#1243 BENTLEY FALCONS Men's NCAA D2 (19-11 AMOV 9.97) Bentley men's basketball player Zach Laput won his second consecutive NE 10 player of the Year award. It's only the 8th time in conference history that someone has repeated. The first time that it happened Zack was still 20 years away from being in diapers. Now he's won the award and the man who originally did it is in diapers. I guess what comes around goes around, or in this case what comes out, years later, comes out again. - Paul Nardizzi #1514 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE FRIARS Men's NCAA D1 (19-12 AMOV 3.87) Providence ended their regular season with a win over Ed Cooley again which helped absolutely nothing and a Godfather 3 loss to UConn. A "Godfather 3" loss is one where you have no hope that the team will win going into the game, but just when you are out, they pull you back in (borrowing from Al Pacino's Michael Corleone in Godfather 3, and Silvio Dante's awful impression of Pacino in Godfather 3). The Friars stormed out to a 15-2 lead and prompted me to buy into the idea that they could win this game. Then they lost by 14. They'll probably have to win the Big East Tournament twice to make the NCAAs. Although apparently one of their better players who got wrapped up in gun charges earlier this year should be cleared to play next year, so there's that. - Mike Rusconi #1576 PENN QUAKERS Women's NCAA D1 (15-12 AMOV 2.41) Penn fell to Princeton 72-55 last Saturday, its second loss to the Tigers this season. The two teams will meet again next week in the Ivy League playoffs. They say it is difficult to beat a team three times in one season, but Ivy League statisticians point out that it is a lot easier to beat a team three times in one season when you’ve already beaten them twice. - David Yas #2386 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS Men's NCAA D1 (14-16 AMOV 1.10) Penn State ended its regular season with a home victory against Maryland, a game that can “best” be described as follows: Best Picture: the shot of 7 PSU seniors and their families being honored before the game Best Actor: forward Qudus Wahab, who led the team with 19 points and 15 rebounds Best Supporting Actor: guard Ace Baldwin, Jr., who tallied 17 points and 11 assists Best Director: first year Head Coach Mike Rhoades, who helped guide Penn State to 9 B1G regular season victories, equaling their most ever Best Sound: the team leading the singing of the PSU Alma mater after the game Best Visual Effects: confetti unleashed by the PSU student section after Wahab scored the first point of the game on a free throw for the Nittany Lions Best Makeup and Hairstyling: guard Nick Kern, Jr.—not sure about any makeup, but his hair is way cool Best International Feature: Wahab, originally from Lagos, Nigeria Best Live-Action Short: Baldwin, who leads the Nittany Lions in scoring this year despite being the shortest player on the roster at 6’ 1” Best Costume Design: the Nittany Lion mascot, easily defeating Maryland’s turtle dude Best Original Score: the final one—Penn State 85, Maryland 69 Now on to the first round of the B1G tourney—BEAT MICHIGAN! - Michael Dinga Class of '86 #2791 PENN QUAKERS Men's NCAA D1 (11-18 AMOV 0.07) When I was a senior at Penn in 1990, the Quakers defeated Princeton 55-54 at the Palestra on a last-second tip-in and we stormed the court. This past Saturday Penn lost to Princeton 105-83 at the Palestra and Penn students stormed the local Starbucks to pick up the new Iced Lavender Cream Oatmilk Matcha.- David Yas #2987 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH Men's NCAA D1 (12-19 AMOV -3.03) ND's regular season wrapped up mercifully on Saturday with an 82-76 loss to Virginia Tech. The good news? They finished twelfth in the 15 team ACC after being a consensus pick to finish dead last. The bad news? Twelfth place sucks. - Rick Condon #3694 ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES Women's NCAA D1 (4-25 - AMOV -11.76) The Bonnies got knocked out of the A-10 tournament after shooting only 33% from the field.But they're optimistic knowing that if they can keep hitting .333, they’ll have a great team for intramural Wiffle ball. - Isaac Howson