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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4-0
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23-1
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Tom Gola
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Temple
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2-2
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22-8
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Harry Litwack
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Villanova
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2-2
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21-5
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Jack Kraft
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Pennsylvania
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1-3
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15-10
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Dick Harter
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St. Joseph's
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1-3
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17-11
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Jack McKinney
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98-35, 73.7%
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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 21
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St. Joseph's 63
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Penn 58
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6,135
|
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Hawks win in a free-throw fest
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Jan 7
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Temple 107
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Penn 83
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2,854
|
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Joe Cromer scores 35 on 14-22 FGs
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Jan 11
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Villanova 87
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St. Joseph's 62
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9,238
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Porter rips Hawks for 36 pts, 26 rebs
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Jan 15
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Penn 32
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Villanova 30
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4,445
|
| |
Steve Bilsky hits a long game-winner at 0:01
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Jan 18
|
Temple 79
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St. Joseph's 59
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8,668
|
| |
St. Joe's doesn't even shoot 30 percent
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Jan 22
|
La Salle 78
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Penn 64
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8,565
|
| |
Explorers nail 36 of 40 free throws
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Jan 25
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La Salle 101
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Temple 85
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9,214
|
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Durrett hits 12 of 17 FGs en route to 27 pts
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Feb 8
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La Salle 74
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Villanova 67
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9,248
|
| |
A classic Howard Porter-Ken Durrett battle
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Feb 15
|
La Salle 84
|
St. Joseph's 67
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8,298
|
| |
La Salle wraps up Big Five title
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Feb 22
|
Villanova 73
|
Temple 66
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8,472
|
| |
'Nova overcomes a halftime deficit
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Honors
|
First Team
|
|
John Baum (Temple)
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Larry Cannon (La Salle)
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Ken Durrett (La Salle)
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Mike Hauer (St. Joseph's)
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Johnny Jones (Villanova)
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Howard Porter (Villanova)
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Bernie Williams (La Salle)
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NCAA Tournament
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Davidson 75, Villanova 61
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in Raleigh, N.C.
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Duquesne 74, St. Joseph's 52
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in Kingston, R.I.
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National Invitation Tournament
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Temple 82, Florida 66
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Temple 94, St. Peter's 78
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at Mad Sq Garden
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Temple 63, Tennessee 58
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Final 4 at Mad Sq Garden
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Temple 89, Boston College 76
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Final 4 at Mad Sq Garden
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