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Article: Penn's win creates three-way tie: Quakers, Princeton, Yale.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- March 5, 2002
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PHILADELPHIA _ Yes, there will be a three-team playoff in the Ivy League for the first time since its inception in 1956.
Tuesday night at the Palestra, the Penn basketball team made sure of that.
Facing a Princeton squad that entered the building atop the Ancient Eight and a victory away from claiming its second straight outright title, the Quakers seized control of the game in the first half and didn't let go until a 64-48 triumph had been secured.
The win left Penn tied with Princeton and Yale at the top of the Ivy League standings with 11-3 records. Yale, which kept its hat in the ring by routing Dartmouth on Saturday to complete its regular ...