Villanova and La Salle both defeated a top-10 team this week. The Philadelphia Daily News' Dick Jerardi and CineSport's Noah Coslov discuss the wins, Louisville's recent losses & Syracuse-'Nova.
Drexel’s Damion Lee will not play Tuesday against Northeastern because of a bone bruise in his right knee. Lee is averaging a team-best 18.1 points per game.
Freshman Tavon Allen took Lee's place in the starting lineup.
The Dragons (5-9) already are without super-sub Chris Fouch, who broke his right ankle in November. Junior guard Frantz Massenat (13.8) is the only Drexel player in uniform averaging double figures.
In a rematch of last year's Final Four, who has the advantage between #4 Louisville and Kentucky? CineSport's Tara Petrolino and the Daily News' Dick Jerardi discuss this & the City 6 teams.
Dick Jerardi of the Daily News talks about Temple's clash with Syracuse at Madison Square Garden, Kansas' trip to Ohio State and Jabari Parker's decision to attend Duke in a video chat with Cinesport's Noah Coslov.
Dick Jerardi of the Daily News dishes on upheaval in the Big East, La Salle's trip to red-hot Bucknell, and a top-10 matchup between Florida and Arizona in a video chat with CineSport's Tara Petrolino.
Senior guard Carl Jones, the leading returning scorer for Saint Joseph's, will sit out the first three games due to a violation of the university's community standards.
The suspension was to begin with tonight's exhibition game against Wheeling Jesuit.
Jones also will miss Monday's game against Yale and the Nov. 16 game against Notre Dame at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Ty Johnson, a 6-3 sophomore point guard, is transferring from Villanova.
Last season he averaged 3.3 points in 17.7 minutes a game, making nine starts after breaking his foot in the summer. He also had 65 assists, which was second on the team.
But it was becoming apparent that playing time might be an issue. Promising freshman Ryan Arcidiacono (Neshaminy High) looks like he's going to start at one backcourt spot, and steady Wake Forest transfer Anthony Chennault (Ss. Neumann-Goretti) figures to get minutes off the bench. And looking ahead, next season Rice-transfer Dylan Ennis, who some feel could be the best of the bunch, becomes eligible.
Villanova released its schedule on Wednesday. The Wildcats will play three Big East games at the Wells Fargo Center.
Here is the schedule:
11/01/12: Carleton University, TBA
Saint Joseph’s will play Notre Dame in the championship round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on Nov. 16. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In the second game of the doubleheader, BYU will play Florida State. There will be a title game and consolation game on Nov. 17.
The games will be televise on truTV.
Why not just move the ACC Tournament to Madison Square Garden and be done with it? In the holy name of football money, Big East basketball has been raided again. Likely starting in the 2013-14 season, the league will have quite a different look. And not a particularly good one.
On Wednesday, it was announced that Notre Dame (mostly so it can schedule five football games each year with ACC teams) will be joining Syracuse and Pittsburgh in the ACC. (The Notre Dame Conference stays intact for football.) No doubt, some major donor is about to write the exit check that will get ND out of the Big East by the start of the 2013-14 school year.
So, let’s assume ND will be in the ACC next year. What has gone down here? Let us review.
