Before we get to the games, Temple is the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic 10 tournament, which starts on Tuesday. The Owls will play the winner of No. 8 Massachusetts and No. 9 Duquesne.
La Salle 71, St. Bonaventure 61
By Dave Zeitlin
CSNPhilly.com Contributor
Of the two seniors on the La Salle mens basketball team, one is a high-scoring guard and the other a seldom-used reserve.
But both Earl Pettis and Matt Sheehan overcame similar hurdles to be where they were Saturday afternoon on the dais, answering questions about La Salles first 20-win season since 1991-92.
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Cincinnati 72, Villanova 68
By Nick Menta
CSNPhilly.com
Villanova's 72-68 Saturday loss to Cincinnati at the Pavilion was a microcosm of the team's entire season: Maalk Wayns did a whole lot, and didn't get much help.
Wayns finished with a game-high 26 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome some clutch shooting by the Bearcats in the final five minutes. Cincinatti's Sean Kilpatrick, JaQuon Parker and Dion Dixon all hits threes to put and keep the Bearcats ahead with 4:16, 3:10 and 1:03 remaining. Those threes and -- in coach Jay Wright's estimation -- Cincinnati's experience proved to be the difference.
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Temple 80, Fordham 60
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Temple made the trip up the New Jersey Turnpike with something big at stake and the 23rd-ranked Owls will head home with their first outright Atlantic 10 regular-season title in 22 years.
Juan Fernandez scored 19 points and backcourt mate Ramone Moore added 16 to lead Temple to an 80-60 victory against Fordham on Saturday.
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Penn 68, Yale 47
By Gordie Jones
CSNPhilly.com Contributor
One game. One opportunity.
Thats what Penn now has. Thats what Penn has now earned.
Beat ancient rival Princeton on the road in their regular-season finale Tuesday night, and the Quakers share the Ivy League title with Harvard. Its that simple, and that difficult.
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Drexel 59, North Carolina-Wilmington 47
By Reuben Frank
CSNPhilly.com
RICHMOND -- Bruiser Flint looked out at his Drexel basketball team halfway through the first half and didnt recognize what he saw.
He had the right guys out there. He just had no idea why they were playing the way they were playing.
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