Aaron Bracy

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com July 4, 2025 First-year La Salle coach Darris Nichols still has a lot to learn about his players and their individual skills. But Nichols has no doubt about how the Explorers will perform when the 2025–26 college basketball season tips off in four months. “The main thing is we’re not going to be soft or selfish,” Nichols … [Read more...] about Bracy Column: Nichols, La Salle building culture of toughness this offseason

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com July 4, 2025 In today’s age of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and the transfer portal, a yearly roster turnover is expected in college basketball. Add in a first-year head coach, and the situation at La Salle is even more pronounced. Head coach Darris Nichols, who was hired on March 11, has assembled a roster of 16 players, only … [Read more...] about A snapshot look at the 2025–26 La Salle Explorers men’s basketball roster

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com March 26, 2025 Villanova’s Eric Dixon continued his remarkable career on the Main Line by averaging 23.0 points and 5.2 rebounds while connecting on 42.2 percent of his three-pointers through the regular season and Big East tournament in 2024-25. For his stellar season, Dixon has been selected as the Big5Hoops.com Player of the … [Read more...] about Big5Hoops.com All-Big 5 teams highlighted by Player of the Year Eric Dixon

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com March 16, 2025 The Amtrak train from 30th Street Station that left at 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, departing for Union Station in Washington, D.C., had one less occupant. After returning home early in the wee hours of Saturday morning following Saint Joseph’s Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinal win over Dayton on Friday night, I planned to … [Read more...] about Saturday Recap: Neptune out at Villanova, and Big 5 out of NCAA tournament

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com March 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – After a thrilling, 73-68 quarterfinal victory in overtime over Dayton that probably left Hawks fans with fewer fingernails than when Thursday evening started, Erik Reynolds II, Justice Ajogbor, and coach Billy Lange walked up to a high podium in a back room where postgame interviews happen here at … [Read more...] about What can Brown do for you? Saint Joseph’s Xzayvier can deliver in the clutch