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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4-0
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21-6
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Chuck Daly
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La Salle
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2-2
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18-10
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Paul Westhead
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St. Joseph's
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2-2
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19-11
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Jack McKinney
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Temple
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2-2
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16-9
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Don Casey
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Villanova
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0-4
|
7-19
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Rollie Massimino
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81-55, 59.6%
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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 19
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Penn 84
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La Salle 82
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7,898
|
| |
Five Quakers score double figures
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Jan 8
|
Penn 43
|
Temple 42
|
6,458
|
| |
No Quakers score double figures
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|
|
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Jan 15
|
Penn 55
|
St. Joseph's 53
|
5,048
|
| |
Penn's third straight narrow victory
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|
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Jan 23
|
Penn 83
|
Villanova 61
|
9,209
|
| |
Coach Daly uses 14 players to clinch title
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|
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Jan 30
|
St. Joseph's 75
|
La Salle 73
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4,671
|
| |
All five SJU starters score double figures
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|
|
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Feb 3
|
La Salle 78
|
Temple 54
|
4,773
|
| |
Joe Bryant scores 22 points, grabs 16 boards
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|
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Feb 9
|
Temple 81
|
Villanova 73
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6,745
|
| |
'Nova led by four (32-28) at intermission
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Feb 16
|
Temple 73
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St. Joseph's 67
|
4,874
|
| |
Jim Washington records 18 points, 6 assists
|
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Feb 20
|
La Salle 104
|
Villanova 66
|
4,718
|
| |
La Salle shells the 'Cats for 2nd straight time
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|
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Feb 23
|
St. Joseph's 59
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Villanova 53
|
9,229
|
| |
Chubby Cox has 24 pts, 13 rebs in loss
|
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Honors
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First Team
|
|
Ron Haigler (Pennsylvania)
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Mike Moody (St. Joseph's)
|
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Jim O'Brien (St. Joseph's)
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Bill Taylor (La Salle)
|
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Hall of Fame Inductees
|
|
Frank Corace (La Salle)
|
|
Hal Lear (Temple)
|
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Bob McNeill (St. Joseph's)
|
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Bill Melchionni (Villanova)
|
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John Wideman (Pennsylvania)
|
Haigler became the fifth underclassmen to win the Geasey
MVP Award after leading the Quakers in scoring (17.4) and rebounding
(10.6).
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NCAA Tournament
|
Providence 84, Pennsylvania 69
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in Jamaica, N.Y.
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Pittsburgh 54, St. Joseph's 42
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in Morgantown, W.Va.
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National Invitation Tournament
No participants
St. Joseph's Mike Bantom
Mike Bantom has an extensive basketball resume. It includes
being a first-round pick of the Phoenix Suns. It also includes winning
a silver medal as a member of the cheated 1972 U.S. Olympic team. Bantom
was also selected to play in the NABC East-West All-American Game as
a 1973 All-American at St. Joseph's. A two-time team captain, Bantom
was the last Hawk to average 20 points a game for a career and he did
it during a time when the Hawks averaged 20 wins per season. In the
1972-73 season, Bantom was outscored by Pat McFarland by a single point.
It is still the only time two Hawks averaged 20 points a season. Bantom
is also second on the all-time rebounding list (1151). Until Carlin
Warley did it in 1994, Bantom had been the last player to average double
figures in rebounding for a season.
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