About 51 weeks ago, the Harvard men’s basketball team welcomed Penn and Princeton to Lavietes Pavilion with a share of the Ivy title on the line. The stakes surrounding this weekend’s visits by the Quakers and the Tigers remain the same, but with a few added twists.
Now in first place rather than second, the Crimson (23-3, 9-1 Ivy) will also have the luxury of an additional pair of games to attempt to become sole champions of the league for the first time in school history.
Zack Rosen got the shots he wanted Friday evening—he just couldn’t get them to fall. Now in his third year as a team captain, Penn’s first-team all-Ivy stalwart has turned in a remarkable senior season so far. He currently sits in the top three in the league in scoring, assists, and minutes per game and was named one of 20 finalists for the prestigious Bob Cousy Award last month. But in his final chance to knock off No. 21/25 Harvard in the storied Palestra, the unquestioned heart and soul of the
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