Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 6:45 PM | 5 comments |
 

Temple 61, St. Joseph's 59
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Uh... whoa.

Some finish that was.

Read the whole thing, but especially read the end...
 


First off, congratulations to the Kentucky fans at CatsPause.com for swamping the polls and giving Jodie Meeks an overwhelming victory in the Fantasy HORSE Invitational. You all are welcome to stick around, as I'm sure we'll be talking about Big Blue again as this season goes on.

Also in the poll department, Dante Cunningham overtook Dionte Christmas in the local player of the year ballot, and was declared the winner in this morning's Inquirer.

Thanks to all of you who voted and feel free to send along suggestions for more polls and interactive features.

Next, some pregame reading material:

In the Inquirer, Ray Parrillo, Jeff McLane and Joe Juliano debate the Nivins-Christmas-Cunningham question. McLane also previews tonight's game with an eye towards the key statistics and the teams' postseason chances.

In the Daily News, Dick Jerardi takes a look at Nivins' chances to make it as a pro, and Marcus Hayes reports from D.C. on La Salle's win over George Washington. There's also a good story by correspondent Mike Scandura on Drexel's upset of Northeastern.

Finally, a programming note. Because I'm leaving for Providence, R.I., early tomorrow morning to go cover the Penn-Brown game, I won't be adding postgame audio or reactions on here tonight. That will come in a separate post tomorrow.

But you can listen to a quick interview I did with Joe Lunardi before the game. The audio player is below the live blog window.

And now, for the main event.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald @ 6:45 PM  Permalink | File Under: National | | Newsstand | | Saint Joseph's | | Temple | 5 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:18 PM, 02/12/2009
    Good interview with Lunardi - thanks!
    — *Callie*
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:09 PM, 02/12/2009
    Lunardi is a troll with zero credibility.
    — tjc
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:09 PM, 02/12/2009
    Oh, and GO OWLS!!!!!
    — tjc
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:27 AM, 02/13/2009
    THE HAWK IS DEAD!!!! GO OWLS!!!!
    — Mike P
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:32 PM, 02/13/2009
    Joe Lunardi is a good guy.Helped me out when he was with Blue Ribbon Yearbook.
    — tigers1901


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About Jonathan Tannenwald
I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

I write primarily about the University of Pennsylvania and the Ivy League, but I also cover the other basketball and football teams across the city from time to time. In the spring, you'll find coverage of the Penn Relays here.

In addition to all of that, I write Philly.com's soccer blog, The Goalkeeper.

You can contact me by email by clicking here.

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