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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,548
    pjhawks said:
    Johnny you beat the number 1 team in the country on their home court - no gloating here?  This Temple team has to be maddening to you though.  Beat Houston but lose to UMES and Wagner.   If they can go on a little winning streak that win should at least get them into the discussion of the bubble.  Probably have to win about 10 in a row though to get serious consideration

    My Hawks on a 3 game winning streak all in the A10.  Showing signs of improvement.  
    Yes, very frustrating to beat Villanova but still blow the Big 5 by losing to Penn and beat #1 Houston on the road but in all likelihood too many bad losses to go to the Dance. But yeah that win was nice. Maybe it'll be a turning point for Aaron's boys. Last game I went to Memphis buzzer-beat us.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,548
    The Owls survived the let down game vs. South Florida. We (of course) blew a 10 point lead and survived to get to OT, refused to foul up 3 and SF with the ball and 10 seconds left, and they missed the 3. Phew.

    On the way out someone said "how many 10 point leads have they blown" and I answered "ALL OF THEM".

    Also this one AAC ref was there and he so has it in for us. And I'm pretty sure my taunting is egging him on to call even more nonsense fouls on us.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599

    Big 5 schools agree to new format starting in 2023-24 season: Source

    PHILADELPHIA PA - DECEMBER 11 A general view of the Big 5 logo on the court at The Palestra prior to the game between the Villanova Wildcats and Pennsylvania Quakers on December 11 2018 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Photo by Mitchell LeffGetty Images
    By Dana O'Neil
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    The Philly Six has found a solution to keep the Big 5 tradition alive. After months of conversations and searching for solutions to reinvent the deep-rooted city series, administrators and coaches have agreed to institute a new format, starting with the 2023-2024 season, a person involved in the planning told The Athletic. Here’s what you need to know:

    • Under the new format, the six schools — the traditional Big 5 teams of La Salle, Penn, Temple, Saint Joseph’s and Villanova, plus Drexel — will be split into two three-team pods.
    • The pod teams will play each other in November, with the winners matching up based on their record in a tripleheader (a designated fifth place, third place and championship game, if you will) at the Wells Fargo Center on the first Saturday in December.

    What to make of the changes

    It is not a perfect solution. The teams won’t play one another in a full round-robin, as tradition dictates — nor will they play at the Palestra — but the source said “for the first time in a long time, we are all on the same page committing something new that will breathe new life into this thing.” Attendance has sagged at recent Big 5 games, diluting the once proud city tradition.

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    Specifics, including sponsorship and a television deal, still need to be hammered out but the Wells Fargo staff is also involved in the planning.

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  • Johnny Abruzzo
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    What if everyone in a pod goes 1-1? I'm sure there are another 100 questions to be answered too. Still sounds like fun.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    Glad Drexel is finally being included.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,082
    edited January 2023
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    What if everyone in a pod goes 1-1? I'm sure there are another 100 questions to be answered too. Still sounds like fun.
    who gets the home games in the round robin?   so now there will be years where my Hawks don't get either Nova or Temple at home?  that sucks for season ticket holders.   And with Hawks and LaSalle both in the A10 I would assume they would have to be in separate pods each year.

    That being said I'm not opposed to this idea. I do think it might breathe a little life back into the Big 5 games and at least has some structure to it.  
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    Let's see if Temple can beat Houston again tonight. LaSalle/St, Joe's game was pretty good.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,082
    eeriepadave said:
    Let's see if Temple can beat Houston again tonight. LaSalle/St, Joe's game was pretty good.
    The Hawks sucked today.  Terrible effort.  Bad loss after had been playing pretty well.  Had won 5 of 6.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    edited February 2023
    pjhawks said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Let's see if Temple can beat Houston again tonight. LaSalle/St, Joe's game was pretty good.
    The Hawks sucked today.  Terrible effort.  Bad loss after had been playing pretty well.  Had won 5 of 6.
    I only caught like part of the game. So the score wasn't any indication of how they played then?

    Also doesn't look liek Temple is gonna beat Houston. Down by like 12 with about 3 and a half minutes to go :neutral:
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,082
    eeriepadave said:
    pjhawks said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Let's see if Temple can beat Houston again tonight. LaSalle/St, Joe's game was pretty good.
    The Hawks sucked today.  Terrible effort.  Bad loss after had been playing pretty well.  Had won 5 of 6.
    I only caught like part of the game. So the score wasn't any indication of how they played then?

    Also doesn't look liek Temple is gonna beat Houston. Down by like 12 with about 3 and a half minutes to go :neutral:
    Nope Hawks were terrible.  LaSale had 16 offensive rebounds and Hawks were dreadful from foul line. Just a bad game overall fir Hawks.  Should have been a 20 point loss.

    Temple looked good first half just got overwhelmed in 2nd half.  Houston’s d in 2nd half was great:  they are just so physical.  Hard team to play against 
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,548
    Temple sold out the house (nice picture of if we ever managed to get into a good conference) and the first half was really great but the Cougars solved the Owls in the 2nd half. Maybe we'll get another crack in the conference tourney.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,548
    Punk ass American Conference refs cost us another win yesterday. SMU hit one of two FT's with 3 seconds left on a ridiculously weak foul.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,082
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Punk ass American Conference refs cost us another win yesterday. SMU hit one of two FT's with 3 seconds left on a ridiculously weak foul.
    didn't see it but had SMU +2.5 so will take the win.  Seems like every Temple game is a close one.  Looks like the rest of us Temple will have to win the conference Tourney to get to the NCAAs.

    Johnny what is your thoughts on McKie?   Want him to stay around or make a change if he doesn't make the tourney?
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,548
    Not thrilled with the inconsistency but yeah I like the direction McKie is taking the program - we look more and more like Chaney's Owls. Team is still young.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Villanova is finally playing Villanova basketball again. Gonna have to run the table at MSG though...
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    The Juggler said:
    Villanova is finally playing Villanova basketball again. Gonna have to run the table at MSG though...
    Definitely have to win the last two regular season games then I'd say at least get to the Big East finals and play well (even if they lose might have an outside shot if they play competitively)

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    eeriepadave said:
    The Juggler said:
    Villanova is finally playing Villanova basketball again. Gonna have to run the table at MSG though...
    Definitely have to win the last two regular season games then I'd say at least get to the Big East finals and play well (even if they lose might have an outside shot if they play competitively)

    Well so much for that. Only way they are getting in is winning big east tournament and I can’t see that happening now.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    It's a shame none of the other school could pick up the slack during a Nova down year. I have next to no interest in this tournament. 
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    The Juggler said:
    It's a shame none of the other school could pick up the slack during a Nova down year. I have next to no interest in this tournament. 
    Closest "philly/home team" I guess is Penn State? They had a good run in the Big 10 tourny and almost beat Purdue in the finals.

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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,351
    The Juggler said:
    It's a shame none of the other school could pick up the slack during a Nova down year. I have next to no interest in this tournament. 
    First time since, what? 1977? That ALL City schools failed to qualify for the Tourney?

    Schools like Nova(and MOST Big East schools) might be in big trouble sometime in the future because of the NIL.

    Just one example(from a reliable source): Grady Dick(Kansas) visited Nova with his Dad and asked Nova about how much NIL he could get and was told $50-$100 Thousand. Well, he got 1/2-A-MILLION from Kansas. With NO Football money coming in it's has to hurt those schools?

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