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Record: 13-18 overall, 9-9 Colonial Athletic Association Final Statistics: Leading scorer Damion Lee (17.1 points per game), leading rebounder Daryl McCoy (8.6 rebounds per game), leading assists Frantz Massenat (4.2 assists per game). The Skinny: The Drexel Dragons were popular preseason selection to run away with the CAA and make their first NCAA tournament since 1996. Drexel ended up experiencing a turbulent up-and-down season, [...]
By: Kevin Rossi Philahoops Staff Twitter: @kevin_rossi – On Wednesday night, the clock struck double zeroes, and the scoreboard showed a 67-57 advantage for the home team. Streamers flew, blue and gold. Students rushed onto the court at the Daskalakis Athletic Center drunk not off of the usual cheap light beer or plastic bottle vodka, [...]
Even with the Final Four tipping off this weekend, the Mike Rice video is the talk of college basketball. The images of him getting overly physical with players was the social media buzz over the past few days and the resulting criticism forced Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti to terminate Rice. In addition to bringing [...]
(THIS IS THE FIRST OF A FEW LA SALLE ARTICLES THIS WEEK THAT WILL LOOK AT A VARIETY OF TOPICS.) The local newspapers were filled last week with similar types of stories. Best move La Salle didn’t make by Marcus Hayes La Salle and Dr. John Giannini a perfect fit by Mike Jensen Both articles [...]
I was joking with a friend of mine who happens to work in the admissions department at La Salle, that her job was getting exponentially harder with every NCAA win. “It already has,” she said, and this was only after the Boise State win. “Online admissions have already soared.” Welcome to the tournament bump. The [...]
Even before this unexpected run to the Sweet 16, conversations about the possible upside of the La Salle program always began with the same words: “If things go right.” For a school void of any recent success, operating on a tight budget and without attractive facilities, La Salle always needed a healthy dose of luck [...]
It was a special moment from an unexpected source. In their first attempt to get to a Sweet 16 game since 1990, La Salle had the ball with a chance for the last shot. Would it be Ramon Galloway, who had scored 24 points on an excellent shooting night already? How about Tyreek Duren, the point guard that [...]
Almost. Temple came within just 6 points of stunning the college basketball spectrum and knocking down the No. 1 seeded Indiana Hoosiers, but the Owls fell just short, losing 58-52 at Dayton Arena on Sunday afternoon. It was about as intense a game as you will ever see, but Indiana rallied back and went on [...]
