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By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin The Drexel Dragons will be facing the Cleveland State Vikings (18-4, 9-2 Horizon) in the 10th-Annual Sears BracketBusters weekend, presented by ESPN, the network announced today. The game will be at 11am on Feb. 18, and will be nationally televised on ESPN-U. A series-record 142 schools are participating [...]
By TIM MORGAN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @zcaptain36 Quite simply, Saint Joseph’s didn’t compete. That’s Phil Martelli’s explanation for the Hawks’ 78-60 blowout loss to Temple on Saturday at the Liacouras Center. “The biggest thing is that we didn’t physically, mentally, or emotionally compete for 40 minutes (on Saturday) and that’s the first time that has [...]
By ANDY EDWARDS Philahoops Staff Twitter: @DLNAndyEdwards La Salle men’s basketball head coach John Giannini has heard it all before, probably too many times for his liking. Before the 2011-12 season, his Explorers were picked to finish behind a higher number of teams than are mentioned in the Atlantic 10′s name, pundits selecting them as [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Staff Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy If this were a horse race, we’d all be rising from our seats right about now. We are getting close to the home stretch in the conference races, with the Big East and Colonial Athletic Association already past the halfway mark, the Atlantic 10 nearing it while the [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Before the return of Micheal Eric, the Owls were a short-handed team who had to rely on major minutes from their starters game after game. After the return of the 6-foot-11 grad student, it suddenly seems like Temple doesn’t have enough minutes to go around. It’s amazing what the [...]
