The Daily Pennsylvanian's sports editors weigh in on how this year's Ivy League men's basketball season will play out.

Andrew Jones has trouble picking up girls. Or at least that’s what the Penn State Athletic Department’s marketing team thinks.

Zack Rosen might be the youngest captain in Penn's history. But that doesn't mean he isn't the right choice.

So far at preseason practices, set plays have been in the mix more than in past years. But coach Glen Miller’s motion offense isn’t disappearing completely.

Sophomore point guard Zack Rosen and senior guard Darren Smith will be 2009-10 men's basketball captains.

The Palestra welcomed the men’s hoops team back for the annual Red and Blue Scrimmage.

At The Line, players and coaches reached out in a stronger manner than in recent years.

Penn's traveling down Tobacco Road again.

When Fran Dunphy left Penn, he left his legacy, a talented team and three recruits hanging in the air. All three decided to keep their commitments to Penn, despite the legendary coach's departure.

Jay Wright's Villanova squad made the rest of the Big 5 look like weaklings last year, earning a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever and sweeping the City Series. And though there may not be any more parity among the Philadelphia teams this year, coaches say that the Wildcats should have some company at the top.

Flip through the men's basketball team's media guide or stop by a practice, and there are a few things that aren't hard to pick out.

All-Ivy first team ? Ibrahim Jaaber, guard, PENN 2005-06: 18.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.3 spg ? Keenan Jeppesen, guard, Brown 2005-06: 11.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.89 spg ? Mark Zoller, forward, PENN 2005-06: 12.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, .488 FG pct. ? Noah Savage, forward, Princeton 2004-2005-06: 10.

The Penn men's basketball team certainly won't be afforded the opportunity to ease itself into the season. The Quakers' first set of non-conference games will come as part of the three-day, three-game Black Coach's Association Invitational held at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.

Coach Glen Miller is like a kid in a candy shop. And with the wealth of talent at his fingertips, nobody should be surprised.

In November 1989, Douglas Wilder became the first black governor in the United States, the Germans tore down the Berlin Wall, and Fran Dunphy coached his first game for Penn.