Aaron Bracy

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 16, 2025 PHILADELPHIA – Much like the city it calls home, Temple University prides itself on toughness. Travel up Broad Street, stop at the Liacouras Center, cup your ears, and you might hear: Temple Made and Temple Proud. Look around and you might see: #TempleTUFF Toughness embodies what the school is all … [Read more...] about Toughness and skill lift Temple to upset of No. 18-ranked Memphis

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 15, 2025 PHILADELPHIA – The play is pronounced “Sixer.” In the waning seconds of overtime at a raucous Reilly Center on Saturday afternoon and with La Salle trailing by two points, coach Fran Dunphy called it in the huddle. “Sixer” is designed to create a shot for one of the Explorers’ guards. It could have been Eric … [Read more...] about Fearless rookie Deuce Jones leads La Salle past Davidson

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 12, 2025 It was another exciting week of basketball in the Big 5, with some outstanding performances both individually and as a team. There also were some disappointments and setbacks, as we detail below. Let’s take a look back at the games played between January 6-12. 5 Big 5 Takeaways 1) Villanova looks like an NCAA … [Read more...] about Big 5 Weekly Roundup, January 6-12: La Salle’s Deuce Jones is Big5Hoops.com Player of Week

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 11, 2025 PHILADELPHIA – When you looked at Saint Joseph’s on paper in the preseason, this is what you saw. Erik Reynolds II scoring and draining three-pointers. Xzayvier Brown brilliantly running the point, scoring, dishing, shooting. Rasheer Fleming being a force inside and outside. Derek Simpson, using his … [Read more...] about Aggressive mentality leads Saint Joseph’s to dominating victory over Loyola Chicago

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 8, 2025 VILLANOVA, Pa. – With seven minutes left in the first half, Jhamir Brickus looked one way and threw another, dropping a perfectly placed dime to Kris Parker, who took one dribble and dunked it home. A few minutes later, Tyler Perkins found Parker on a fastbreak for a basket, then hit Wooga Poplar for a … [Read more...] about Supporting cast stars in Villanova’s defeat of No. 9 UConn; Plus, a roundup of Big 5 Wednesday games