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6-11 Zack Crimmins commits to Columbia

Posted on by in Bucknell, Columbia, Ivy League, Lafayette, News/Slant, Recruiting

Center Zack Crimmins of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, VA, will play at Columbia next fall, choosing the Lions over scholarship offers from Bucknell and Lafayette. The 6-11 Crimmins received preliminary interest from high major programs Notre Dame and Virginia and the Washington Post reported late interest from Boston College and Tulane on September 27. However, his choices came down to an Ivy League school and two Patriot League schools. Crimmins is Columbia’s first reported recruit for the 2006-07 season.

Moral victory?

Posted on by in Blog, Brown, Holy Cross, Ivy League, Patriot League, Penn, Yale

Penn surprised pretty much everyone by keeping things very respectable last night in Durham. The Quakers got the subpar effort from Duke they needed to have a chance at the upset, but the Ivy Leaguers weren’t able to bring their best game either. It sounds strange to say, but if Penn hadn’t committed 26 turnovers — many of which were careless mistakes — it would have have been right there with the top-ranked Blue Devils.

League slips under .500

Posted on by in Blog, Brown, Columbia, Harvard, Holy Cross, Ivy League, Patriot League, Penn, Princeton

Last night saw Princeton dig itself another early hole when it went to the locker room at intermission with fewer than 20 points for the fourth time in five games. After scoring just 22 points in the game’s first 27 minutes, the home team found itself down 20.

Gamecenter: Navy 73, Penn 86

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Key sign it was over: With Navy clawing back into the game, Brain Granderi hit a layup as the shot clock expired to put Penn up 74-67 with just over six minutes to play. He stole the ball on the other end and hit two free throws on the ensuing possession.