Archive: February, 2011
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
Time: 2:00 p.m. EST
Venue: The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
TV/Radio: ESPN (Mike Patrick and Len Elmore)/WPEN 950-AM
The Red Storm come to Philadelphia as one of the hottest teams in the nation. The Wildcats have a sizeable segment of their fan base on the verge of panic, whether or not it's warranted.
Amid all that, it's the final home game for seniors Corey Fisher, Corey Stokes and Antonio Pena. You would think they would like to go out with a win.
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
Last weekend, we saw one of the great performances by any student section in the country this season at the St. Joe's-Temple game. The Cherry Crusade's "funeral" for the Hawk rightly got national attention for its creativity, humor and depth.
If you didn't see the details of it yet, watch the video below. There's a rundown of all the rollouts and other signs here. I would have liked to have been at the game, but I had to do my actual job that day.
We all know about the great fan traditions in Philadelphia. But yesterday, two YouTube videos from elsewhere on the college basketball landscape got national attention.
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C.
TV/Radio: ESPN2 (Rece Davis, Bob Knight and Jeannine Edwards)/WPHT 1210-AM
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Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
If Temple had everyone healthy, I would honestly give the Owls a shot to win at Duke tonight. I think their defense is that good.
But with Micheal Eric out and Scootie Randall also likely to not play, I can't see Fran Dunphy's squad having enough depth to pull off the upset at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
So Temple fans will have to console themselves with having their team atop the Schuylkill 16 for a second straight week. That means something, right?
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
Time for our weekly look at statistical highs and lows across the City Six.
- The Dragons' defense allows the sixth-lowest effective field goal percentage in the country, but their offense's effective field goal percentage produced is ranked No. 312.
- Daryl McCoy is ranked No. 18 nationally in individual defensive rebounding percentage and No. 52 in individual offensive rebounding percentage.
Team |
Record |
Conf. |
Big 5 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drexel |
18-9 |
9-7 |
2-0 |
99 (100) |
70 (85) |
86 (82) |
99 (107) |
134 (126) |
La Salle |
12-15 |
4-8 |
2-1 |
188 (181) |
183 (165) |
169 (167) |
222 (212) |
147 (136) |
Penn |
11-12 |
5-4 |
1-3 |
169 (183) |
155 (190) |
170 (188) |
214 (231) |
149 (152) |
St. Joe's |
7-19 |
2-10 |
0-4 |
202 (201) |
198 (201) |
199 (202) |
230 (213) |
54 (63) |
Temple |
21-5 |
11-2 |
2-1 |
34 (39) |
t32 (30) |
30 (30) |
17 (19) |
86 (79) |
| Villanova | 21-7 |
9-6 |
4-0 |
16 (13) |
28 (14) |
17 (16) |
30 (25) |
21 (22) |
Team |
Top 50 wins |
201+ losses |
Avg. win |
Avg. loss |
2 |
0 |
162 |
44 |
|
6 |
0 |
128 |
47 |
|
1 |
2 |
179 |
117 |
|
4 |
1 |
117 |
55 |
|
1 |
0 |
191 |
43 |
|
2 |
1 |
170 |
96 |
|
0 |
2 |
226 |
121 |
|
0 |
1 |
204 |
95 |
|
0 |
3 |
217 |
118 |
|
0 |
1 |
216 |
110 |
|
0 |
5 |
251 |
175 |
|
1 |
1 |
212 |
97 |
|
0 |
4 |
264 |
140 |
|
0 |
0 |
193 |
94 |
|
0 |
5 |
281 |
47 |
|
0 |
6 |
219 |
179 |
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim's postgame press conference last night was going along quite nicely for the first five minutes or so. There were questions about the importance of the Orange's win over Villanova, how the 2-3 zone defense did, and how important Dion Waiters was down the stretch.
Boeheim has never been the most cordial interviewee, but he nonetheless had some interesting things to say about those subjects.
Then came a question which produced a rather less civil response. In fact, it was probably better suited for the farms up in central New York than the more urbane nature of our fair city.
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
Time: 7:00 p.m. EST
Venue: The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
TV/Radio: ESPN (Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas and Bill Raftery)/WPEN 950-AM
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Video: They came just short, but a remarkable run by the Explorers wasn't enough to beat the George Washington Colonials. The Inquirer's Kevin Tatum and philly.com's Dave Isaac break down the close game.
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
I had a feeling this might happen, but I'm still surprised that it happened this way.
Because one voter ranked Villanova 16th on his ballot, the Wildcats fell out of the top spot in this week's ranking. Temple, which got only two first-place votes, is the new No. 1.
Here's how it all played out:
Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com
First of all, a disclaimer: I wrote the bulk of this post during last night's games. I have updated the records and the rankings in the two tables to reflect those results.
The team and individual performance statistics, however, remain just based on results through Tuesday.
Also, a reminder that the Schyulkill 16 teamsheet table is arranged in the order of the most recent Schuylkill 16 poll.
|
Team
|
Record
|
Conf.
|
Big 5
| |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drexel |
17-10
|
9-7
|
2-0
|
100 (73)
|
85 (52)
|
82 (65)
|
107 (87)
|
126 (114)
|
La Salle |
12-14
|
4-7
|
2-1
|
181 (169)
|
165 (161)
|
167 (158)
|
212 (223)
|
136 (131)
|
Penn |
9-12
|
3-4
|
1-3
|
183 (156)
|
190 (167)
|
188 (171)
|
231 (216)
|
152 (157)
|
St. Joe's |
7-17
|
2-8
|
0-3
|
201 (202)
|
201 (204)
|
202 (203)
|
213 (226)
|
63 (41)
|
Temple |
19-5
|
9-2
|
1-1
|
39 (36)
|
30 (32)
|
30 (31)
|
19 (21)
|
79 (69)
|
| Villanova | 20-6
|
8-5
|
4-0
|
13 (10)
|
14 (13)
|
16 (11)
|
25 (15)
|
22 (25)
|
Team |
Top 50 wins
|
201+ losses
|
Avg. win
|
Avg. loss
|
4
|
0
|
126
|
42
|
|
2
|
0
|
168
|
44
|
|
2
|
1
|
180
|
93
|
|
3
|
1
|
121
|
59
|
|
1
|
0
|
179
|
90
|
|
1
|
0
|
190
|
44
|
|
0
|
1
|
229
|
115
|
|
0
|
3
|
220
|
119
|
|
0
|
2
|
219
|
118
|
|
0
|
1
|
200
|
93
|
|
1
|
3
|
209
|
102
|
|
0
|
4
|
248
|
166
|
|
0
|
3
|
268
|
141
|
|
0
|
1
|
194
|
105
|
|
0
|
6
|
220
|
171
|
|
0
|
5
|
276
|
153
|
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