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By AARON BRACY Big5Hoops.com March 1, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Inside Drexel’s locker room hangs a sign that reads: Sometimes you, sometimes me, always us What a beautiful message and a perfect one for this Dragons men’s basketball team. Coach Zach Spiker’s club put on another display of balanced basketball in Thursday night’s workmanlike 90-86 victory over gritty, … [Read more...] about March 1 Column: Depth, talent and balance help Drexel clinch top-4 seed in CAA tourney



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By AARON BRACY February 27, 2024 Big5Hoops.com VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova will excitedly take the practice court next with a simple mindset: Get better. It’s a cliche, yes, but it has been coach Kyle Neptune’s consistent message all season, through all of the ups and downs. And it’s working.  The Wildcats are getting better, the latest example their … [Read more...] about Improving Villanova blocks out NCAA talk in rout of Georgetown



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By AARON BRACY February 23, 2024 Big5Hoops.com You can just feel it. The excitement. The pageantry. The brackets. One Shining Moment. All of it. March Madness is just about upon us. Locally, it will kick off in two weekends when the Coastal Athletic Conference holds its conference tournament from March 8-12 in Washington, D.C. Drexel is a contender to come out of … [Read more...] about Feb. 23 Column: Big 5 needs big finish to make March Madness



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By AARON BRACY February 21, 2024 Big5Hoops.com PHILADELPHIA – This was not a performance by Saint Joseph’s to hang in a museum. Not by any means. Entering losers of three of their last four, including a pair of road defeats last week at Loyola-Chicago and Duquesne that had you re-thinking your assessment that this Hawks team will be a for-sure contender in the … [Read more...] about Not a work of art, but a needed win for Saint Joseph’s



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By AARON BRACY February 20, 2024 Big5Hoops.com VILLANOVA, Pa. -- On Jan. 24 at Madison Square Garden, after a 20-point knockout and two-game sweep by St. John’s, Villanova coach Kyle Neptune held his head high and, essentially, said it’s about where you are at the end of the season and not at the moment. Neptune’s message: It’s all about getting better. Two games … [Read more...] about Villanova continues to get better in win over Butler