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Ivy
League
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Overall
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W
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L
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Pct
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W
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L
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Pct
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Coach
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1
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Pennsylvania
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13
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1
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.929
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25
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7
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.781
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Bob Weinhauer
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2
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Columbia
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10
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4
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.714
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17
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9
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.654
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Buddy Mahar
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3
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Princeton
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7
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7
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.500
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14
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12
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.538
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Pete Carril
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4
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Dartmouth
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6
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8
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.429
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14
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12
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.538
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Gary Walters
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4
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Brown
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6
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8
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.429
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8
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18
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.308
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Joe Mullaney
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4
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Harvard
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6
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8
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.429
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8
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21
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.276
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Frank McLaughlin
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7
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Yale
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5
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9
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.357
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11
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15
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.423
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Ray Carazo
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8
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Cornell
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3
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11
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.214
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8
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18
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.308
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Ben Bluitt
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Penn ended
the season ranked 14th in the AP poll (its highest ranking
of the year)
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Ivy Honors
Player of the Year
Tony Price (Pennsylvania)
Rookie of the Year
Tim Daaleman (Yale)
First-Team All Ivy
Alton Byrd (Columbia)
Larry Lawrence (Dartmouth)
Peter Moss (Brown)
Tony Price (Pennsylvania)
Matt White (Pennsylvania)
Second-Team All Ivy
Ricky Free (Columbia)
Frank Maturo (Yale)
Juan Mitchell (Columbia)
Bob Roma (Princeton)
James Salters (Pennsylvania)
Honorable Mention All Ivy
Tim Daaleman (Yale), Mike Davis (Cornell), Glenn Fine (Harvard), Don Fleming (Harvard), Bob Hooft (Harvard), Jim Panaggio (Dartmouth), Tim Smith (Pennsylvania)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar
Glenn Fine (Harvard)
Ivy Top Scorers
19.8, Mike Davis (Cornell)
19.1, Tony Price (Pennsylvania)
18.8, Peter Moss (Brown)
18.0, Larry Lawrence (Dartmouth)
15.7, Bob Hooft (Harvard)
Pro Draft Picks
Pennsylvania's Tony Price by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd Round (29th)
Pennsylvania's Matt White by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 5th Round (100th)
Princeton's Bob Roma by the Kansas City Kings in the 6th Round (126th)
Pennsylvania's Bobby Willis by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 7th Round (142nd)
Columbia's Ricky Free by the New Jersey Nets in the 9th Round (173rd)
Columbia's Alton Byrd by the Boston Celtics in the 10th Round (186th)
Harvard's Glen Fine by the San Antonio Spurs in the 10th Round (199th)
NCAA Tournament
3/9/79 in Raleigh, N.C.: (9) Pennsylvania 73, (8) Iona 69
3/11/79 in Raleigh, N.C.: (9) Pennsylvania 72, (1) North Carolina 71
3/16/79 in Greensboro, N.C.: (9) Pennsylvania 84, (4) Syracuse 76
3/18/79 in Greensboro, N.C.: (9) Pennsylvania 62, (10) St. John’s 61
FINAL FOUR
3/24/79 in Salt Lake City: (2) Michigan State 101, (9) Pennsylvania 67
3/26/79 in Salt Lake City: (2) DePaul 96, (9) Pennsylvania 93 (OT)
Some may forget that the most-hyped and most-watched Final Four of all-time included an Ivy League team and that the best game of the Final Four was the national consolation. The Ivy entrant was the Penn Quakers, led by Tony Price. The Red and Blue first marched through Raleigh, knocking off the Tar Heels of North Carolina before a home crowd. From Raleigh, it was Greensboro, where the Quakers ended the seasons of Syracuse and St. John’s. Then came the improbable trip to the Final Four in Salt Lake City. As the basketball world anticipated a Larry Bird-Magic Johnson final, the Michigan State Spartans made quick work of Penn, taking a 51-17 halftime lead. Before the Bird-Magic game, Pennsylvania mounted an amazing comeback to take Mark Aguirre-led DePaul into overtime in the consolation.
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