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Toward the end of tonight's 'Nova-St. Joe's game, which the Cats won 56-39:
Bill Rafferty: "There's quite a competition for the mascot post at St. Joe's, with an interview process beginning in the spring semester. The current Red Hawk is a junior, hailing from Broomall, a town right here up the road from Villanova."
Sean McDonaugh: "Will you please give the Wildcat mascot some love?"
Rafferty: "No, enough mascot talk. It is a brutal indication of what a blowout this game has become that we've talked this much about the mascot already, and we've still got three minutes to go."
Then, with a few seconds left:
Rafferty: "This game has degenerated into pure garbage time."
Do they give out ESPYs for honesty?
Though we're definitely in a rebuilding year, 'Nova continues to dominate the City Series, taking our second straight title. Unfortunately, an 11-game winning streak in the Big 5 is a bit like boasting that you're a perennial AAA All-Star. Usually the (unofficial) title goes to us, Temple, or St. Joe's. Penn and LaSalle last posed a challenge sometime immediately following World War II, which leads me to my next line of thought.
With regards to Penn, wouldn't it be awesome if all Big 5 games were held at the Palestra, as they were back in the day? The hope of that happening is the only cogent argument I can see for keeping Penn involved in the City Series at all, because Ivy League sports suck.
As for LaSalle, sports fans who didn't attend a Philly basketball school nearly always forget that they are the fifth member of the circuit. The most common response to an inquiry about the Big 5 typically goes, "'Nova, Temple, St. Joe's, Penn, and...um...I think, Drexel?" No, wrong, not Drexel! It would make too much sense to include the best five teams in the city play each other every year. Instead we get numbers one through four, then, inexplicably, six. So, again, thanks for coming, LaSalle. Best of luck with your fortieth consecutive NIT bid.
One last query about the City Series: You've got to be desperate, dumb, or both to sign with Phil Martelli and subject yourself to spending four years looking at his weird, lumpy head.
Bill Rafferty: "There's quite a competition for the mascot post at St. Joe's, with an interview process beginning in the spring semester. The current Red Hawk is a junior, hailing from Broomall, a town right here up the road from Villanova."
Sean McDonaugh: "Will you please give the Wildcat mascot some love?"
Rafferty: "No, enough mascot talk. It is a brutal indication of what a blowout this game has become that we've talked this much about the mascot already, and we've still got three minutes to go."
Then, with a few seconds left:
Rafferty: "This game has degenerated into pure garbage time."
Do they give out ESPYs for honesty?
Though we're definitely in a rebuilding year, 'Nova continues to dominate the City Series, taking our second straight title. Unfortunately, an 11-game winning streak in the Big 5 is a bit like boasting that you're a perennial AAA All-Star. Usually the (unofficial) title goes to us, Temple, or St. Joe's. Penn and LaSalle last posed a challenge sometime immediately following World War II, which leads me to my next line of thought.
With regards to Penn, wouldn't it be awesome if all Big 5 games were held at the Palestra, as they were back in the day? The hope of that happening is the only cogent argument I can see for keeping Penn involved in the City Series at all, because Ivy League sports suck.
As for LaSalle, sports fans who didn't attend a Philly basketball school nearly always forget that they are the fifth member of the circuit. The most common response to an inquiry about the Big 5 typically goes, "'Nova, Temple, St. Joe's, Penn, and...um...I think, Drexel?" No, wrong, not Drexel! It would make too much sense to include the best five teams in the city play each other every year. Instead we get numbers one through four, then, inexplicably, six. So, again, thanks for coming, LaSalle. Best of luck with your fortieth consecutive NIT bid.
One last query about the City Series: You've got to be desperate, dumb, or both to sign with Phil Martelli and subject yourself to spending four years looking at his weird, lumpy head.
posted by Pat at 7:58 PM
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