To My Fellow Quakers,

On behalf of the entire men’s basketball program, I want to thank all of you who have attended our basketball games this season. In particular, I want to express our appreciation for the support during Saturday’s win versus St. Joseph’s at the Palestra. It was great to see the student section full and to hear college basketball’s most storied arena rocking once again.

We want nothing more than to bring an Ivy Championship back to its rightful place here at Penn. Our seniors have led this group to a 2-0 conference record and into a position where that type of feat is within our reach. They have done so by investing countless hours of hard work into reestablishing the Penn Basketball tradition.

It is difficult to express how much it means to all of us who are working together toward a common goal to have all of you there with us to share in the experience at our home games. I hope that each and every one of you realizes the impact that you have on the game by showing your support. When we come out of the locker room onto the floor, hear our band playing “Fight On, Pennsylvania” and see all of you there, we feel like we can’t lose!

We have seven remaining home games, starting with Monday’s game versus Princeton at 7 pm. If you are someone who regularly attends the games; I challenge you to find three or four of your friends who might not attend and bring them with you. I promise you, they will not be disappointed. The Penn-Princeton rivalry goes back to 1903 and is perhaps the greatest rivalry in all of college basketball. I would like nothing more than to see all of you there with us, cheering on the Red and the Blue together. Please remember that we represent this great institution, so we want to conduct ourselves in a first class manner during the contest.

For the seniors in the program and all the seniors in the student body: let’s make the remainder of our Ivy season a memorable one. We’ll see you at the game.

Go Quakers!

Jerome Allen

John R. Rockwell Head Coach

Wharton ’09