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The noise level is more boisterous and the atmosphere more lively at the University of Pennsylvania’s Palestra than at any other college gymnasium in Philadelphia, especially in matchups between Big 5 teams. “This is a great place to play when it is filled,” Penn junior Ugonna…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Maybe all theVillanova Wildcats needed was a break from the Big East and a Big 5 opponent to blow off steam against. Maybe even blowout. The Wildcats, coming off two straight losses and four setbacks in their last five games, accomplished all they so desired in a 102-73 victory…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was 30 seconds of extreme distress for Penn junior Ugonna Onyekwe, whose six missed free throws in that span allowed Saint Joseph’s to extend a Big 5 thriller to the final buzzer Saturday. The suspense extended for another minute or so while officials Jack Sweeney, Ray Perone…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lafayette Leopards got a break from Patriot League play, but that warranted no thanks to the schedule makers. Not even for Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon, who patroled the sidelines and matched wits against his former boss, Penn coach Fran Dunphy, throughout an exhilarating…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s mid-January now, the third week of league play all over the land. More rivals are hooking up, intensity escalating. What happened in November and December, setting the record straight, still matters. Just not as much. Win the league regular season title and gain extra…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Too much “hot Koko” on a cold Saturday night and countless spot-up 3’s early on led to an inevitable doomsday for Lehigh by halftime Saturday night. But getting thumped by the more skilled, quicker, smoother, sharper-shooting Penn Quakers was a picture that had been in Lehigh…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →As the 2002 part of the college basketball season rolls in, let’s take a capsule look at what has gone on and what is expected of Division I teams in the Lehigh Valley/Philadelphia/University Park areas. Lehigh — Playing against weaker teams has enabled the Engineers (3-8) to…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →No place in this city thumped more from the sound of cheers and chants galore from college basketball fanatics than the Palestra in the inaugural Big 5 Classic on Saturday. Never before had all Big 5 teams played in the same building on the same day with such an attractive cast…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →No place in this city thumped more from the sound of cheers and chants galore from college basketball fanatics than the Palestra in the inaugural Big 5 Classic on Saturday. Never before had all Big 5 teams played in the same building on the same day with such an attractive cast…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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 →Billy Hahn wants the administration, fans and anybody else associated with the La Salle University men’s basketball program to know that he’s a construction worker, not a miracle worker. He wants everybody to allow him to build and to have patience as he tries to lead La Salle…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was madness inside Madison Square Garden between two of last season’s Final Four participants — No. 2 Maryland and mistakenly unranked Arizona. The pollsters do overlook sleepers, if defending national runner-up Arizona can be called that. Sleep on them if you will. Maryland…
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Read on mcall.com →John Chaney’s tie and collar were loosened early, even though his young Temple Owls were leading the Florida Gators by eight points. Later, he took his tie all the way off and took a relaxing seat in the interview room. A long Thursday night with more misery than anything else…
· Andre D. Williams
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 →The Atlantic 10 Conference has seven new coaches and a new member from Richmond. But the best thing the upgraded 12-team, realigned conference has is two nationally ranked programs in Saint Joseph’s and Temple. And the two rival Philadelphia schools have two rival Philadelphia…
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Read on mcall.com →Jameer Nelson’s celebrity status extended well past the Saint Joseph’s University campus before he even made his first collegiate basket last Nov. 17. He didn’t even need to win the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year award or play on last summer’s gold medal-winning USA Junior…
· Andre D. Williams
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 →A record-breaking high school football season by Parkland High’s Austin Scott was followed by a spring of mistakes, one that resulted in him being expelled from the school in April and forced to attend a private school the rest of the school year. Scott hung out with the wrong…
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Read on mcall.com →A big cloud of uncertainty hovers over the Philadelphia 76ers organization. And it has nothing to do with whom they will choose in the NBA draft, June 27. The most pressing matters are whether coach Larry Brown will return for a fifth season and whether team president Pat Croce…
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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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs knew whom they wanted most and they made all the chess moves earlier in the day to ensure they got him in Tuesday night’s United States Basketball League draft. Head coach Darryl Dawkins made the announcement at the ValleyDawgs’ draft headquarters at…
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