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1. Posts should be relevant to Ivy basketball or the extended Princeton basketball family. Don't send the warning about the 'Good Times' virus, the request to send cards to Craig Shergold, etc. Those chain letters are not accurate, and we've all seen them at least three times anyway. Your posts should be well-reasoned, thoughful and informative. Good writing, punctuation and grammar are always appreciated.

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4. This is a discussion forum, not a fan board. The root word for 'fan' is 'fanatic', which the dictionary defines as 'unreasonably enthusiastic or overly zealous'. On the other hand, under 'discussion' the dictionary says 'talking about something in a deliberative fashion, with varying opinions offered constructively and, usually, amicably, so as to settle an issue.'

5. You might think your nicknames for other schools or players are cute. They're not. If you do not have the ability to call a team by their proper school or mascot name, you don't deserve to be able to talk about them. Additionally, it is disrespectful to refer to other Ivy schools as "dwarves." This sort of behavior is not acceptable here.

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