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By AARON BRACY May 14, 2024 Big5Hoops.com Jahlil White is healthy, motivated and feels like his best basketball is ahead of him. In one of the more surprising moves this offseason, White announced on Sunday that he was transferring from Temple to La Salle for his final season of college basketball. A 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward, White averaged 7.8 points and 5.5 … [Read more...] about Healthy, motivated White looks forward to opportunity at La Salle

By AARON BRACY May 3, 2024 Big5Hoops.com Villanova got the long-range shooter they desperately needed on Friday, when Max Shulga committed to the Wildcats through the transfer portal. A 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard, Shulga made 41.5 percent of 3-point shots last season at VCU after transferring to the Richmond school following three seasons at Utah State. Shulga … [Read more...] about Villanova lands sharpshooter Shulga from VCU

By AARON BRACY April 29, 2024 Big5Hoops.com Saint Joseph’s received a commitment on Monday from Justice Ajogbor, whose game is big but whose inspiring story is bigger. Ajogbor, who is transferring to Saint Joseph’s after four years at Harvard, grew up in Benin City, Nigeria. By the time he was 10 years old, both of his parents had died, his mom reportedly of a … [Read more...] about Saint Joseph’s lands commitment from Nigerian big man Ajogbor

By AARON BRACY April 26, 2024 Big5Hoops.com Jameel Brown is coming home – practically literally. The Philadelphia native made it official on Monday when he committed to coach Adam Fisher and Temple after spending his first two years at Penn State. The Liacouras Center is less than a mile from his childhood home near 20th and Diamond Streets. “Being able to go … [Read more...] about Brown’s homecoming to Temple caps program-altering week for Fisher, Owls

By AARON BRACY April 26, 2024 Big5Hoops.com Drexel continues to replenish its roster after several departures due to graduation and the transfer portal, with Russian big man Victor Panov the latest to commit to Dragons coach Zach Spiker. At 6-foot-7, 230 pounds, Panov has size and strength to play in the paint but also has displayed a deft shooting touch from the … [Read more...] about Russian big man Panov commits to Drexel