When they signed on with the men’s basketball team, the members of the Class of 2009 — Adam Gore, Khaliq Gant, Jason Battle, Conor Mullen and Brian Kreefer — must have been wondering what they were getting themselves into. In 2004-05, the year before their freshman season (except for Gant, who played that year), the Red went 13-14 overall with a respectable 8-6 record in the Ivy League. That team put up respectable, if not impressive, stats; it cruised to a second-place finish in the Ivy League, but did not pose a serious threat to Ancient Eight champion Penn’s 13-1 league record.

“Obviously we’re a lot better now,” said Gore, a team captain for the second year in a row.

Last Tuesday, nearly 22 months after tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a game against Northwestern, men’s basketball senior guard Adam Gore tore the same ligament in his other knee. While some estimates have him back as soon as January, there is no real timetable on his return. He will have surgery on Sept. 18.