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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Pennsylvania
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3-1
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19-6
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Jack McCloskey
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Villanova
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3-1
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19-10
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Jack Kraft
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St. Joseph's
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2-2
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23-5
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Jack Ramsay
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La Salle
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1-3
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16-8
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Donald Moore
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Temple
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1-3
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15-7
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Harry Litwack
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92-36, 71.9%
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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 22
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Penn 78
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St. Joseph's 77
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5,845
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Wideman layup ices win at 0:18 in 3rd OT
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Jan 12
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Villanova 63
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St. Joseph's 61
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8,716
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Eric Erikson hits game-winner at 0:05 in OT
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Jan 19
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Temple 50
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Villanova 49
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8,201
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Fitzgerald leads way with 13 pts, 19 rebs
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Jan 26
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Villanova 63
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Penn 62
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8,728
|
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Pennsylvania was up six (29-23) at break
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Feb 2
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La Salle 81
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Temple 71
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6,100
|
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Frank Corace scores 21 pts, grabs 15 rebs
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Feb 12
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Penn 78
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La Salle 74
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6,331
|
|
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Corace's 30 points, 18 boards aren't enough
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Feb 16
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St. Joseph's 64
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Temple 52
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7,299
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Jim Boyle hits for 17 points and 13 rebounds
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Feb 23
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St. Joseph's 66
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La Salle 49
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8,719
|
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Boyle misses "triple-double" by an assist
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Feb 26
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Penn 59
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Temple 53
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3,256
|
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Penn wins 1st Big 5 title behind Wideman's 18
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March 3
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Villanova 63
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La Salle 47
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8,708
|
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Wally Jones' 28 points sparks the 'Cats
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Honors
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First Team
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Frank Corace (La Salle)
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Wally Jones (Villanova)
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Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's)
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Jim Washington (Villanova)
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John Wideman (Pennsylvania)
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Tom Wynne (St. Joseph's)
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NCAA Tournament
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St. Joseph's 82, Princeton 81
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at The Palestra
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St. Joseph's 97, West Virginia 88
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in College Park, Md.
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Duke 73, St. Joseph's 59
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in College Park, Md.
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National Invitation Tournament
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Villanova 63, DePaul 51
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Villanova 54, Wichita 53
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Canisius 61, Villanova 46
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Marquette 66, Villanova 58
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Pennsylvanias’s John Wideman
John Wideman demonstrates the ideals of a student-athlete better
than anyone. He led the Quakers to their first Big Five title in 1963
and was named all-Big Five and all-Ivy League. His on-court exploits
were substantial enough for him to be named to the Big Five Hall of
Fame in 1974. But his greatest achievements didn't come on the hardwood.
A Benjamin Franklin Scholar, Wideman graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1963
and became a Rhodes Scholar, the second African-American recipient ever.
He returned to Penn as an English professor in 1967 and stayed until
1972, when he pursued his career in writing. Since then he's received
two Faulkner Awards for Fiction for his books Sent For You Yesterday
and Philadelphia Fire. His daughter, Jamilla, played for the
WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks last year.
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