City of Pain

The Hawk Gets Ready for the NIT

In more pathetic Philadelphia sporting news, our desolate city is on the brink of a historical season in college basketball. Touched on briefly in the Philadelphia Daily News today, there is about a 90% chance that there will be zero Philadelphia teams in the NCAA Tournament this year. Think about that for a second. No Big 5 teams, no Drexel…jesus even no Delaware. When was the last time this happened? Over 30 years ago. It’s disgraceful. Unless St. Joe’s, Temple, or even La Salle can dethrone Xavier in the A-10 Tournament, this travesty will become reality.

How far has this city fallen? Villanova needs a miracle to make it (a Big East championship). There is about as much chance of that happening as there is Donovan McNabb not gaining ten more pounds this week. Temple, La Salle, and St. Joe’s could play deep into the A-10 tourney but a championship is still unlikely considering how well Xavier is playing. Drexel has AIDS this year and won’t be playing for anything, and Penn would get beaten by a high school girls JV team at this point. This once proud city has nothing to cheer for yet again. We need a miracle. Oh wait, miracles don’t happen here.

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