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Saint Joseph’s is making another run at the NCAA Tournament. And the Hawks don’t even control Philadelphia. But that’s the beauty of college basketball because rankings and computers do not determine a team’s fate. Saint Joe’s (12-9) can advance to the “Big Dance” for the third…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick celebrated his homecoming with a parade of dunks against Villanova Saturday afternoon before a sellout crowd at the Wachovia Center. At times it seemed Villanova’s best defense against Warrick was to foul him. Twice Wildcat players landed on…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bucknell coach Pat Flannery did not allow his spirits to be dampened after losing to Lehigh 57-54 on a Joe Knight 3-pointer at the buzzer Sunday at Stabler Arena. Flannery had missed three games because of an undisclosed medical condition. He hated being out, hated not having to…
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Read on mcall.com →Phillipsburg native Tom Brennan has reached a point in life where he’d rather spend his summers sailing on Lake Champlain in Vermont than recruiting players across the country for his Catamounts basketball program. Brennan, 55, announced his retirement as Vermont’s head coach on…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic senior two-way tackle Matt Kushner appeared to be an unlikely Division I product before last season. He’d made just 12 tackles in two previous seasons. He had played mostly as an offensive lineman and pancake blocks are not listed on any stats sheets. But…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Two starters on Villanova’s men’s basketball team are almost fully healed as the Wildcats prepare to play their first game as a nationally-ranked team since the 1996-97 season. Junior center Jason Fraser got the cast off his fractured right hand seven days ago and played 13…
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Read on mcall.com →Drexel University senior Danny Hinds is not about to let a fractured left wrist keep him out of the Dragons’ starting lineup. He’s worked too hard to get into it, so he’s not about to let discomfort in his non-shooting hand spoil his last season. Besides, Drexel coach Bruiser…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Villanova needed more than outside snipers and flashy drives against Notre Dame Wednesday night at the Wachovia Center. The Wildcats needed muscle and a player willing to take and deliver elbows in a Big East contest that was every bit as rugged as expected. Will Sheridan, the…
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Read on mcall.com →Penn surrendered very few uncontested layups or open jump shots and the Quakers scored in the paint with more effectiveness than Saint Joseph’s, despite the presence of the Hawks’ Dwayne Jones, the 6-11 shot blocker, Tuesday night. Jones did his best, blocking five shots and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Villanova’s non-league schedule had been nothing to boast about, except for games against Big 5 rivals Temple and Pennsylvania. But Saturday, the Wildcats took a break from from the Big East to play second-ranked Kansas at the Wachovia Center. There wasn’t supposed to be…
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Read on mcall.com →Kansas knew a snowstorm was about to sock this city, but the second-ranked Jayhawks didn’t expect to get socked by Villanova, as well, Saturday afternoon at the Wachovia Center. That’s the risk of playing a tough non-conference game away from home against a team bent on pulling…
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Read on mcall.com →Georgetown University senior guard Mary Lisicky is having more of a Washington, D.C., experience than she’d like her parents in Whitehall to know about. “Georgetown has a lot of shopping centers, and, of course, there’s always clubs and bars, but don’t tell Mom,” Lisicky said.…
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Read on mcall.com →Jackie Adamshick did not shoot well, but the Villanova sophomore forward was solid in so many other ways against Georgetown in a Big East matchup Wednesday night at The Pavilion. Her defense was tough. Her rebounding and court awareness were also impressive, and she even had two…
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Read on mcall.com →There are some games in which Villanova guard Jackie Adamshick is all-world — just like she was in high school when she led Central Catholic to back-to-back PIAA Class 3A titles in 2001 and 2002. Her 25-point performance in leading Villanova to a 59-54 upset of then-No. 4 Notre…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s Patriot League opponents are not having many good nights trying to contain Mountain Hawks junior guard Joe Knight. The 6-1 transfer from High Point University has turned into a clutch late-game performer, hitting the game-winning shot with 25.4 seconds left in a 56-53…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Will Sheridan’s game-tying dunk with 2.4 seconds left was followed by Villanova’s biggest defensive lapse of the season Saturday afternoon at The Pavilion. The Wildcats blinked. That’s all it took for Georgetown’s Darrel Owens to race down court, pull in a baseball-like pass…
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Read on mcall.com →The excitement is slowly returning to Navy basketball. Though the Midshipmen’s 4-9 start has included a 75-69 loss to Division III Gettysburg on Dec. 18 in Annapolis, first-year coach Billy Lange is not discouraged. A stale offense was the main reason the Midshipmen compiled a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The page was turned back to the old days of the Big East, when defense dominated. Fittingly, Villanova’s legendary former coach Rollie Massimino was in the Pavilion Wednesday night, doing color analysis for the first basketball game televised live on ESPN Classic. West Virginia…
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Read on mcall.com →For the first time in his life, John O’Connor is far away from Philly cheesesteaks and the City of Brotherly Love, in which he grew up. His living situations, not to mention diet, are much different these days. His job as Georgia Tech’s director of basketball operations is also…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s talent pool is not as depleted as the Patriot League’s sports information directors and coaches preseason poll seemed to suggest. The Leopards were picked to finish sixth. It’s too late to change, but Lafayette will finish closer to the top than the bottom in…
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Read on mcall.com →The speed and leaping ability of No. 9 Georgia Tech was unlike anything Lafayette College contends with in the Patriot League. But for 29 minutes Tuesday night, the Leopards were not overwhelmed by the Yellow Jackets. Lafayette actually held a four-point lead in the first half…
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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 →COLLEGE BUCKNELL 7-4, 4-2 (Patriot) Beat Duquesne 30-20 Mike Cangelosi (Nazareth) Sr. 6-0, 197. Season: 14 carries, 93 yards, 1 TD; 6 catches, 62 yards, TD. DELAWARE 6-3, 6-1 (Atl. 10) Beat Richmond 23-14 Sean Bleiler (Parkland) Sr. 6-0, 220. Season: 66 carries, 333 yards, 2…
· Andre D. Williams
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