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The Daily Princetonian

Brought back to earth

NEW YORK, N.Y. ? A week after hope was restored to the men?s basketball team?s season, a winless trip through the Ivy League?s toughest road weekend brought the momentarily mighty Tigers (5-14 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) back down to earth.The weekend opened with a battle of Ivy unbeatens, as Princeton looked to build on its season-opening wins over Dartmouth and Harvard with a road upset of league powerhouse Cornell (14-5, 6-0) on Friday night.

SPORTS | 02/10/2008

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Men's Basketball: Tigers are better than advertised

At the outset of the 2007-08 school year, espn.com?s Andy Glockner asked if the upcoming Ivy League basketball season signaled ?the end of an era.? Cornell (4-0 Ivy, 12-5 overall) and Yale (7-11, 1-3) were selected to finish first and second respectively, with perennial powerhouses Penn (7-12, 2-0) only receiving one first place vote and Princeton (5-12, 2-0) picked at seventh. Three months later, the Big Red is still at the top of the standings, but counter to Glockner?s assertion, the Quakers and the Tigers have not given up hope of being conference champions.

SPORTS | 02/06/2008