The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,540
    Man I don't even fucking know. There are two schools that can go straight to hell:  Penn State and Villanova.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,394
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Man I don't even fucking know. There are two schools that can go straight to hell:  Penn State and Villanova.
    I don't mind those teams beating the big national programs but yeah otherwise va fancul.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    edited November 2023
    All I am saying is last year, when they lost in the NIT first round, would've been a better time to celebrate their fall back to Earth. They loaded up in the transfer portal with guys more Villanova-y players and should be much improved and a sweet 16ish team again this year...despite these early Big 5 set backs. 

    I think the jury is still out on Neptune, but willing to give him a few years to build his program.

    Also--I feel that the hatred so many people feel towards Nova as opposed to the rest of the Big 5 kinda perpetually levitates them above Earth. So please, don't stop.  lol
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,394
    Has anyone else noticed college basketball seems to have done a reverse baseball this year and doing anything they can to make games last forever? I know it's triple overtime but it shouldn't take 3 1/2 hours. One of the timeouts in 3OT "became a media" and I'm like "they played the extended version of Kris Kross" and my buddy says "dude that's House of Pain".
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Has anyone else noticed college basketball seems to have done a reverse baseball this year and doing anything they can to make games last forever? I know it's triple overtime but it shouldn't take 3 1/2 hours. One of the timeouts in 3OT "became a media" and I'm like "they played the extended version of Kris Kross" and my buddy says "dude that's House of Pain".
    Yeah I was talking about that on Thanksgiving watching Nova/UNC...last 5 minutes took forever. 
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,394
    Drexel beat Nova. They finished 6th in the Big 5. 🤣

    2 more games. 
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,442
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Drexel beat Nova. They finished 6th in the Big 5. 🤣

    2 more games. 
    Villanova: "We're never playing St. Joseph's and Drexel again."..
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,394
    Congrats to St Joes. They played well and hit a lot of clutch shots. 

    The Lasalle game was awesome. Fun day, if pretty exhausting. 
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,274
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Congrats to St Joes. They played well and hit a lot of clutch shots. 

    The Lasalle game was awesome. Fun day, if pretty exhausting. 

    I forgot that was yesterday until a notification came up on my phone saying that Drexel beat Nova which I was pretty shocked about. Yep though congrats to St. Joe's.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,937
    great Saturday of Big 5 hoops.   Hawks are coming together nicely.  3 really good guards and Fleming is becoming a  beast.  and our supposed stud freshman center has barely played and when he has it's with a bad foot.   Great to win the tournament.  I was skeptical but it really worked well with the Wednesday games being de-facto semi-finals.  Pretty electric Penn LaSalle finish too.  Great crowd for the Hawks Temple game. Have to give Temple and SJU students full credit. they packed the student sections. was a rreally fun atmosphere.

    and nova in 6th place is pretty god damn funny. 
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,267
    Not Big 5, but I thought I'd Post this here.

    I remember this(Yes, I'm old)


  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,442
    long time coming for my alma mater with its first sweep of Villanova since 1992-93, so long ago I was in the eighth grade.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,274
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    long time coming for my alma mater with its first sweep of Villanova since 1992-93, so long ago I was in the eighth grade.

    that was an ugly loss by Nova :neutral:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    long time coming for my alma mater with its first sweep of Villanova since 1992-93, so long ago I was in the eighth grade.
    This has the feeling of Lappas era Nova right now so that's probably appropriate. 
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,442
    The Juggler said:
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    long time coming for my alma mater with its first sweep of Villanova since 1992-93, so long ago I was in the eighth grade.
    This has the feeling of Lappas era Nova right now so that's probably appropriate. 
    I was wondering how long of a leash they're going to give Neptune. It's really weird to see Villanova so underwhelming after all these years.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,937

    nova loses 5th in a row  (Vs down :giggle:  ) . Wonder if Neptune can survive if he doesn't make the Tourney again this year.   I know their fans want him out but will they fire him if Jay still backs him? They paid a lot in NIL for their transfers this year so those money guys can't be happy.    They probably need to go about 7-3 the rest of the way before the Big East tourney to have a chance.

    My Hawks have really been up and down in the A10. Just can't stop teams and it's killing them.   Big guy Christ is now healthy and starting to play real well so I still think they will have a pretty decent chance of winning the A10 Tourney.  Been a fun season though with a few bad losses but overall good to have a good team to care about again on Hawk Hill.  


  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,274
    I don't think any philly basketball team is gonna make march madness.St. Joe's probably has the best shot though.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,937
    eeriepadave said:
    I don't think any philly basketball team is gonna make march madness.St. Joe's probably has the best shot though.
    Drexel is in 1st in the CAA. Obviously they will have to win the Tourney but they got a real shot.

    I think Penn is not going to even make the top 4 of the Ivy to get into their Tourney but there is a 5 way tie for that spot right now.  Slajchert getting hurt killed them.   And Brett Brown's son is pretty good for them as a Freshman. 
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    It would be humorous of the last place Big 5 team ended up being the only one to make the tourney.

    Been playing Villanova Basketball lately, that's for sure...
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,274
    The Juggler said:
    It would be humorous of the last place Big 5 team ended up being the only one to make the tourney.

    Been playing Villanova Basketball lately, that's for sure...

    They need a good run in the Big East tourny to make it I think.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA

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