13otto
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12-05-20 02:46 PM - Post#317597
This marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970-71 basketball season where we started 28-0 and finished #3 in the national polls. Penn intended honoring that team at the Palestra this season with a video tribute, but the Covid-19 pandemic put an end to that. In light of this, Penn decided to run an “On this Date†series throughout the winter for the 1970-71 Penn Men’s Basketball season on social media. Here are links to the promo, season opener vs. Rutgers and the Navy game, which was played 50 years ago today.
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SteveChop
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12-05-20 03:36 PM - Post#317598
In response to 13otto
Thanks Otto! My senior year team - somewhere (?) I still have my "On to Houston" button where the Final Four was played, unfortunately without Penn after the WORST day of my more than fifty years of watching Penn basketball. Hope they leave THAT game out of this series. Of course, Penn did wind up 28-0*, the only team to go through an entire season without losing a game yet not the NCAA champion.
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OldBig5
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-05-20 04:06 PM - Post#317600
In response to 13otto
Thanks Otto. Have enjoyed your tapes over the years.
Those were the days for sure.
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13otto
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12-05-20 04:22 PM - Post#317602
In response to SteveChop
Steve, that day you referenced was also the worst of my 50+ years of watching Penn basketball. But it remains as much a part of Penn's basketball history as any other game, even if for the wrong reason, so it's likely to be included. Especially since the full game tape exists, as does the NBC-TV audio (Jim Simpson & Pat Hernon).
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Streamers
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-05-20 05:54 PM - Post#317603
In response to 13otto
Listen to the voice of God on that Rutgers clip.
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13otto
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12-05-20 06:30 PM - Post#317604
In response to Streamers
I have a feeling that John Facenda's voice will be heard narrating a number of the upcoming 1970-71 clips. He came to the WXPN studio in 1971 for the taping of "The Perfect Season".
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Former coach
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-05-20 07:24 PM - Post#317605
In response to 13otto
1970-‘71 also saw the men’s swimming team win the Ivy and Eastern titles. The only Ivy Swimming Championship ever won (in modern times) by Penn Men.
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13otto
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50 Years Ago
12-12-20 06:01 PM - Post#317977
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50 years ago today, #8 Penn went into Columbus and knocked off Ohio State, 71-64, scoring the game's final 10 points. The Buckeyes would subsequently win the Big 10 championship, finish the season ranked in the nation's top 10, and knock off unbeaten Marquette (#2 in the final polls) in the NCAA Mideast Regional semifinals. Corky Calhoun talks about that game.
Edited by 13otto on 12-12-20 06:03 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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SteveChop
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-12-20 06:52 PM - Post#317982
In response to 13otto
I recall that one of the Penn players (he will remain nameless) told me that Steve Honzo was one of the two refs for that game and "helped" out the Quakers when the other ref started to give OSU some "home cooking" calls.
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13otto
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-19-20 05:10 PM - Post#318132
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50 years ago today, #6 Penn (5-0) set the program record for points in a Big 5 game with a 107-88 rout of La Salle. The Explorers, led by All-American Ken Durrett, were a very good team, spending 7 weeks in the top 20, peaking at #10 on February 1.
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73Quaker
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-25-20 03:41 PM - Post#318261
In response to 13otto
Sorry I'm late adding my two-cents, but I believe the Western Kentucky coach who was in the house to scout LaSalle that night voted Penn #1 in the coaches' poll the following week.
Steve Honzo did referee the OSU game in Columbus but was paired with his usual partner, Hal Grossman. I grew up in Honzo's hometown,Palmerton, PA, and the following summer, Steve told me Harter only agreed to play at OSU if he could select the referee team. Also claimed the OSU coach told him and Grossman before the game started that he didn't want to see the game turn on "charging calls". The Grossman/Honzo team were one of the first referees to call offensive fouls quite frequently.
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SteveChop
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-25-20 03:47 PM - Post#318262
In response to 73Quaker
The most interesting thing to me about your comment is that in those days, Penn had the ability to get involved and negotiate that IT could select the referees. Unfortunately now, when Penn plays "guarantee" or other road games, we don't have that negotiating leverage and we are typically hosed by "homer" referees.
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13otto
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-27-20 12:29 AM - Post#318271
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50 years ago today, #5 Penn opened the Quaker City Tournament with an 85-77 overtime win over Syracuse. The win advanced the Quakers to the semifinals on Monday against Utah, featuring future NBA player Mike Newlin. Bob Morse, who led Penn with 30 points and 17 rebounds, talks about the game and the tournament.
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13otto
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Re: 50 Years Ago
12-31-20 06:42 PM - Post#318377
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50 years ago this week, #5 Penn defeated Utah, 86-78, and Temple, 76-55, to win the 10th annual Quaker City Tournament. Bob Morse, who scored 68 points in the three games, was named Tournament MVP. Dave Wohl, who scored a game-high 25 points in the championship game, talks about a little extra practice he got in ahead of that game.
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Kwaequer
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01-01-21 12:07 PM - Post#318395
In response to 13otto
Fifty years from now they’ll be remembering the lost season.
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13otto
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01-09-21 02:44 PM - Post#318896
In response to Kwaequer
50 years ago this week, #5 Penn went on the road and swept Princeton, Harvard and Dartmouth, the top 3 Ivy contenders to dethrone the Quakers. Since Penn-Dartmouth was the ECAC Game of the Week, played on Saturday afternoon and televised regionally by NBC, Penn-Harvard was a rare Thursday night Ivy league game.
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OldBig5
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01-10-21 09:37 AM - Post#318934
In response to 13otto
50 years ago this week, #5 Penn went on the road and swept Princeton, Harvard and Dartmouth, the top 3 Ivy contenders to dethrone the Quakers. Since Penn-Dartmouth was the ECAC Game of the Week, played on Saturday afternoon and televised regionally by NBC, Penn-Harvard was a rare Thursday night Ivy league game.
Impressive week. If I recall correctly Dartmouth's best player was James Brown. And Harvard's best player was James Brown. The latter going on to TV announcing fame.
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borschtbelt
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01-10-21 11:11 AM - Post#318938
In response to OldBig5
Correct. In fact the next year we split with Princeton, but Princeton lost at Dartmouth with James Brown. That was a Harvard team playing will below its ability--Brown and Lewis were heavily recruited by Maryland--Lefty taking out ads asking Lewis and Brown to please stay home. Also showing up was a Duke transfer Fitzimmons as well as Dave Newmark's brother Brian and Elliot Wolfe's brother Kenny.
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13otto
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01-16-21 06:42 PM - Post#319382
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50 years ago this week Penn, who moved up to #4 in the national polls, survived a close call against St. Joseph's, 62-58, and defeated Manhattan, 91-68, to improve to 13-0 on the season.
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13otto
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01-21-21 12:28 AM - Post#319569
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50 years ago today, #4 Penn improved to 14-0, 3-0 in the Big 5 with a 62-48 win over Temple. The win set the stage for the upcoming showdown against #14 Villanova.
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