{"id":163146,"date":"2023-03-12T19:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T23:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/?p=163146"},"modified":"2023-03-12T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T23:05:01","slug":"officially-official-no-philadelphia-mens-team-in-march-madness-for-first-time-since-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2023\/03\/officially-official-no-philadelphia-mens-team-in-march-madness-for-first-time-since-1977.html","title":{"rendered":"Officially Official: No Philadelphia Men&#8217;s Team in March Madness for First Time Since 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The March Madness bracket was released on Sunday night, officially confirming what we were rather easily able to deduce on Saturday. Zero Philadelphia-area teams are going dancing in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full bracket, via CBS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cbs-1536x1180.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least we don&#8217;t have to do the obligatory &#8220;<em>is Villanova a Philly school?<\/em>&#8221; column this year.<\/p>\n<p>Final results for our local college basketball teams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Villanova<\/strong>: 17-16 (10-10 in Big East)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Temple<\/strong>: 16-16 (10-8 in the American)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drexel<\/strong>: 17-15 (10-8 in Colonial)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Penn<\/strong>: 17-13 (9-5 in Ivy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>St. Joe&#8217;s<\/strong>: 16-17 (8-10 in Atlantic 10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>La Salle<\/strong>:\u00a0 15-19 (7-11 in Atlantic 10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Penn had the best shot. They were 17-11 at one point, and 9-4 in the conference, but couldn&#8217;t beat Princeton this year. Nova lost to Creighton in the conference tournament and that was it for them. No miracle run from the other teams, either.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, 1977 was about 45 years ago.\u00a0<em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>was opening in movie theaters. Jimmy Carter had just taken office and Fleetwood Mac was releasing the <em>Rumours<\/em> album. It&#8217;s been some time since we had a March Madness donut like this one.<\/p>\n<p>The troublesome thing is that this might not be a blip on the radar. Jay Wright is retired, and Nova was totally meh this year. The other five teams don&#8217;t stink, but they&#8217;re very average and hovering right around .500. Do you see one of Temple, Drexel, Penn, La Salle, or St. Joe&#8217;s taking a significant step forward next season? I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The March Madness bracket was released on Sunday night, officially confirming what we were rather easily able to deduce on Saturday. Zero Philadelphia-area teams are going dancing in 2023. Here&#8217;s the full bracket, via CBS: At least we don&#8217;t have to do the obligatory &#8220;is Villanova a Philly school?&#8221; column this year. 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