Game 12: GMU (7-4) vs Penn (4-7) on Sunday, December 22, at 2:00 PM.

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Men's Basketball vs Rider on 12/20/2024 - Box Score - University of Pennsylvania Athletics

The official box score of Men's Basketball vs Rider on 12/20/2024

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	1	2	Total	Records
Rider	29	37	66	4-8,0-2 MAAC
Penn	41	38	79	4-7,0-0 Ivy League

 

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As an aside, Ernie Beck, arguably the greatest player in Penn's men's basketball history died on Dec. 12 - https://pennathletics.com/news/2024...mens-basketball-hall-of-famer-ernie-beck.aspx

"A three-year varsity letter winner from 1951-53, Beck held the program's scoring record for a staggering 67 years, with 1,827 points. (When it was broken, by AJ Brodeur in 2020, Beck's standing as Penn's all-time scoring leader had lasted longer than that of at any other Division I institution in the country.) He also still holds the mark for points in a season (673 as a senior in 1952-53), as well as the two highest-scoring games in program history (47 points vs. Duke on December 30, 1952 and 45 vs. Harvard on February 6, 1952).

Beck also still holds the program records for rebounds in a career (1, 557) and season (556 in 1950-51); free throws made and attempted in a season (183-for-229, 1952-53); and scoring average for a season (25.9 in 1952-53). Beck averaged 22.3 points and 19.0 rebounds across 82 appearances wearing the Red and Blue, both program records, and he graduated having put up 81 double-figure scoring games—including 54 games with at least 20 points and 13 with at least 30—and 32 documented double-doubles (several box scores from that era do not include rebound and/or assist totals).

Penn had a combined record of 62-21 in his three varsity seasons. Beck's senior season, the Quakers won the Eastern Intercollegiate League title and played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, losing to Notre Dame in the East Regional second round then defeating DePaul in a consolation game. (Beck scored a combined 47 points across the two games, played in Chicago.)

Following his collegiate career, Beck was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors as a territorial pick in the 1953 NBA Draft and was a member of the Warriors' 1956 NBA championship team. He played six seasons with the Warriors."

It should be noted that prior to 1972, freshmen were ineligible to play varsity D-1 basketball or football.

I am Penn Engineering - Class of 82

I agree that Beck is an all-time great at Penn but his position and analysis is like that of most other American sports off his time - segregation meant that Black and Brown people were excluded as his teammates and competitors. Leaving his position/rank in question.

My freshman year - in a 32 team NCAA Tournament - Penn made it to the Final Four led by Tony Price, who would be considered the greatest Quaker bballer in the modern era. Penn was a powerhouse in the 70's coached by Digger Phelps, Chuck Daley and with Rollie Massimino as an Asst. Coach. Penn also had the highest conference winning percentage in the 70's. The dominance was so great that the Ivy League forced the sharing of NCAA Tournament revenues which is now standard in both football and men's bball.
The Ivy League Tournament winner gets 2/9ths of the revenues after costs, and the other 7 Ivy League schools each get 1/7th.

The program is a shell of what it was then, As attendance costs and admission standards rose the basketball has been in decline. The 79 Final Four team was a bunch of poor to middle class New Yorkers with good grades and financial aid that was the equivalent of a scholarship. Penn went for a period of 7-8 years without a public school graduate on the basketball team. Things have slightly improved as financial aid has improved but the best players no longer consider Penn as a viable option as the sticker shock of $85,000 for a year a college would give most people reason to pause.

A bunch of fellow grads would spend a weekend in Philly watching Penn/Big 5 Bball but it became to painful to watch. We now watch the Big 5/City 6 Championship triple header on the first Saturday in December at the Wells Fargo Center.

To be honest I believe a series with Princeton or Harvard would be much better than a series with Penn.

GMU wins by 30