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BSB Question of the Day

As a Temple fan, given a 4- or 5-seed, what are you looking for in tonight’s selection?  For the first round, do we want a middling big-conference school (like Minnesota or Washington or Illinois) or an upstart small-conference school (like … Continue reading

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Picking a Pretty Good Year to Have a Pretty Good Year

So, as the resident die-hard Temple fan among my friends, I always have to answer questions for Temple and the A-10, in general.  Well, a couple of weeks ago, I was talking to two of my friends (fans of St. … Continue reading

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Charting A Course to March: Games for Saturday, 2/6

There will be must-see games early next week, but before then, let’s take a look at three more Saturday games worth catching this week.  #2 Villanova at #8 Georgetown, 12:00 on ESPN It was a somewhat odd win for Georgetown over Duke … Continue reading

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One Night, Three Games

Monday night was a great night of sports watching for me, as I watched three games, one in person and two on TV, and all three were good wins for Philly sports fans.  I was in North Philly for the … Continue reading

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Relatively Encouraging Start for the Owls

I know the baseball season just ended, but it’s college hoops already (I guess World Series trips don’t give us nearly as much of a “break,” huh?).  Everything is different under Dunphy than it was under Chaney.  Under Chaney, the … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Top Twelve – Best Matchup/Potential Matchups of the Weekend

The best sports weekend of the year–hands down–begins in earnest in less than 48 hours.  Yes, I am like little-kid-on-Christmas excited.  No, I’m not embarrassed by it.  Looking over the  brackets, there are a bunch of first-round matchups and potential … Continue reading

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Getting Hot at the Right Time?

After an up-and-down non-conference season, the Temple Owls have started the Atlantic 10 season 3-1.  They beat a mediocre LaSalle team and then lost at UMass, but the last two games, they have registered impressive 25- and 27-point home victories … Continue reading

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College Basketball Preview: The Contenders

[DISCLAIMER:  most of this was written before the preseason tournaments, so I apologize if some new developments were not addressed.  Oh, and one of these teams is written facetiously--see if you can figure out which one.] I wrote a column … Continue reading

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First-Round Viewing Guide (In The Philly Market) – Thursday

Even though CBS now allows viewers to watch every game of the tournament on-line, many of us don’t have an internet connection fast enough to stream games, nor one of those fancy TV’s that you can view your computer screen … Continue reading

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Tell Me I’m Crazy…

In the spirit of full disclosure, I am currently wearing my “Wild Cherry” t-shirt–the gift to all Temple basketball season ticket holders one year in the mid-90′s.  But, tell me I’m crazy thinking that the Owls have a real chance … Continue reading

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