Standings
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Team
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Big 5
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All
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Coach
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La Salle
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3-1
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17-9
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Jim Pollard
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St. Joseph's
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3-1
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17-7
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Jack Ramsay
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Temple
|
3-1
|
20-9
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Harry Litwack
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Villanova
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1-3
|
10-15
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Al Severance
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Pennsylvania
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0-4
|
7-19
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Jack McCloskey
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71-59, 54.6%
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Games All games at The Palestra.
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Date
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Winner
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Loser
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Crowd
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Dec 18
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Temple 79
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Penn 56
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3,735
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Jay Norman had 22 points, 23 rebounds
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Jan 9
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St. Joseph's 97
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La Salle 85
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3,727
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La Salle had 11-point lead in 2nd half
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Jan 16
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Villanova 63
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Penn 47
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1,181
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Villanova jumped to 16-4 lead to start game
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Jan 19
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St. Joseph's 59
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Villanova 51
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5,659
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Al Griffith scores 19 points in losing cause
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Jan 26
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La Salle 84
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Penn 73
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2,323
|
| |
Explorers own boards with 69-28 advantage
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Feb 6
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Temple 81
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Villanova 72
|
3,155
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| |
Temple took 24-5 lead & never looked back
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Feb 12
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La Salle 63
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Temple 61
|
3,696
|
| |
Alonzo Lewis (with 26 pts) engineered upset
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Feb 20
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St. Joseph's 79
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Penn 71
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1,542
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Dick Csencsitz has 26 points for Quakers
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Feb 27
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Temple 54
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St. Joseph's 48
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9,286
|
| |
The Owls gain a share of Big Five title
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March 6
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La Salle 75
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Villanova 61
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2,172
|
| |
La Salle's Bill Katheder leads with 26 points
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Honors
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First Team
|
|
Mel Brodsky (Temple)
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Dick Csencsitz (Pennsylvania)
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Dan Dougherty (St. Joseph's)
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Kurt Engelbert (St. Joseph's)
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Tom Garberina (La Salle)
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Al Griffith (Villanova)
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Alonzo Lewis (La Salle)
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Jay Norman (Temple)
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Ray Radziszewski (St. Joseph's)
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Guy Rodgers (Temple)
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Rodgers was a first-team All-American, upping his scoring
average to 20.4 points while doling out 6.4 assists a game en
route to the Geasey Award.
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NCAA Tournament
No participants
National Invitation Tournament
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Temple 77, Dayton 66
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Bradley 94, Temple 66
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Final 4 at Mad Sq Garden
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Temple 67, St. Bonaventure 50
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Final 4 at Mad Sq Garden
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