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Subject: Penn Women Lead Princeton 30-28 at Halftime of Ivy Tourn Author: The Mountain Lion [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:25:35 03/15/24 Fri The Penn Women's Basketball Team is leading Princeton 30-28 at halftime in the first semi-final game of the Ivy League Tournament which is being held at Columbia's Levien Gymnasium in New York City. In my opinion, the underdog Quakers clearly outplayed Princeton in the first half, but was guilty of too many turnovers. Penn Coach Mike McLaughlin is doing his usual outstanding job of exploiting his opponents' weaknesses. I would like to see Penn's Mataya Gayle shot more in the second half. She was selected as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year for good reason. Go Penn! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Penn Women Lead Princeton 30-28 at Halftime of Ivy Tourn Author: Know-it-all [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:30:00 03/15/24 Fri Remarkable game. Right down to the last 19 seconds. Penn down by only three. Obi drives and scores, but the points and the possible free throw were disallowed when Obi was called for a charge on Penn rather than a block on Princeton. Otherwise, it looked like it was possibly going to OT.

[> [> Subject: Re: Penn Women Lead Princeton 30-28 at Halftime of Ivy Tourn Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:24:54 03/15/24 Fri I thought the Obi/Mitchell collision was a block. Mitchell was still moving. As we have discussed, the NCAA redrew the line between a charge and a block for this season. Previously, the defender had to be set and in a legal guarding position BEFORE the offensive player made ANY upward movement as part of her shot. I believe the new definition is that the defender must be set and in a legal guarding position before any forward or upward movement by the offensive player. I dislike the change. It's hard enough to play defense already. The game has become a shooting contest more than the timeless battle between an offensive player and her defender(s). But to defend the call, the refs had been making that decision the same way all game long, including the last two times which went Penn's way. Coaches often say that they can accept any line on the block/charge continuum, as long as the officials are consistent. And this crew was. The refs working the Columbia/Harvard game just made the same call. I'm glad. It's too hard to play defense as the rule is written in black and white in the book. I'm a little surprised it's not louder at Levien right now (halftime of Game Two). I thought it would be the biggest party on campus in years. Another data point when considering whether the ILT should be at a neutral site.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Penn Women Lead Princeton 30-28 at Halftime of Ivy Tourn Author: Lion Guy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:52:44 03/15/24 Fri Hear hear my old boy! At the risk of sounding obtuse, I don’t understand why Levien is not louder. Considering the diaspora of the fan base, one would expect there to be a unique bond leading to a more rousing coterie. One would have expected young lads squiring their dates to create a raucous celebration of two fine squads. Dare I say, youth is wasted on the young?

[> [> Subject: Re: Penn Women Lead Princeton 30-28 at Halftime of Ivy Tourn Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:23:32 03/15/24 Fri Spring break

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Penn Women Lead Princeton 30-28 at Halftime of Ivy Tourn Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:23:19 03/15/24 Fri Maybe it was creative camera work, but the stands looked full. Just not raucous.

[> Subject: The Ivy Superpower Author: joiseyfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:20:31 03/15/24 Fri Those with a taste for the jugular will certainly rejoice in tomorrow’s women’s title game following today’s two slugfests. Without the earlier four Ivy back-to-backs it would be a hugely different challenge. Congrats to both Penn and Harvard for leaving it all on the floor. Beating ANYBODY three times in a year is very, very hard.