Bilal Benn to transfer to Niagara (Soft Pretzel Logic)

Bilal Benn to transfer to Niagara

Dana Pennett O'Neil of the Daily News reports that sophomore guard Bilal Benn is transferring to Niagara. Benn averaged 1.9 points and 9.3 minutes in 28 games this past season.

I presume this is a playing time question, with big-time guards Corey Stokes and Corey Fisher coming to the Main Line next season. Niagara is coached by Philly guy Joe Mihailich, and went to the NCAA Tournament this past season where they won the play-in game. So for a Cardinal Dougherty grad, it makes sense as a destination.

Your thoughts?

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on May 1, 2007 11:30 AM | Permalink

Comments (4)

Steve Hardings:

Sounds like a good move considering what
Nova has coming in.

Thanks for getting back to the hoop talk.

I absolutely despise the Penn Relays, the
crowds, and the traffic the whole event
causes.

Your coverage was terrific, I guess,
for those who care about it. I am curious
how many Relays fans there really are
who dont make it to the event. I would suspect
(although I cannot validate this) that all
hard core Relays fans actually show up
to view the event in person

Steve

Posted by Steve Hardings | May 2, 2007 11:15 AM

Posted on May 2, 2007 11:15

Jonathan Tannenwald

To be honest, that's actually what I thought too going in. But the final pageview numbers actually averaged over 1,700 per day, which was higher even than the number I originally posted. I also got linked to on a few running websites, as well as other blogs in the Philly area.

So there may well be an audience.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald | May 2, 2007 1:27 PM

Posted on May 2, 2007 13:27

Anthony:

off topic but.. Jonathan are you going to be covering the Drexel Men's Lax game tonight? I thought that was an awesome article in the inq today.

Posted by Anthony | May 2, 2007 6:29 PM

Posted on May 2, 2007 18:29

Jonathan Tannenwald

I really wanted to, but I'm stuck at a desk for the night. You're right, though, that Ray Parrillo's story was great.

And it's not at all off-topic. I've written about it already; you can find the post by clicking on the Drexel category.

Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald | May 2, 2007 9:06 PM

Posted on May 2, 2007 21:06

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