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Life goes on for the Lehigh men’s basketball team, which found out on Friday that the Patriot League’s Council of Presidents has ruled that it will have to forfeit 13 games from the 2004-05 season for using guard Joe Knight, who was later ruled ineligible. Lehigh’s 2004-05…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova forward Jackie Adamshick is paying more attention to North Carolina than any of the other three teams playing in the women’s NCAA Tournament’s Final Four in Boston. It’s not that she’s in love with those Tar Heel baby blue jerseys. Adamshick is doing some advance…
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Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa can’t take losing at James Madison University anymore. He’s done that for three basketball seasons, but there won’t be a fourth. The former Allen High standout received his official release papers on Friday from the Colonial Athletic Association member school. He…
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Read on mcall.com →The deans of area track and field coaches are back. Freedom’s Ray Herman returns for his 41st season and Southern Lehigh’s Brian Souerwine is back for his 34th. While not a lot has changed since last spring, a whole lot has changed in general over the years. “It’s amazing,” said…
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Read on mcall.com →For Jason Donnelly, the gut-wrenching final seconds of Villanova’s NCAA Tournament game against Arizona last Sunday night were nothing compared to the final days of his mother’s life. But the mentally tough way he reacted to both was the same. That’s because Donnelly,…
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Read on mcall.com →Everything was perfect for Allan Ray in the end — his vision, his foul shooting, and the situation. One year after being called for a controversial walk in the final seconds of Villanova’s 67-66 loss to eventual national champion North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in…
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Read on mcall.com →Fasten your seat belts. Arizona, led by its big and talented guards, including Philly native Mustafa Shakur, is ready to run with Villanova. They are two uptempo teams, both nicknamed Wildcats, and they will go man-to-man against each other in a game that figures to produce one…
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Read on mcall.com →The crowd was on its feet with a little under seven minutes remaining Friday at the Wachovia Center, but not to sing or wave goodbye to Monmouth. The 16th-seeded Hawks, who earlier this season established an NCAA record during the shot clock era by holding Princeton to 21…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova senior guard Allan Ray can see fine, and he’s ready to shoot. Past Monmouth and into the second round of the NCAA Tournament, that is. Ray practiced for two hours Wednesday afternoon at The Pavilion, on Villanova’s campus. His jump shot was on and so was his overall…
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Read on mcall.com →Marc Holum has been able to forget about pain this week. Both the emotional and physical types. The former Saucon Valley High star is a backup senior center for Air Force, which plays Illinois in its fourth-ever NCAA Tournament game tonight in San Diego. “This was one of the…
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Read on mcall.com →John Chaney is not going on a farewell tour, maybe not even closing out his illustrious coaching career on a winning note, but he’ll never have to worry about how much he was loved and respected for what he accomplished in 24 seasons at Temple. Chaney was greeted with a standing…
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Read on mcall.com →The only thing missing was a drum roll. Everything else was there — blowing trumpets and cheering fans and, as the moment of truth neared, heartbeats that raced off the charts. This was not the frenzied final seconds of a very big game. This was exuberance about the history made…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova senior Allan Ray found out more about the New York City streets than he wanted to Friday night. He didn’t like it. Not even close, and the thing about it is he wasn’t driving. Instead, he was a passenger in an ambulance that was transporting him to St. Vincent Hospital…
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Read on mcall.com →Maybe, the Big East Tournament just wasn’t meant for Connecticut and Villanova, the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams, respectively, to win. Maybe it’s just meant to be the G-Mac Show. Syracuse senior guard Gerry McNamara’s inspired play helped beat UConn in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Maybe, the Big East Tournament just wasn’t meant for Connecticut and Villanova, the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams, respectively, to win. Maybe it’s just meant to be the G-Mac Show. Syracuse senior guard Gerry McNamara’s inspired play helped beat UConn in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Randy Foye’s jump shot was way off, proof of which was provided by the Villanova senior guard going 0-for-6 on 3-pointers Thursday night. But he was voted the Big East player of the year as much for his defensive tenacity as his offensive exploits. “Usually, I am scoring points…
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Read on mcall.com →Kyle Lowry doesn’t mind getting his shot blocked. He’s not going to stop driving into the lane. He always thinks he can score, that he has the advantage over the giants manning the post. The boyish looking Lowry is just 6-0, but the Villanova sophomore guard believes he’s best…
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Read on mcall.com →Jay Wright is now the top coach, and his star senior guard, Randy Foye, the best player in the Big East Conference. That was revealed Tuesday night in New York City, when Wright, following a 24-3 regular season that included going 14-2 in conference play, was named the coach 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 →Mitch Gilfillan puffed hard, his eyes watering. Then he slammed a towel down on the hardwood floor Sunday afternoon at the Hart Center. Joe Knight walked slowly to the sidelines, bent over and grabbed his shorts. The final game for the Lehigh seniors had just ended with a 73-66…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh plans to start its engine early this afternoon and keep it running. But the Mountain Hawks (19-11) do not have history in their favor. They have not beaten Holy Cross (19-11) at the Hart Center since 1998. They are 0-4 against the Crusaders in Patriot League Tournament…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh was missing open shots. The Mountain Hawks were making bad passes. And what could have been the most costly bad pass came with eight seconds left, when star guard Jose Olivero tried to dump the ball inside. “I just made a wrong read,” said Olivero, a junior who two days…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh senior Joe Knight has always taken pride in being a rock to his family, friends and teammates, and especially to his 4-year-old niece, Cassidy. He has always tried his best to not let anybody down, even if that meant putting his own trials aside to make sure others were…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg and Moravian women’s basketball teams have experienced enthusiasm like never before this week. They both hope to create even more excitement as NCAA Division III tournament play opens today. Muhlenberg, owner of a school-record 25 wins with just two defeats, meets…
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