PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team has its best record after 14 games since 2005-06, but all of that can get thrown out the window on Saturday as the "real season" begins. The Road to Ivy Madness begins that night, as the Quakers host defending Ivy champion Princeton at The Palestra. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m.

NOTE: This is a date and time change from the original schedule, which was Friday at 7 p.m. The change was made due to forecasted weather and travel conditions in and around the city of Philadelphia, which shut down the University all day on Friday.
 
Saturday's game will be televised in the Philadelphia viewing area on NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus (formerly The Comcast Network). Worldwide, the game can be seen on the Ivy League Network (ILN) which is now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app for Android and Apple devices. Locally, fans also can listen on the radio on WXPN 88.5 FM.
 
GAME 15 – PENN (9-5, 0-0) vs. PRINCETON (7-7, 0-0)
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 * 4 p.m.
The Palestra (Philadelphia)
 
THE SERIES WITH PRINCETON
• These teams are meeting for the 238th time with Penn leading the series, 124- 113; the Quakers have not played any other opponent more than the Tigers.
 
• Princeton has won eight in a row, 11 of 12, and 16 of the last 18 matchups.
 
• Princeton swept all three games last season, including a 72-64 overtime decision in the first Ivy League Tournament game ever played. In that crazy contest, Penn never trailed in regulation and then the Tigers never trailed in the extra session.
 
• By calendar date, Saturday's game represents the earliest meeting between these Ivy rivals since they met on January 5, 1980.
 
THE PENN-PRINCETON RIVALRY
• Penn and/or Princeton won every Ivy League title from 1989-2007 (Penn 9 outright, Princeton 8 outright, 2 shared).
 
• From 1959-2007, Penn and/or Princeton won at least a share of the Ivy League title all but three years (Cornell won the title in 1988, Brown did it in 1986, and Yale did it in 1962).
 
• In 2008, ESPN.com rated the most prestigious college basketball programs of all time; Penn came in 34th, while Princeton was 40th.
 
• In 2005, The Sporting News rated the greatest college basketball programs of all time; Penn came in 16th, while Princeton was 19th.
 
PENN BY THE NUMBERS
6 • Six different players have led Penn in scoring in a game this season: senior Caleb Wood; juniors Max Rothschild and Antonio Woods; sophomores Ryan Betley and AJ Brodeur; and freshman Jarrod Simmons.
 
9 • Penn is in a stretch of nine-straight home games (five in Ivy League play). The Quakers will go the entire month of January without a road game before traveling to Princeton on February 6.
 
10 • The number of Penn players who hit a three-point shot in last Wednesday's win over Delaware State, an NCAA Division 1 record.
 
12 • Years since Penn was 9-5 after 14 games; the Quakers also were 9-5 in 2005-06 en route to a 20-9 overall record and the Ivy League title.
 
56 • The number of three-point shots Penn has hit over its last five games. The Quakers have reached double figures in that category seven times this season.
 
90 • Penn has scored at least 90 points four times already this season; the last time the Quakers had four such games was 1994-95, when the Quakers had 10!