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The Forgotten 40: The Country’s Best College Basketball Teams that No One is Talking About

One of the regular features that we plan to run on BSB throughout this year’s college hoops season is a ranking of the best teams that no one is talking about.  We want to highlight some of the “other” teams … Continue reading

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Temple 2012-13 Season Preview

It will be a bitter-sweet season on North Broad Street, as the Temple basketball team plays it’s last season in the Atlantic 10 before moving to the bigger stage of the Big East next year.  The Owls were one of … Continue reading

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Today’s Top Twelve: Temple Possible First-Round Draws

With the Selection Show just hours away, I wanted to start thinking about the possible first-round matchups for the Owls.  In looking at Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology that was posted before today’s games, the Owls were pegged as a 7-seed, even after … Continue reading

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Quick Hits on a Friday Afternoon

-I get the frustration with the Eagles front office and with Andy Reid after the loss to the Packers, but I don’t really get all of the frustration that there seems to be among fans with regards to the defensive … Continue reading

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The Friday Fourteen: Best Sport Rivalries

One of the most astonishingly unknown statistics in sports has taken center-stage this week.  Did anyone realize that the Packers and the Bears have not played a playoff game since…ONE WEEK AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?!?  That is absolutely … Continue reading

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Temple-Georgetown Preview

The 9th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas will travel to North Philly tonight to play Temple in what could end up being the single most important regular-season game for the Owls this year.  Temple has made the tournament three straight years now, but … Continue reading

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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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