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By AARON BRACY March 13, 2024 Big5Hoops.com BROOKLYN, N.Y. – In March, the equipment manager lurks like the Grim Reaper. I’ve known a lot of equipment managers, and every single one I’ve met has been a nice person. Fun people with whom to have a chat or share a beverage. So, this is nothing against them. In March, though, you don’t go near … [Read more...] about Saint Joseph’s tops George Mason to keep equipment manager away for another day
By AARON BRACY March 10, 2024 Big5Hoops.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Drexel coach Zach Spiker took probably one of the slowest walks of his life on Sunday night. Spiker had just endured a heart-crushing defeat in the Coastal Athletic Association tournament. The Dragons’ dreams of winning the CAA title and thus earning the league’s automatic bid and making the NCAA … [Read more...] about Heartbreak for Spiker, Drexel in loss to Stony Brook in CAA quarterfinals
By AARON BRACY March 10, 2024 Big5Hoops.com Let the (conference) Madness begin! The fields for the Atlantic 10 and Big East tournaments have been set as both conferences wrapped up their regular seasons on a busy Saturday of college hoops. Locally, I was at the Wells Fargo Center, where Villanova’s NCAA tournament at-large chances took a hit with a 69-67 loss to No. … [Read more...] about Saturday roundup: Villanova’s NCAA hopes take hit; St. Joe’s wins; La Salle, Penn lose
By AARON BRACY March 8, 2024 Big5Hoops.com In 1977, zero Big 5 teams made the NCAA tournament. It wasn’t until last year that it happened again where neither La Salle, Penn, Saint Joseph’s, Temple or Villanova were in the Big Dance. Hello, March Sadness. Might it happen again? For a second straight season? The Big 5’s hopes rest largely, not surprisingly, on … [Read more...] about March 8 Column: March Sadness again for Big 5?
By AARON BRACY March 6, 2024 Big5Hoops.com NEWARK, N.J. – It all comes down to Saturday for Villanova. The Wildcats have played 72,000 seconds of basketball in a season that started exactly four months ago. They have spent countless hours in the gym practicing, in the weight room lifting, in the film room watching. There have been bus rides and plane rides and walks … [Read more...] about After loss to Seton Hall, Saturday now looms large for Villanova’s NCAA hopes
