William Rhoden on Dawn Staley: "My theory is that if anything good is going to happen to Philadelphia, the process begins with Dawn Staley. Just as the Steelers' Jerome Bettis is the figurative mayor of Pittsburgh, Dawn Staley is the spirit of Philadelphia."

If you've been lucky enough to be sleeping for the last eight days, you may be blissfully unaware that there is some (wholly manufactured) controversy about whether TO should play in the Superbowl. Rhoden decided to ask Dawn what she thinks.

The answer: "I don't think he's a Philadelphia guy. Can he be a Philadelphia guy? If he suits up and hobbles down the field, he might be a Philadelphia guy."

Temple beat A-10 power Xavier yesterday with a buzzer-beating alley-oop from Candice Dupree to Kamesha Hairston.