foil event, which Harvard coach Peter Brand termed a “killer...
This year’s trip to the Killer P’s comes earlier than usual for Harvard, who may be rusty after a 20-day layoff. But the timing could prove to be a blessing in disguise. Save for a tune-up win over Division III Ursinus this week, Princeton (6-7) is also coming off an extended break for exams. Penn (8-5), meanwhile, stumbled through the first half of last year’s Ivy slate and has been inconsistent in the early portion of its schedule this year. Star forward Ugonna Onyekwe is coming...