Alex Hetherington
Alex Hetherington
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White hopes to bring winning ways to Yale
A number of great basketball players have passed through Harvard-Westlake School in southern California. But even the 6-foot-10 Collins twins, who attended Stanford after Harvard-Westlake and now both play in the NBA, failed to complete the feat that...
Record-breaking power forward Morin spurned scholarships for Yale
Ross Morin might be as excited to come to Yale as the Elis are to have him. Morin, a 6-foot-7-inch power forward from Ohio, broke Princeton High School's career scoring record and was chosen first-team All-Conference en route to leading his team to a...
End of Ivy season has five teams vying for second
This weekend is as close as it gets to March Madness in the Ivy League. Penn looks to cap off another stellar Ancient Eight run, but it will have its hands full in tough games against Dartmouth and Harvard squads and a Tuesday night finale with...
Expect Penn to keep on rolling
By Alex Hetherington Staff reporter Friday games Penn at Cornell Based on the standings, this looks like a big-time matchup: No. 1 Penn vs. No. 2 Cornell in a battle of the Ivy elite. But the reality is that other than Penn, no team has been...
Harvard gets nod for two wins
Penn should continue to roll as Quakers try to solidify lead in Ivy race
Friday Games Cornell at Dartmouth In this new era of parity in the Ivy League, I'm beginning to think I should just pick all the home teams. But despite Dartmouth's win over Brown, I can't put much faith in the Big Green. At 0.9 points per possession...
Penn will likely sweep week
As with any weekend in the "14-game tournament" that is Ivy League play, this one will decide a lot. More so than other weekends, however, this weekend will give teams a chance to show that they can bounce back or continue their hot play. Plus, any...
Elis must not be stung this weekend
They've been dubbed the Killer P's. Since the 1958-9 season, there have been just three seasons in which neither the University of Pennsylvania nor Princeton could claim at least a share of the Ivy title. The last time an Ivy League school beat both...
Martin, Draughan lead all-X-mas team
Dartmouth and Harvard have started what Ivy League basketball fans have dubbed the "14-game tournament." The two teams, both of whom are expected to finish near the bottom of the league, split their two games against each other. Harvard picked up...
Elis show poise despite hard loss
Upshaw '06 and Kaplan '07 give spark to Elis
Two lessons were taught in last night's game: it's very hard to win a game with a halftime deficit of over 20 points, and foul shots win games. American University came out on fire and, despite choking for most of the second half, ended with a...
Columbia starts strong, but Penn is title favorite
The class of Ivy League basketball -- Princeton and Penn -- have started to separate themselves from the pack. But a former doormat has joined them as one of the only Ancient Eight squads to start the season above .500. Columbia (4-1) won its first...