Stories

By AARON BRACY December 28, 2023 Big5Hoops.com On campus at Saint Joseph’s University in the late 1990’s, Phil Martelli was not Coach Martelli. He was either just Phil, or Martelli the Magnificent. Not Carnac the Magnificent. Martelli the Magnificent. They made T-shirts and handed them out to the Student Section. It all came from a silly, but hilariously funny … [Read more...] about Hawk Talkers: Martelli a surprise guest with Krsolovic in Spaces

By AARON BRACY December 10, 2023 Big5Hoops.com Deep breath. In through the nose. Count to three. Out through the mouth. Slowly. Now repeat. OK, one more time. Ahh. I can breathe now.  For 40 minutes on Sunday at Hagan Arena, though, it wasn’t easy to get much oxygen to my lungs. Because Saint Joseph’s and Princeton’s offenses were breathtaking. … [Read more...] about Electric offense leads St. Joe’s past Princeton

By AARON BRACY December 9, 2023 Big5Hoops.com PHILADELPHIA -- The lefty shot swished through. Sam Brown turned, yelled and celebrated. Game on, baby. Brown’s 3-pointer from the left wing pulled Penn within a point of No. 16-ranked Kentucky with 15 minutes, 16 seconds to play at the Wells Fargo Center. The Quakers trailed by 10 at the half. Now, they were down … [Read more...] about Kentucky loss will help Penn for Ivy League

VGH is special. Very special. And rare. VGH = Very Good Hoops. The man who coined the acronym, Jack Scheuer, was a stickler for basketball being played the right way.  “It’s a simple game,” Jack would say. Pass, move, screen, find the best shot, rebound, defend, play as a team. Easy game. But so hard.  When Jack liked what he saw, he’d scribble the … [Read more...] about A day of ‘VGH’ for St. Joe’s Fleming, Big 5 Classic