Aaron Bracy

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 6, 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 December 31-January 4. 5 Big 5 Stars of the Week 1) Wooga Poplar, … [Read more...] about Big 5 Weekly Roundup, December 31-January 4: Villanova’s Wooga Poplar is the Big5Hoops.com Player of the Week after helping Wildcats to victories over Butler and DePaul

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 4, 2025 VILLANOVA, Pa. – Let’s get this out of the way right at the top: DePaul is probably going to finish near the bottom in the Big East. First-year coach Chris Holtmann has reinvigorated the program with energy and better talent, but the Blue Demons have a long way to go. Let’s also mention this: Seton Hall is … [Read more...] about Villanova is impressive in defeating DePaul and now faces big tests this week

Also, long range struggles doom Saint Joseph’s in loss at St. Louis By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com January 4, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Things didn’t look great for Temple. The Owls trailed Wichita State by four points with 8 minutes, 15 seconds remaining on Friday night at the Liacouras Center. Two potential starters, Lynn Greer III and Jameel Brown, were in … [Read more...] about Late run helps Temple open American Athletic Conference play with a win over Wichita State

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com December 31, 2025 PHILADELPHIA–Saint Joseph's Billy Lange was sorry for the first-half technical he received. The whiteboard he smashed at halftime? Not so much. Incensed with UMass's 14 offensive rebounds in the opening 20 minutes, Lange burst into the home locker room, wrote 14 on the whiteboard, and then slammed it into the … [Read more...] about Saint Joseph’s gets halftime message from broken whiteboard in win over UMass  

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com December 31, 2024 The Atlantic 10 Conference is losing charter member UMass next season, as the Minutemen followed the football trail to the Mid-American Conference. The departure leaves the A-10 with 14 teams for the 2025–26 season. Will the conference replace the Minutemen? Or even add more teams? That was one of several … [Read more...] about Commissioner Bernadette McGlade: Atlantic 10 Conference is not looking to expand but is open to it