Dartmouth Completes First Penn Sweep in 50 Years

Dartmouth 69, Penn 59

The Great College Tour 2009 wound down Saturday in suburban Philly, which allowed us to witness history: the completion of Dartmouth's first sweep of Penn in men's basketball in 50 years. Click the flick to watch the final seconds of the game. To read the Philadelphia Inquirer's report of the contest, click here. The Dartmouth release on the game is here.

I've always thought this quote on the wall of the Palestra summed things up very nicely, whether it be basketball, baseball, football or whatever game you play.

I can remember when Dartmouth wide receiver Craig Morton was invited to the NFL Combine in the 1980's, up-to-date information was almost impossible to get. The NFL kept everything hush-hush. Not so much these days with workouts being broadcast on TV and results being posted on the Internet.

Cruising by the NFL's combine web page I came across a list of NFL "Pro Days," when scouts are invited to visit campus and put players through their paces. While players will often travel to other campuses to work out at a regional pro day, only two schools Dartmouth opponents were on the list as hosting pro days. Colgate is listed as having one on March 3 and Brown on March 11.