One scrimmage may not say a lot, but it’s all we’ve really seen so far from the men’s basketball team this year, so I think I’m free to make judgements based on it. I have to write a paper for my class with the Guv, so I'll make it quick.

The Red and Blue scrimmage certainly was a sloppy one, but with 10 days before the season starts and months until the Ivy League, the team has some time to iron out the kinks.

Other than Harrison Gaines, who sat with a sprained ankle, we also got a first look at the freshman class.

Tyler Bernardini seemed like he was always in the game, hitting some mid-range jumpers early on, but cooling off later. Jack Eggleston, a 6-foot-8 forward, could provide some size down low for this team. He may not have a developed post-up game, but he played solid interior defense, getting a few nice blocks on guys that thought they had an open layup.

The most interesting player to watch was Remy Cofield, not the female rapper Remy Ma, but an athletic 6-foot-4 guard. In warmups he was dunking with ease – he could probably jump high enough to dunk a beach ball if he had to.

In the game he made a couple mistakes – he may not fully understand the offense and didn’t seem as comfortable with the ball as the other guards. But he may have been the most tenacious player out there. He drove at least five times, sometimes getting blocked, but more often fouled. He may be a slight project, but he seems to have to tools to be a good player at some point.

It’s hard to pick out an MVP of the scrimmage, but if I had to give one out, I’d hand it to Cameron Lewis. We know the big man is a threat on the defensive end with his shot-blocking abilities, but he showed some nice post moves yesterday, often yielding him wide open layups.

Other notes:
Glen Miller challenged Justin Reilly for what might have been his shot selection on one play. Seems perfectly normal, but Reilly was on the other team.

The Quaker mascot was there, wearing a Penn jersey. Not sure how Nike feels about that, he was donning one of the old And 1 unis.

The three point shooting was dreadful. If I had to guess I’d say five-to-10 players attempted threes but Darren Smith was the only guy to hit half of his. But even Smith had one glance off the far side of the backboard without touching rim or net.