The numbers: 7-10 overall, 2-2 Ivy, 245th RPI, 290th Sagarin, 300th Pomeroy
The recent results: won 56-52 over Brown (1/26), lost 71-64 to Yale (1/27)
The upcoming schedule: Cornell (2/2), Columbia (2/3)

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Chris Taylor of Wayzata, MN, has committed to Brown. The son of former Golden Gopher Marvin “Corky” Taylor visited Cornell this summer and listed interest in Yale, though no there’s no word at this point as to his other offers and finalists. The wiry 6-7, 200-pound forward is the leading scorer at 14.6 points per game on a 15-0 Wayzata team ranked second in Minnesota’s 4A classification. He is the seventh publicly identified member of Craig Robinson’s first recruiting class at Brown, but the only recruit projected to play both forward spots.

In a Q&A appearing in this past weekend’s game program and on Dartmouth’s athletics website, Big Green coach Terry Dunn revealed a third member of his 2007 recruiting class: 6-7 forward Matt Chisick. The Carmel, NY, native attends the Canterbury School in New Milford, CT, where he is averaging a team-leading 15.4 points per game as a senior. He joins two other forwards in Dartmouth’s frontcourt-focused recruiting class: seven-footer John Marciano and 6-8 Clive Weeden.

Game of the Week
Penn (11-7, 2-0 Ivy) at Yale (7-10, 3-1 Ivy) - Saturday, February 3, 7:00 pm ET
Both teams have some work to do on Friday night — Yale against Princeton, Penn at Brown — to set up this early-season showdown for first place. Penn has struggled over the years at Lee Amphitheater, losing three of the last five meetings in New Haven. Even the two wins were nailbiters, coming by a combined seven points. This year, the Quakers are coached by Glen Miller, who seems to have a pretty good idea what he’s doing against James Jones, owning a 10-4 career record in head-to-head games against the Bulldog coach. If Yale can find a way to knock off Penn and sweep the home weekend, we could be in for a good race in the league after all. However, if the Quakers sweep two road games in hostile environments, they will be 4-0 with their two toughest Ivy weekends already behind them.

Key sequence: Leading 14-8 at the 12:13 mark of the first half, Seton Hall blew open the game with an 18-3 run. The Pirates took advantage of a second chance when Larry Davis stroked a three, and after a John Garcia block, Jamar Nutter laid it in for a double-digit lead. Following another offensive rebound, Brian Laing connected from deep, then Nutter matched him with a trifecta the next trip down. A Noah Savage free throw interrupted the Seton Hall run, but Stan Gaines scored layups on consective possessions, with a Marcus Schroeder jumper sandwiched in between. Laing’s long-range bomb made it a 21-point game, and Justin Conway’s three-pointer was answered with one by Laing, as the Pirates scored on their eighth straight possession to make it a 35-14 contest.