Archive: February, 2012
Bob Vetrone Jr.
One of the more surprising things about Wilt Chamberlain's NBA career, was that he had eight coaches over his 14 seasons.
Here are those eight coaches and their NBA record with teams that had Wilt and with teams that did not have Wilt.
| Coach | With Wilt | Pct. | W/O Wilt | Pct. |
| Neil Johnston | 95- 59 | .617 | — | — |
| Frank McGuire | 49- 31 | .613 | — | — |
| Bob Feerick | 31- 49 | .388 | 32- 36 | .471 |
| Alex Hannum | 189- 98 | .659 | 282-314 | .473 |
| Dolph Schayes | 73- 42 | .635 | 78-130 | .722 |
| Butch Van Breda Kolff | 55- 27 | .688 | 211-226 | .483 |
| Joe Mullaney | 94- 70 | .573 | 11- 18 | .379 |
| Bill Sharman | 129- 35 | .787 | 204-205 | .499 |
Bob Vetrone Jr.
We've loved the Big East conference for basketball since its inception, but it's been getting harder and harder to remember who is in or out when it comes to hoops.
By the time the 2013-14 season tips off, at least 23 colleges will be able to say they have played Big East basketball. And that doesn't even include Temple if it decides to join the mix in the next 15 minutes or so. Ugh!
Below are the original school in the conference and moves made to the men's basketball version of the league (*timing tentative):
| Season | Original Members | |
| 1979-80 |
Boston College, Connecticut, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Syracuse |
|
| Season | Additions | Subtractions |
| 1980-81 | Villanova | — |
| 1982-83 | Pittsburgh | — |
| 1991-92 | Miami (Fla.) | — |
| 1995-96 | Notre Dame, Rutgers, West Virginia | — |
| 2000-01 | Virginia Tech | — |
| 2004-05 | — | Miami (Fla.), Virginia Tech |
| 2005-06 |
Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, South Florida |
Boston College |
| 2012-13 | — | *Pittsburgh, *Syracuse, West Virginia |
| 2013-14 |
Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, Southern Methodist |
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Bob Vetrone Jr.
Not only is Wilt Chamberlain the only man to ever score 100 points in an NBA game, no two teammates have ever combined for 100 points in an NBA game.
We bring this up now, because Wednesday night the most recent NBA duo to reach the 90-point mark come to the Wells Fargo Center in the form of Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. They went for 51 and 40, respectively, earlier this month.
Below are games in which teammates scored 90 or more points (*overtime; **triple overtime; losses in bold):
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Over the last 12 games before the All-Star Break, the Sixers were just 4-8. There are many reasons for this, here is one:
Andre Iguodala's fourth-quarter statistics in those 12 games:
| Time Played | 86:55 |
| Field Goals | 4-20 |
| Pct. | 20.0% |
| 3-Pt. Field Goals | 1-5 |
| Pct. | 20.0% |
| Free Throws | 2-7 |
| Pct. | 28.6% |
| Rebounds | 18 |
| Assists | 12 |
| Steals | 2 |
| Turnovers | 4 |
| Points | 11 |
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game was the last of the six he played in his career in Hershey, Pa.
In his first three seasons, the Warriors played there twice a year — once right around Christmas time and once just before the end of the season. They then moved to San Francisco. When he returned to Philadelphia midway through the 1964-65 season to play with the 76ers, they were not playing any of their neutral games in Hershey.
All in all, they should have. The big guy, a 51% career free throw shooter, shot 71% in Hershey. Even if you discount the 28-for-32 in his 100-pointer, we was a 65% FT shooter there.
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Sunday's NBA All-Star Game was the second-highest scoring ever, and the highest-scoring regulation All-Star game.
| Year | Score | Points |
| 1987 | West 154, East 149 (ot) | 303 |
| 2012 | West 152, East 149 | 301 |
| 2003 | West 155, East 145 (2 ot) | 300 |
| 1984 | East 154, West 145 (ot) | 299 |
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Wilt Chamberlain won the All-Star Game MVP just one time in his career, as a rookie in 1960 when the game was at Convention Hall.
But his most powerful ASG performance came two years later, when he set a still-standing (sorry Kevin and LeBron) All-Star Game record by scoring 42 points. The fact that his East team lost by 20 and that the game was in St. Louis led to the Hawks' Bob Pettit (25 points) being named MVP. But come on, 42 points is 42 points.
Although he was never named ASG MVP again, in the six games from 1961-66, he totaled 131 points and 106 rebounds. The six MVPs of those games totaled 142 and 92.
Bob Vetrone Jr.
When Oklahoma City's Scott Brooks guides his Western Conference club into Sunday's All-Star Game in Orlando, he'll become the fourth former 76ers player (and seventh in franchise history) to coach in the league's mid-season showcase.
Four of the seven played for the Syracuse Nationals (forerunner to the Sixers), including Larry Costello, who played for the team in both of its locales.
| Player/Coach | ASG Coach | Played w/Franchise |
| Al Cervi | 1952, 55 | 1949-53 |
| Alex Hannum | 1958, 65, 68 | 1949-51 |
| Paul Seymour | 1961 | 1949-60 |
| Larry Costello | 1971, 74 | 1957-68 |
| Billy Cunningham | 1978-80-81-83 | 1965-72, 74-76 |
| Doug Collins | 1997 | 1973-81 |
| Scott Brooks | 2012 | 1988-90 |
Bob Vetrone Jr.
This season, lefthander Dontrelle Willis (at right) is positioned to become the 16th former Rookie of the Year to play for the Phillies. Most of them have been National League winners. The last American League ROY to become a Phil was Stan Bahnsen, the 1968 recipient.
Willis, who won the NL ROY with the Marlins in 2003, will be the fifth pitcher among those 16 (see list below; *one award for both leagues combined).
And you could do worse than string together this fantasy lineup we compiled of those ROY Phillies, with just a little imagination:
Pete Rose, OF
Alvin Dark, SS
Scott Rolen, 3B
Ryan Howard, 1B
Dick Allen, OF
Gary Matthews, OF
Ted Sizemore, 2B
Benito Santiago, C
Fernando Valenzuela, P
| Winner | Pos. | Year | Lg. | Team | Years with Phils |
| Alvin Dark | SS-3B | 1948 | NL* | Boston Braves | 1960 |
| Roy Sievers | 1B-OF | 1949 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 1962-64 |
| Harvey Kuenn | OF-SS | 1953 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1966 |
| Jack Sanford | P | 1957 | NL | Phillies | 1956-58 |
| Pete Rose | IF-OF | 1963 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1979-83 |
| Dick Allen | 3B-1B | 1964 | NL | Phillies | 1963-69, 75-76 |
| Stan Bahnsen | P | 1968 | AL | New York Yankees | 1982 |
| Ted Sizemore | 2B | 1969 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1977-78 |
| Gary Matthews | LF | 1973 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1981-83 |
| Bake McBride | RF | 1974 | NL | Cardinals | 1977-81 |
| Pat Zachry | P | 1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1985 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | P | 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1994 |
| Benito Santiago | C | 1989 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1996 |
| Scott Rolen | 3B | 1997 | NL | Phillies | 1996-02 |
| Ryan Howard | 1B | 2005 | NL | Phillies | 2004- |
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Trent Edwards' career statistics look a lot like those Vince Young had coming into last season:
| Vince Young (Through 2010) |
Trent Edwards (Through 2011) |
|
| Seasons | 5 | 4 |
| Games/Starts | 54/47 | 37/33 |
| Record in Starts | 30-17 | 14-19 |
| Comp.-Att. | 689-1190 | 561-927 |
| Pct. | 57.8% | 60.5% |
| Yards | 8098 | 6019 |
| Yds/Att. | 6.81 | 6.49 |
| Yds./Comp. | 11.75 | 10.73 |
| Touchdowns | 42 | 26 |
| Pct. | 3.53% | 2.80% |
| Interceptions | 42 | 30 |
| Pct. | 3.53% | 3.24% |
| Sacked-Yards | 80-415 | 69-482 |
| Passer Rating | 75.7 | 75.4 |
