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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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Yet Another Pet Peeve

Unless you are someone who has ever talked to me for more than 30 seconds, you probably don’t know that I can be a relatively opinionated individual.  And many of these opinions are about things that really bother me–pet peeves, if … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico Bound

As the 2007-08 season dawns on the Temple Owls, there are some really interesting subplots to pay attention to as the season starts to get going: 1). Though the Legend is gone (probably on the golf course or at the … Continue reading

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