Not bad for first-year Brown Coach Frank "Happy" Dobbs.

While Brown and Columbia are the rising powers, Pennsylvania and Yale are the falling ones.

Pennsylvania (4-6, 0-1 Ivy) was expected to challenge Princeton for the title with the strongest backcourt in the Ivy League. But the results from Quaker guards Paul Chambers, Ken Graf, 1991 Rookie of the Year Will McAllister and star recruit Jerome Allen have been mixed.

Chambers is on a tear, scoring 33 points, hauling in 12 rebounds, and handing out 17 assists in Pennsylvania's last two games, both wins. Allen has been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the past three weeks.

These heroics have not left much room for Graf and McAllister. Graf has been quiet, but McAllister announced last week he was taking the year off from basketball, for academic reasons.

Yale (10-3, 0-1 Ivy) continues to stake its fortunes on the shooting hand of guard Ed Petersen.

The strategy has paid off. Petersen has catapulted himself into Player of the Year contention, leading the Ivy League with 18.2 points per game.

He has a formidable pair of forwards to help him. Stuart Davies (8.5 rpg) and Casey Cammann (6.6 rpg) are the one-two rebounders in the Ivy League.

But on nights where Petersen does not have the hot hand or is well defended, Yale is in trouble. Against Brown, Petersen drained 3-of-5 from long range and shot 5-for-10 overall, but the team shot just .396 and was defeated.

One man scoring machines do not win championships. Yale needs to find a second go-to man to fully realize its potential.

Harvard's enthusiasm about its win over Dartmouth needs to be put in perspective. The Crimson has a long, tough climb back to the top half of the Ivy League.