It's Monday, so start with Dick Jerardi's weekend wrap-up. He leads with 'Nova's rather ugly win over Louisville, then asserts that he's "not sure it's going to matter much in the long run" that Penn lost at Yale. I gotta disagree with that one, and I'll defer to the NCAA Selection Committee to describe why come Selection Sunday.
Temple routed La Salle, 89-64, after scoring 56 in the first half of a Big 5 game. Whoa. John Chaney was in the house, giving Mark Tyndale as much of an earful as Fran Dunphy.
St. Joe's beat Dayton to give Phil Martelli one more career win than the good doctor, Jack Ramsay. Apparently Gov. Rendell was in the house, which might not please the folks at the school where he got his law degree. And someone hit the fire alarm a few seconds before they were supposed to hit the final buzzer.
Drexel beat Towson, but that loss to ODU is going to sting a lot. More on this subject on the College HoopsCast to come this afternoon.
Penn beat Glen Miller's old team on Friday, then lost to Yale for the third time in the last four years on Saturday. So much for that undefeated Ivy run. A columnist in the Penn student paper wonders whether Miller was right to say this is a good thing.
And after Villanova's win over Louisville, David Aldridge made Villanova's case for an at-large bid. Dana Pennett O'Neil reports that Scottie Reynolds is taking advice from Kyle Lowry.
National news after the jump.
Duke lost at home to Florida State for the first time ever, and the Seminoles players celebrated in front of the Cameron Crazies when Duke missed three chances to win it at the end.
N.C. State beat Carolina, as Wolfpack coach Sid Lowe paid tribute to Jim Valvano's tailor.
Kansas lost at home to Texas A&M, which proved its legitimacy if it hadn't already. No shame in losing to a Top 10 team, even if you put on a good show for College GameDay.
Arizona stuffed Washington, which I'm sure will lead to many more questions about both teams. The more immediate concern, though, is the McKale Center's student section -- or lack thereof
