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By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Saint Louis was 9-0 at home this season. Temple hadn’t lost back-to-back games in nearly three years. One of those streaks was bound to end as the Billikens and Owls clashed on Wednesday night at Chaifetz Arena, and ultimately the road team proved to be just a little [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin The Colonial Athletic Association is quickly gaining notoriety as one of the more difficult “mid-major” leagues in the country. After George Mason made their Cinderella run to the Final Four in 2006, beating top-seeded Connecticut in the process, eyes opened across the country. When Virginia Commonwealth did the [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Like a piece of meat thrown to a starving lion, you don’t want to be a leading scorer when you face La Salle. The Explorers devoured another top gun on Tuesday night, holding top-notch Penn point guard Zack Rosen to a season-low-matching eight points. That’s more [...]
By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff Twitter: @joefedorowicz For the Penn Angle, read Josh Verlin’s article HERE For the Explorers (13-4, 2-0 A10) slowing down the other team’s best player has become an every-game occurrence and tonight was no different. Zack Rosen, a Bob Cousy semifinalist for the best point guard in the country, came into [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin (Note: For a La Salle-oriented recap, click here) The Penn Quakers haven’t had too many nights to see what their offense looks like when Zack Rosen isn’t pouring in the points like usual, but not surprisingly the result isn’t very good for the Quakers. Rosen was held to fewer than [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin One of the marks of a good program is the ability to bounce back after a loss. Nearly every team loses at least one game at some point in the season, but it’s the good teams that learn from their defeats and come out stronger from them. The [...]
By ANDY EDWARDS Philahoops Staff Twitter: @DLNEdwards By head coach Jay Wright’s standards and the lofty expectations heaped upon them year in and year out by a fan base accustomed to success, the first half of 2011-2012 college basketball season has been decidedly disappointing for the Villanova Wildcats. The Wildcats (8-8, 1-3 Big East), have [...]
