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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22-7
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Paul Westhead
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Pennsylvania
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3-1
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23-5
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Chuck Daly
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Villanova
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2-2
|
9-18
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Rollie Massimino
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Temple
|
1-3
|
7-19
|
Don Casey
|
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St. Joseph's
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0-4
|
8-17
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Harry Booth
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69-66, 51.1%
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Games All
games at The Palestra.
|
Date
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Winner
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Loser
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Crowd
|
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Dec 14
|
Penn 90
|
Villanova 80
|
9,025
|
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Penn builds 13-point halftime lead (46-33)
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Jan 15
|
La Salle 68
|
St. Joseph's 60
|
5,210
|
| |
St. Joe's loses its 10th straight game
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Jan 18
|
La Salle 67
|
Penn 65
|
9,233
|
| |
Joe Bryant's 25 points include game winner
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Jan 21
|
Penn 79
|
St. Joseph's 70
|
4,583
|
| |
Ron Haigler (21 pts, 12 rebs) paces Quakers
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Jan 25
|
Villanova 82
|
Temple 68
|
6,802
|
| |
Herron brothers combine for 46 points
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|
|
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Feb 8
|
La Salle 74
|
Temple 63
|
7,262
|
| |
#13 La Salle hands Owls ninth straight loss
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Feb 12
|
La Salle 74
|
Villanova 73
|
6,613
|
| |
In overtime, La Salle ends Penn's title hold
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Feb 15
|
Temple 81
|
St. Joseph's 67
|
2,988
|
| |
The Owls outboard the Hawks, 44-30
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Feb 22
|
Villanova 71
|
St. Joseph's 67
|
9,233
|
| |
Larry and Keith Herron score 19 points each
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Feb 25
|
Penn 57
|
Temple 55
|
5,443
|
| |
Temple goes 5-for-15 from the line
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Honors
|
First Team
|
|
Bob Bigelow (Pennsylvania)
|
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Joe Bryant (La Salle)
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Ron Haigler (Pennsylvania)
|
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Bill Taylor (La Salle)
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Haigler averaged 21.6 points and 10.6 rebounds.
No Quaker since has averaged double digits in rebounding.
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Hall of Fame Inductees
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Ken Durrett (La Salle)
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Bill Kennedy (Temple)
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Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's)
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John Rossiter (Original Big Five Business Manager)
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Jim Washington (Villanova)
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Dave Wohl (Pennsylvania)
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NCAA Tournament
|
Kansas State 69, Pennsylvania 62
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at The Palestra
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Syracuse 87, La Salle 83
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at The Palestra
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National Invitation Tournament
No participants
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