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rbg 
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06-05-15 10:22 AM - Post#189593    

While there does not appear to be anything up on the school site for next year's schedule, a Binghamton area news site noted that the Bearcats will be coming down to Philly to play Penn on 1/2/16.

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/sports/2015/06/ ...

 
palestra38 
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Re: 2015-2016 Schedule
06-05-15 10:31 AM - Post#189594    
    In response to rbg

Hmmm...a Saturday on New Year's weekend---that will be a HUGE crowd.

 
Penn90 
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06-07-15 09:26 PM - Post#189619    
    In response to palestra38

Perhaps Tony Kornheiser and his son will attend.
Leges sine moribus vanae


 
gopenngo 
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Re: 2015-2016 Schedule
06-08-15 12:45 AM - Post#189623    
    In response to palestra38

Binghamton is a wasted gate anyway, so why not Sat Jan 2? All the NFL games appear to be Sunday that weekend. Figure the same start time of the NCAA Div 1 psuedo-playoff of 8:30 pm (recently Ohio St vs Alabama), and tip the Quakers-Bearcats late afternoon.

Allows time for a New Year's dinner before the bowl game, for those who may have had an outstanding New Year's Eve.

 
HARVARDDADGRAD 
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Re: 2015-2016 Schedule
06-08-15 01:33 PM - Post#189635    
    In response to gopenngo

Two years ago Harvard hosted BC on New Year's Day at 4:00pm. The game sold out early and tickets were going for 4x face value online.

I know that Lavietes is small and BC/Harvard is an intra-city matchup, but it did seem to be a welcomed option as there was little else to do at 4pm on New Year's day. On the other hand, scheduling an opponent that draws students from the Philly area during a school break (Binghampton?) will help sell tickets. Danger is that the fans will be rooting for the visting team. This happened when Harvard hosted UMass last Thankgiving.



 
Quakers03 
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06-08-15 02:32 PM - Post#189637    
    In response to HARVARDDADGRAD

UMass and BC playing in Boston is a little different than Penn hosting Binghamton. Penn hasn't had a meaningful home game over the holiday is years. I think they may have had LaSalle a few days after New Years recently, but they're usually on the road or playing teams like Binghamton. They played Davidson (pre-Steph) about a decade ago, and they were lucky if there were 1500 in the stands. If Penn can't get kids to come to the Princeton game when most of them are officially back (but class has yet to begin) what chance do they have of filling the Palestra against anyone over the holidays? John Q public sure doesn't care anymore.

 
palestra38 
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06-08-15 03:46 PM - Post#189640    
    In response to Quakers03

Yes, I don't know how you seriously can compare a Harvard-BC rivalry game to a game between Penn and one of the worst teams in Div 1 (I generously am not putting Penn in that classification now) with which Penn has no rivalry. And since when does SUNY Binghamton draw students from Philly?

 
barryw 
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06-15-15 12:10 PM - Post#189794    
    In response to palestra38

According to the George Mason web site Penn plays at GM on December 5

 
barryw 
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06-22-15 11:04 AM - Post#189999    
    In response to barryw

Penn opens their Ivy weekends at Yale and Brown (Jan 29 and 30). On Feb 19 and 20 Brown and Yale play at the Palestra. (source Reddit- college basketball mega schedule

 
barryw 
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06-22-15 11:29 AM - Post#190003    
    In response to barryw

Penn plays at Washington on November 29th, I guess this is for DNH.

 
palestra38 
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06-22-15 12:42 PM - Post#190006    
    In response to barryw

Good choice, if we are going to play a Pac-10 team. They were crushed in their league last year (also lost at home to Stony Brook) and will be playing in the Atlantis tournament through the 27th---so they could be tired after a long flight and 3 games in 4 days.

 
barryw 
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07-07-15 01:18 PM - Post#190312    
    In response to palestra38

Penn plays Central Connecticut at the Palestra on Sunday November 15th.

 
20Penn14 
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07-22-15 10:18 AM - Post#190741    
    In response to barryw

@jmverlin

La Salle: @ Penn (11/25),

 
palestra38 
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07-22-15 02:58 PM - Post#190747    
    In response to 20Penn14

The night before Thanksgiving? Another huge crowd for Dem Quakers

 
gopenngo 
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07-22-15 10:21 PM - Post#190752    
    In response to palestra38

Yeah, that really stinks. They make a big deal of the Big 5, but then schedule a game sure to have no students in attendance.

Wasn't one of the requirements in the new HC search an appreciation of the Big 5's place in the city and Penn's tradition? It's one thing to schedule Monmouth or somebody the night before Thanksgiving, but LaSalle?!

 
10Q 
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07-23-15 07:28 AM - Post#190753    
    In response to gopenngo

Perfect. It's on my calendar.

 
palestra38 
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2015-2016 Schedule
07-23-15 08:21 AM - Post#190754    
    In response to 10Q

I'll be there too, but the sound of your voice excitedly talking about Trump will be heard on the broadcast between Seltzie and Vinnie's witticisms because no one else will be there.

 
10Q 
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07-23-15 08:43 AM - Post#190755    
    In response to palestra38

Are you inviting me to sit with you? My voice is not loud enough to be overheard unless I am sitting in the rich alumni seats.

 
palestra38 
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07-23-15 08:50 AM - Post#190756    
    In response to 10Q

Sure, that's the one game I know that I'll have extra seats.

And just win a case---you'll have the money for the bargain that is a Penn seatback season's ticket ($25 per game).

 
10Q 
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07-23-15 09:54 AM - Post#190757    
    In response to palestra38

It's not the money. It's the fact that the Holy Sabbath prevents me from going to the vast majority of home games.

 
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