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Penn re-opens Ivy League play and shows its better than its record would lead you to believe.

Penn re-opens Ivy League play and shows its better than its record would lead you to believe.

On Sunday, many college basketball fans saw something they haven’t seen in a devil of a time: Ivy League basketball.

It was 666 days to be exact and there would be no place better to tip-off action than at the cathedral of college basketball: The Palestra.

For the first time in 666 days we will have Ivy League basketball.

I’m at the Cathedral of College Hoops, The Palestra, as Brown (8-7) visits Penn (3-10).

The Quakers haven’t played in 22 days and Brown’s coming off a tough loss to Maryland.

Follow along for updates. Tip at 3. pic.twitter.com/oCwvOHpRYw

— Nick Lorensen (@nlorensensports) January 2, 2022

In 2019-20 the eight Ivy League institutions did not play any fall or winter sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some returned in spring for limited play, but all returned in the fall for a pretty hitch-free football season.

Now, as the severity of the pandemic is becoming stronger as variants run wild, it has not been all that kind to the programs. While…

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