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PHILADELPHIA BIG 5
Year by Year: 1972-1973

 

Standings

Team

Big 5

All

Coach

Pennsylvania

4-0

21-7

Chuck Daly

St. Joseph's

2-2

22-6

Jack McKinney

Temple

2-2

17-10

Harry Litwack

La Salle

1-3

15-10

Paul Westhead

Villanova

1-3

11-14

Jack Kraft

   

86-47, 64.7%

 

 

Games  All games at The Palestra.

Date

Winner

Loser

Crowd

Dec 13

Penn  54

St. Joseph's  53

8,655

 

Quakers erase seven-point halftime deficit

   

Dec 23

Penn  59

Temple  44

8,288

 

Penn uses FTs (15 of 17) and rebounds (35-21)

   

Jan 6

St. Joseph's  68

La Salle  55

9,019

 

Mike Bantom gets 22 points and 20 rebounds

   

Jan 17

Penn  77

Villanova  69

9,205

 

Hankinson 24 points, Haigler 20 boards

   

Jan 24

Penn57

La Salle 45

6,920

 

Hankinson keys win with 16 points, 16 boards

   

Jan 27

Villanova 79

St. Joseph's 72

9,222

 

Hastings and Inglesby combine for 43 pts

   

Feb 10

St. Joseph's 74

Temple 42

9,105

 

Temple struggles in every aspect

   

Feb 17

Temple 56

La Salle 54

5,242

 

Owls outrebound La Salle by 24 (43-19)

   

Feb 24

Temple 76

Villanova 67

7,658

 

Temple wins because of 56% FG shooting

   

Feb 28

La Salle 101

Villanova 79

5,491

 

Explorers outscore 'Cats, 60-40, after half

   

 

Honors

First Team
Mike Bantom (St. Joseph's)
Jim Crawford (La Salle)
Phil Hankinson (Pennsylvania)
Tom Ingelsby (Villanova)
Pat McFarland (St. Joseph's)

Ingelsby had an excellent season, averaging 25.5 points for Nova and becoming the fifth to score 100 points in a Big Five season.

 

Hall of Fame Inductees
Cliff Anderson (St. Joseph's)
Larry Cannon (La Salle)
Wali Jones (Villanova)
Stan Pawlak (Pennsylvania)
Guy Rodgers (Temple)

 

NCAA Tournament

Pennsylvania 62, St. John's 61

in Williamsburg, Va.

Providence 87, Pennsylvania 65

in Charlotte, N.C.

Syracuse 69, Pennsylvania 68

in Charlotte, N.C.

Providence 89, St. Joseph's 76

in Jamaica, N.Y.

 

National Invitation Tournament

No participants

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