Standings
|
Team
|
Big 5
|
All
|
Coach
|
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St. Joseph's
|
4-0
|
23-6
|
Jack Ramsay
|
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Temple
|
3-1
|
27-4
|
Harry Litwack
|
|
La Salle
|
2-2
|
15-10
|
Jim Pollard
|
|
Villanova
|
1-3
|
14-12
|
Al Severance
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
0-4
|
12-13
|
Ray Stanley
|
| |
|
91-45, 66.9%
|
|
Game All Games at
the Palestra.
|
Date
|
Winner
|
Loser
|
Crowd
|
|
Dec 14
|
St. Joseph's 83
|
Villanova 70
|
2,636
|
| |
Reserve Al Juliana comes off bench for 22
|
|
|
|
Dec 20
|
Temple 93
|
Penn 72
|
3,751
|
| |
The Owls led by as many as 31 in the 2nd half
|
|
|
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Jan 4
|
St. Joseph's 69
|
La Salle 56
|
2,022
|
| |
The Hawks led by just one at intermission
|
|
|
|
Jan 11
|
Temple 80
|
Villanova 73
|
4,590
|
| |
Hal Lear made 13 of 25 FGs and had 37 pts
|
|
|
|
Jan 18
|
La Salle 64
|
Penn 52
|
2,047
|
| |
Penn trailed by just three points at 3:00
|
|
|
|
Jan 28
|
St. Joseph's 72
|
Penn 60
|
2,938
|
| |
Kurt Engelbert hits 13 of 14 FTs & scores 29
|
|
|
|
Feb 8
|
Villanova 89
|
Penn 74
|
3,111
|
| |
Penn's Joe Sturgis gets 20 points, 27 boards
|
|
|
|
Feb 15
|
Temple 60
|
La Salle 57
|
3,705
|
| |
Explorers failed to score in game's final 5:30
|
|
|
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Feb 22
|
St. Joseph's 77
|
Temple 68
|
9,387
|
| |
Hawks clinch first City Series Championship
|
|
|
|
Feb 29
|
La Salle 71
|
Villanova 64
|
2,843
|
| |
Charley Singley cans 4 FTs to ice the victory
|
|
|
Honors
|
First Team
|
|
Dick Csencsitz (Pennsylvania)
|
|
Kurt Engelbert (St. Joseph's)
|
|
Mike Fallon (St. Joseph's)
|
|
Al Juliana (St. Joseph's)
|
|
Hal Lear (Temple)
|
|
Bill Lynch (St. Joseph's)
|
|
Fran O'Malley (La Salle)
|
|
Hal Reinfeld (Temple)
|
|
Guy Rodgers (Temple)
|
|
Jimmy Smith (Villanova)
|
|
Joe Sturgis (Pennsylvania)
|
| Rodgers averaged 18.5 points and more than eight assists
as the Owls advanced to the Final Four. It was the first Geasey
MVP Award granted. |
NCAA Tournament
|
Temple 74, Holy Cross 72
|
in New York
|
|
Temple 75, Connecticut
|
at The Palestra
|
|
Temple 60, Canisius 58
|
at The Palestra
|
|
Iowa 83, Temple 76
|
Final 4 in Evanston, Ill.
|
|
Temple 90, SMU 81
|
Final 4 in Evanston, Ill.
|
National Invitation Tournament
|
St. Joseph's 74, Seton Hall 65
|
at Mad Sq Garden
|
|
Louisville 89, St. Joseph's 79
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Final 4 at Mad Sq Garden
|
|
St. Joes 93, St. Francis/NY 82
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Final 4 at Mad Sq Garden
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