Penn men’s basketball second-half takeover downs Dartmouth

Dartmouth and Penn men’s basketball tip off at the Palestra on Feb. 27, 2026. (Ray Curren / Ivy Hoops Online)

PHILADELPHIA – There isn’t exactly a large sample size of Ivy League transfers from Duke (or Virginia for that matter), so when TJ Power signed with Penn last spring, the bar was set pretty high.

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Dartmouth men’s basketball downed by Marist in season opener

The scoreboard at Leede Arena captures Dartmouth men’s basketball’s 75-56 loss to Marist on Nov. 9, 2025. (Ray Curren | Ivy Hoops Online)

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth men’s basketball team was the surprise of the Ivy League last season, defying preseason prognostications to finish third and qualify for its first Ivy League Tournament. That was some vindication for coach David McLaughlin in his ninth season in charge, as the Big Green’s winning conference record was the program’s first this century.

All praise is fleeting, of course, and a new campaign is upon us, one that got off to a bit of a rocky start with a 75-56 loss to Marist Sunday afternoon at Leede Arena.

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