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Aaron Bracy’s Big 5 Column: “VGH” Award at Big 5 Classic Carries On Jack Scheuer’s Great Legacy - Big5Hoops.com By AARON BRACY December 3, 2025 Big5Hoops.com The third edition of the Big 5 Classic will tip off on Saturday night at the Xfinity Mobile Arena, continuing a Philadelphia college basketball tradition ...

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Aaron Bracy’s Big 5 Column: “VGH” Award at Big 5 Classic Carries On Jack Scheuer’s Great Legacy

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Big 5 Classic Tripleheader is set

Saturday, Dec. 6, Xfinity Mobile Arena

2 pm: Fifth-place game: La Salle vs. Drexel

4:30 pm: Third-place game: Saint Joseph's vs. Temple

7:30 pm: Championship: Villanova vs. Penn

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🏀Big 5 Pod Results

Pod 1
11/8 Saint Joseph's 76, Drexel 65
11/17 Penn 83, Saint Joseph's 74
11/21 Penn 84, Drexel 68

Pod 2
11/11 Temple 90, La Salle 63
11/19 Villanova 70, La Salle 55
12/1 Villanova 74, Temple 56

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Aaron Bracy’s Big 5 Column: Villanova guard Acaden Lewis turned up the noise and turned the game on two key possessions in Monday’s 74-56 win over Temple - Big5Hoops.com By AARON BRACY December 1, 2025 Big5Hoops.com VILLANOVA, Pa. – The building was quiet. Too quiet for a Big 5 game. Too quiet with a spot in the Big 5 Classic title game on the line. Villanova was trai...

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Aaron Bracy's Big 5 Column:

Guard Acaden Lewis turned the game on two possessions in Villanova's 74-56 win over Temple on Monday that sends the Wildcats' into the Big 5 title game against Penn.

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Aaron Bracy’s Big 5 Column: Fran McCaffery has Penn back on track to be Penn again - Big5Hoops.com By AARON BRACY   November 22, 2025 Big5Hoops.com It took Penn just 11 minutes, 17 seconds to walk to Drexel’s campus for Friday night’s crucial Big 5 contest at the DAC. The road back to respectabilit...

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✳️Bracy Column Headline: Fran McCaffery has Penn back on track to be Penn again

✍️Excerpt: Now, he seems in just the right spot, right where he wants to be, right where Penn needs him to be.

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🏀Big 5 Classic Schedule

📍12/6, Xfinity Mobile Arena

✔️Fifth-place game: Drexel vs. La Salle, 2 pm

✔️Third-place game: Saint Joseph's vs. Temple/Villanova loser, 4:30 pm

🏆Championship: Penn vs. Temple/Villanova winner, 7:30 pm

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🏀Big 5 Pod Results/Schedule

Pod 1
11/8: Saint Joseph's 76, Drexel 65
11/17: Penn 83, Saint Joseph's 74
11/21: Penn 84, Drexel 68

Pod 2
11/11: Temple 90, La Salle 63
11/19: Villanova 70, La Salle 55
12/1: Temple at Villanova, 6:30 pm, FS1

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🔥Penn’s Ethan Roberts and TJ Power in 2 Big 5 games:

🔥Roberts: 30.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 57.6% FG (19-33), 45.5% 3PT (5-11), 90% FT (18-20)

🔥Power: 20.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 46.2% FG (12-26), 41.2% 3PT (5-12), 75% FT (12-16)

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Penn’s Ethan Roberts scored 30 points against Drexel in the Quakers’ 84-68 win on Friday night that clinched a spot in the Big 5 Classic title game.

He talked about a new energy at Penn with first-year coach Fran McCaffery.

“It’s probably my favorite season I’ve ever played.”

🗓️Saturday Big 5 Schedule

Drexel at Saint Joseph’s, 1 pm ✳️
Monmouth at La Salle, 3:30 pm
Queens at Villanova, 7 pm

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🏀Friday Big 5 Results

Penn 119, Rowan 72

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🗓️Friday Big 5 Schedule

Rowan at Penn, 7 pm

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🏀Thursday Big 5 Results

No games

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📆Wednesday Big 5 Schedule🏀

Coppin State at La Salle, 6:30 pm
Delaware State at Temple, 7 pm

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🗓️Tuesday Big 5 Results🏀

No games

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🗓️Tuesday Big 5 Schedule🏀

No games

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🗓️Monday Big 5 Results🏀

Drexel 93, Widener 59
Saint Joseph’s 85, Lafayette 76
BYU 71, Villanova 66

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2/2

Saturday
Drexel at Saint Joseph’s, 1 pm
Monmouth at La Salle, 3:30 pm
Queens at Villanova, 7 pm

Sunday
Penn at American, 1 pm

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🗓️Big 5 Schedule, Nov. 3-9

Monday
Widener at Drexel, 6 pm
Lafayette at Saint Joseph’s, 7 pm
Villanova vs. BYU, 9:30 pm, Las Vegas, TNT

Wednesday
Coppin State at La Salle, 6:30 pm
Delaware State at Temple, 7 pm

Friday
Rowan at Penn, 7 pm

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Will the Big 5 end its three-year #MarchMadness drought this season? And which team(s) could do it?

I ranked each team's chances. (You might be surprised by my top candidate.)

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🏀Predicted conference order of finish for Big 5 by official preseason polls:

Drexel 10 of 13 in CAA
La Salle 13 of 14 in A-10
Penn 7 of 8 in Ivy
St. Joe's 7 of 14 in A-10
Temple 9 of 13 in AAC
Villanova 7 of 11 in Big East

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🏀IT'S HERE‼️

🗓️BIG 5 2025-26 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

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Acaden Lewis led four Wildcats in double figures with 15 points. #Big5Hoops

#Villanova defeated #VCU 70-51 in an exhibition on Sunday evening at the Pavilion.

"We have a long way to go on both ends, but I thought our intensity was really good," Wildcats coach Kevin Willard said.

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Atlantic 10 Media Day Notebook: La Salle’s ‘Rebound That Jawn’ Grabs Attention - Big5Hoops.com By AARON BRACY October 2, 2025 Big5Hoops.com Darris Nichols and La Salle grabbed a lot of attention at Atlantic 10 Media Day on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, both for the Explorers’ approach to playing this ...

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🏀Atlantic 10 Media Day Notebook:
✅La Salle: Origin of Rebound That Jawn
✅Saint Joseph's: 3 Questions for Donahue
✅Is A-10 noncon sked good enough?
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Bracy Column: To Phil Martelli, thank you for helping my sportswriting dreams come true - Big5Hoops.com By AARON BRACY September 16, 2025 Big5Hoops.com On mornings inside my childhood home on 34 Sheffield Drive in Willingboro, you could find me seated at the kitchen table. At my back, the window overloo...

"To you Phil Martelli, from the teenager in his childhood kitchen, wide-eyed undergrad in your office, and excited author-to-be in your living room, thank you for helping my sportswriting dreams come true.”

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Joe Lapchick Character Award a special honor for Phil Martelli - Big5Hoops.com By AARON BRACY September 15, 2025 Big5Hoops.com Phil Martelli has accomplished so much as a basketball coach, beginning in the high school ranks at Bishop Kenrick High School before a 24-year career a...

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Phil Martelli to receive Joe Lapchick Character Award on Friday.

"What drove me always was relationships. I would say to people that I treasure and work harder on being Phil Martelli than I work on being ‘The Coach.’”

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Episode 52: Recording of Saint Joseph’s coach Steve Donahue’s introductory Zoom press conference | Podcast Episode on RSS.com In today's episode, recorded on Friday, September 12, 2025, I play the full recording of the introductory Zoom press conference of new Saint Joseph's coach Steve Donahue. I was not able to participate...

🚨NEW Bracy Sports Media Podcast: Episode 52‼️

🏀Featuring FULL recording of Steve Donahue's introductory Zoom press conference as Saint Joseph's new coach

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🚨Announcing book #2 topic …

Allen Iverson and the 2000-01 Philadelphia 76ers‼️

That team is one of the most beloved in Philly sports history, and I can’t wait to tell the story of that amazing season!

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Mark Armstrong (Villanova) had another outstanding game for the #Sixers in Friday's 87-83 win over #Nets in #NBA Summer League:

23:50 minutes, 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 7-16 FG, 2-5 3PT, 7-9 FT

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