By Noel Hynd I HAVE THIS ethical problem, and it surrounds Penn men's basketball. I recently spent a January evening in beautiful downtown New Haven watching Penn drop an overtime decision to Yale. Meanwhile, our longtime archrivals from Princeton were systematically pummeling two Ivy opponents in New England and working their way upwards in the college rankings. As I write this, the Tigers are sitting at 12 in both national polls. Yes, beat them twice.
Life presents many challenges.
But herein lies my ethical dilemma, and I have a feeling it might be shared by other Penn alumni. Naturally, we root for Penn to beat Princeton twice in Ivy competition. Penn and Princeton have been archrivals, particularly in basketball, for the entire adult lives of most alumni. In the last 29 years, Penn or Princeton has been the Ivy champion 27 times. In the 42 years of Ivy League basketball competition, Penn or Princeton has won the title in all but seven years.