A basketball bounty

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One of the things that makes following college basketball in Philadelphia so much fun is that it's easy to get to games not involving the team you follow the closest. This will be especially true over the next four Saturdays, when there will be a slew of games to check out across the city. So mark these three doubleheaders -- and one tripleheader, if you're up to the challenge -- on your calendars, and get ready for a feast of Big 5 hoops beginning tomorrow.

Jan. 14: La Salle-Temple, Noon, Liacouras Center Columbia-Penn, 7 p.m., The Palestra

Jan. 21: La Salle-Saint Joseph's, Noon, The Palestra Syracuse-Villanova, 6 p.m., Wachovia Center

Jan. 28: Maryland-Temple, 2 p.m., Liacouras Center Hofstra-Drexel, 4 p.m., Daskalakis Athletic Center
Saint Joseph's-Penn, 7 p.m., The Palestra

Feb. 4: Temple-La Salle, 4 p.m., Tom Gola Arena
Yale-Penn, 7 p.m., The Palestra

(Saint Joseph's and Villanova also have home games that day, against Saint Bonaventure and Marquette respectively, both starting at 2 p.m. Tickets are not available to the public for either game, though.)

I know that a couple of us here at The Buzz are going to try to make it to every one of those games. Hopefully you can, too.