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The acrobatic one- and two-handed dunks, quick moves and soft jumpers, defensive handcuffing and blocked shots by Villanova sophomore Curtis Sumpter made for a miserable homecoming Sunday for UNC-Greensboro coach Fran McCaffery. McCaffery, a native of Philadelphia who attended…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Some interceptions alter games, but the first interception of Bethlehem Catholic defensive lineman John Bedics’ career did more than that. His 42-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter against Parkland in last year’s season-opener increased his confidence…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The shot of Saint Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson did not start to fall with consistency until the final seven minutes Tuesday at the Palestra. By that time, he had already collected the four assists he needed to become the school’s all-time assists leader and he had already…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The men in suits who represent the NCAA and the college basketball coaches who are often at odds with them, met in Chicago before the season started and discussed ways to help change apparent perceptions that coaches will go to unethical lengths to win and stay on top. Also…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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 →Senior forward Nicole Druckenmiller tightly held onto the television remote control from her front row seat and braced herself for the NCAA Selection Committee’s announcement on Sunday. She anxiously waited to see which team she and her Villanova Wildcats teammates were going to…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The conference and NCAA Tournament games of March should not be overshadowed by the scandal and controversy of a few naughty programs. Because for every Georgia, Fresno State and St. Bonaventure, there are dozens upon dozens of Lehighs and Lafayettes, Penns and Princetons —…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →His first shot went through the nets kind of like cotton balls being dropped in a bucket. It was just that smooth. But shooting wasn’t the only part of Saint Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson’s game that was smooth. His ball-handling and drives to the basket were so dynamic that…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Nobody is likely to ask the significance of playing in a Big 5 game if they saw the way La Salle and Penn were scrapping and clawing Tuesday night at The Palestra. But La Salle, which started three freshmen and two sophomores, just couldn’t match the poise, execution, and like…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson was slick with his handle, quick with his penetration. Trying to trap him seemed pointless. Fouling him did not work either because Nelson was smooth at the free throw line, too. Nelson was in command, and his poise was a big reason the Hawks…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh men’s basketball coach who seemed to be tailor-made for the position will have the opportunity to prove himself and his team to the man who taught and motivated him back in Illinois. Dennis Taylor, whose son Billy is in his first season as Lehigh’s coach, will make…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →They were a highly-touted freshman class, each having played high school basketball within an hour’s drive of each other. Expectations of them were high from the start, and have not been lowered 17 games into their careers at Villanova. They all seem to still be operating on…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College gets a break from its Patriot League schedule tonight, but the Leopards’ 7:30 home game against the Ivy League’s University of Pennsylvania is a step up in competition. It could be considered a level higher than the Leopards’ games against Arizona State on Nov.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Robbie Thomson’s eyes opened wide, and his foot moved quickly as he blanketed the man he was assigned to defend Saturday at Rider. It was a tenacious side of Thomson, a side that the 2001 Saucon Valley graduate did not always show in high school. But on this more competitive and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was a classic no-blood, no-foul basketball game, the kind that forces tempers to flare and a capacity home crowd to fume at every no-call. Such was the case Tuesday afternoon. But Big Five matchups are typically grueling. Throw in the fact that it was Temple against…
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Read on mcall.com →All that counts to Parkland High senior Nick Pinchek is that he’s happy and the Trojans are winning. Never mind the fact that Pinchek won’t come anywhere close to the 1,321 yards he rushed for last season as the Trojans’ featured tailback. Never mind that he was moved to…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb was rarely stopped when he passed or ran the ball and the Philadelphia Eagles defense roughed up a mistake-prone Dallas Cowboys offense Sunday afternoon in the home opener at Veterans Stadium. The crowd of 65,537 had roared long before kickoff and Dallas could not…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University batters rode the slight breeze around and twice out of Moravian College’s Gillespie Field in a 11-5 nonleague victory Wednesday afternoon. The first Lehigh batter to jack a ball over the fence was sophomore third baseman Jesse Novalis, whose 350-foot-plus shot…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →You have to know that the United States Basketball League is all about giving unsuspecting players a chance to play professionally when a former towel boy is drafted by the defending league champion. Good thing it was in the seventh round, 61st pick overall that the Pennsylvania…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s time for Lehigh University to consider making a change in philosophy and make history by hiring its first African-American head men’s basketball coach and just the second ever in the Patriot League. Maybe Lehigh search committee chairman Glenn Hofmann should first look at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The closest highway is a short walk from College Hill in Easton, and Lafayette College coach Fran O’Hanlon doesn’t mind telling any player disgruntled with his role in to take that highway — Route 22 — and not worry about coming back. Simply put, it’s O’Hanlon’s way or the…
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Read on mcall.com →The guessing game of who’s in, who’s out, and who needs to do what to get into the good graces of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee has heated up as college basketball enters its final two weeks of the regular season. Locally, Lafayette (13-12) and Lehigh (4-21) can only…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was close, typical of the way Big East games between Georgetown and Villanova have gone the last five years. Both the pretty and ugly ones. Ugly is exactly what Georgetown was in the first half Saturday at the First Union Center, shooting just 22 percent (6-for-27) from the…
· Andre D. Williams
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