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Breathe easy, Lafayette. Fran O’Hanlon won’t be cleaning out his office anytime soon — not even for the temptation to return to Philadelphia. O’Hanlon said Monday that he’s happy as Lafayette’s men’s basketball coach and not a candidate for the vacant job at the University of…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor hopes his season isn’t over, that the Mountain Hawks’ 19-12 record puts them in contention for a National Invitational Tournament bid. It’s nice to hope and it would certainly be a major boost for the Patriot League’s profile if Lehigh received a…
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Read on mcall.com →The chants — “Chaney … Chaney” — started and the “No. 500” signs came out with less than a minute remaining Tuesday night. But Temple coach John Chaney did not instruct his players to slow up, stop trapping, and finally allow Army just a second or two to breathe. Even though the…
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Read on mcall.com →For 33 years, including 23 straight at Temple, Hall of Fame coach John Chaney has never gone into a game and had fun. Before tipoff, Chaney’s suit coat is off, his tie is loosened, and his sleeves are rolled up. Soon, he revs into high gear, screaming, stomping his feet and…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney wants the names of the eight Atlantic 10 coaches and media members who picked the Owls as the league’s preseason favorite. Better yet, he’d like them to have psychological check-ups, because he’s not sure they were thinking clearly when they gave the…
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Read on mcall.com →The amazing Grace of the Harlem Diamonds professional women’s softball team and the team’s star pitcher use Ray Charles’ famous phrase, “I’m going to make it do what it do, baby.” They and their teammates will display their talents at Pates Park in Allentown Sunday evening. But…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple’s season of underachievement will likely end tonight in a first-round NIT game against Virginia Tech. But the major question after the game probably won’t center on what the Owls need to do to get better for next season. It probably will be on why Temple coach John Chaney…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College has a slim chance of pulling off this college basketball season’s biggest upset Tuesday night in a non-league game against No. 9 Georgia Tech in Atlanta. But the Leopards (3-6) may not get too blown out of Alexander Memorial Coliseum, which is located on the…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette will experience on Dec. 28 what former Allen High star Ray Barbosa has already experienced when the James Madison sophomore and his teammates played then-No. 3 Georgia Tech Dec. 15 in Atlanta. Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon is in no rush to find out. “They are pretty…
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Read on mcall.com →His shoulders and ankles are fine now, but his knees now ache so much after games that Drexel University senior Danny Hinds often has to ice them for several minutes after games. “I’m getting older,” Hinds, a Central Catholic High graduate, said after a recent game at Lafayette…
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Read on mcall.com →A former assistant coach from Lehigh University’s past is still alive in the NCAA Tournament and hoping the big stage could lead to his first head coaching job. Monte Ross, who was an assistant coach at Lehigh under Dave Duke for the 1993-94 season, is in his eighth season as an…
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Read on mcall.com →When Jameer Nelson was starring at Chester High, his mailbox didn’t fill up with scholarship offers until after his junior year. By that time, Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli had offered Nelson a full ride to the tiny Jesuit school on Hawk Hill. Later, Kentucky, USC,…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College coach Fran O’Hanlon couldn’t have been more correct Saturday when he said, “We haven’t won anything yet.” O’Hanlon was responding to Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard’s statement that he had picked Lafayette to win the Patriot League title. Lafayette (18-5) beat…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney will try for his 700th victory again tonight. If the Owls beat St. Bonaventure, Chaney will probably receive a standing ovation, and people closest to him will probably give him a hug, a pat on the back, and maybe even a kiss. And Chaney? He’ll surely…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University now has a fun-and-gun offense, led by guards Austen Rowland and Jose Olivero, that is entertaining and producing winning results. Maybe it’s a taste of what’s to come in future years under Billy Taylor, the second-year coach who now sports a 25-18 record after…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University’s athletic administration might want to consider giving head men’s basketball coach Billy Taylor a contract extension — and maybe offer to pay his dry cleaning bill. It might not hurt to send his wife Avlon a dozen or so roses once in a while as an expression…
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Read on mcall.com →The Temple Owls found a way to prevent all their feathers from being ruffled by South Carolina in a non-league game Monday night at the Liacouras Center. But just barely. After building a 20-point second-half lead with 7:41 remaining, the Owls succumbed to South Carolina’s…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova sophomores Randy Foye and Allan Ray had their eyes wide open, but it seemed like Temple defenders sleepwalked while trying to guard them. Maybe that’s because the Big 5 opener for both teams did not start until 12:01 a.m. Friday at Temple’s Liacouras Center, a time…
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Read on mcall.com →The purity, spirit and competiveness of college basketball are what continue to drive Temple coach John Chaney. The Hall of Fame coach, who is seven victories short of becoming the 15th coach in Division I history to reach 700, believes all that is right about the game will be…
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Read on mcall.com →The woeful experiences Temple has had for most of the season seemed to have lightened once February arrived. It’s the month the Owls under coach John Chaney normally play better, The Owls, who were drubbed 78-59 by Saint Joseph’s on Feb. 13, rebounded two nights later with a…
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Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s just never stopped going full speed, even when Temple seemed to have their course blocked with traps. Few teams have been able to slow Saint Joe’s down, especially when junior guard Jameer Nelson is driving the offense at a pace that leaves one defender after…
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Read on mcall.com →Coaching on the big-time level has brought big-time thrills to former Lafayette College assistant coach Pat Brogan, who is in his first season as an assistant coach at Penn State. But Brogan has not forgotten the eight seasons he spent coaching at Lafayette, a period that ended…
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Read on mcall.com →The return to the area where he used to live went better than expected for Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan Thursday night at Temple’s Liacouras Center. That’s because Ryan’s Badgers shot the ball so well from the outside that they seemingly took away whatever joy the Owls players might…
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Read on mcall.com →Amazingly, just two La Salle Explorers fans stormed onto the First Union Spectrum floor Thursday night. They were quickly rushed off by security guards, but their heartbeats may still be running along with that of the La Salle players following a 72-66 upset over Temple in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Many of the students who rushed onto the floor at La Salle University’s Gola Gymnasium probably didn’t notice Reggie Okosa pounding his fists into his chest as he danced around the court. Okosa wears No. 1 on his jersey. Seconds earlier, Okosa’s teammate, senior forward Rasual…
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Read on mcall.com →It was just the second day of February but it seemed like March. It’s the Temple Owls time of season. Time when they seem to smother opponents with that pesky zone defense. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is or where they play the game. They seem to play every game with the…
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Read on mcall.com →Scoring at will has come so easy for Temple Univwersity guard Lynn Greer over the last two seasons that it’s hard to imagine that there was once a time when the slick All-America candidate warmed the bench. That’s because it was a long time ago. “When I was in middle school, I…
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Read on mcall.com →The Temple Owls are indeed a puzzle, because figuring them out can take all night. It may even take all season. That all depends on how fast sophomore guard David Hawkins can get on the same page with senior guard Lynn Greer and the rest of his teammates. One yeoman performance…
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Read on mcall.com →Bewilderment rocked the Penn State campus two weeks ago when Yale beat the Nittany Lions on the basketball court. It has happened before. It’s just that nobody on the current Nittany Lions roster or head coach Jerry Dunn was even born when the Bulldogs beat Penn State 33-31 in…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney looked quickly at center Ron Rollerson, who will be in the spotlight more than ever over the next two games, shoved the microphone closer to him and demanded that the 6-10 senior turn up his volume. Kind of like the way Rollerson turned up his game after…
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Read on mcall.com →The Maryland Terrapins and the Florida Gators, ranked No. 2 and No. 6 in the preseason Associated Press poll, are looking to get off to perfect starts. Unranked Arizona, the defending national runner-up will be looking to gain confidence with at least five freshmen playing…
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Read on mcall.com →It was the 11th day of December last year, a trial-filled day that Lafayette senior guard Brian Burke couldn’t stop thinking about as he stood at the podium accepting the ECAC Award of Valor on Oct. 2 in Hyannis, Mass. Stories of players returning to play Division I basketball…
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Read on mcall.com →His statistics do not measure up to the man who has gone from the troubled streets of North Philadelphia to the glamour lights of the NBA. Through it all, Sixers guard Aaron McKie has remained humble and thankful for the people in his life who’ve helped elevate him to the player…
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Read on mcall.com →NBA Coach of the Year candidate Larry Brown is in line for another possible distinction, and the Sixers coach is happy that other people associated with pro and college basketball in this city are in line with him. Brown, who has close to 1,200 professional and college victories…
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