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PHILADELPHIA BIG 5
Year by Year: 1974-1975

 

Standings

Team

Big 5

All

Coach

La Salle

4-0

22-7

Paul Westhead

Pennsylvania

3-1

23-5

Chuck Daly

Villanova

2-2

9-18

Rollie Massimino

Temple

1-3

7-19

Don Casey

St. Joseph's

0-4

8-17

Harry Booth

   

69-66, 51.1%

 

 

Games   All games at The Palestra.

Date

Winner

Loser

Crowd

Dec 14

Penn   90

Villanova   80

9,025

 

Penn builds 13-point halftime lead (46-33)

   

Jan 15

La Salle   68

St. Joseph's   60

5,210

 

St. Joe's loses its 10th straight game

   

Jan 18

La Salle   67

Penn   65

9,233

 

Joe Bryant's 25 points include game winner

   

Jan 21

Penn   79

St. Joseph's   70

4,583

 

Ron Haigler (21 pts, 12 rebs) paces Quakers

   

Jan 25

Villanova   82

Temple   68

6,802

 

Herron brothers combine for 46 points

   

Feb 8

La Salle   74

Temple   63

7,262

 

#13 La Salle hands Owls ninth straight loss

   

Feb 12

La Salle   74

Villanova   73

6,613

 

In overtime, La Salle ends Penn's title hold

   

Feb 15

Temple   81

St. Joseph's   67

2,988

 

The Owls outboard the Hawks, 44-30

   

Feb 22

Villanova   71

St. Joseph's   67

9,233

 

Larry and Keith Herron score 19 points each

   

Feb 25

Penn   57

Temple   55

5,443

 

Temple goes 5-for-15 from the line

   

 

Honors

First Team
Bob Bigelow (Pennsylvania)
Joe Bryant (La Salle)
Ron Haigler (Pennsylvania)
Bill Taylor (La Salle)
Charlie Wise (La Salle)

Haigler averaged 21.6 points and 10.6 rebounds.   No Quaker since has averaged double digits in rebounding.

 

Hall of Fame Inductees
Ken Durrett (La Salle)
Bill Kennedy (Temple)
Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's)
John Rossiter (Original Big Five Business Manager)
Jim Washington (Villanova)
Dave Wohl (Pennsylvania)

 

NCAA Tournament

Kansas State 69, Pennsylvania 62

at The Palestra

Syracuse 87, La Salle 83

at The Palestra

 

National Invitation Tournament

No participants

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