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By AARON BRACY September 16, 2025 Big5Hoops.com On mornings inside my childhood home on 34 Sheffield Drive in Willingboro, you could find me seated at the kitchen table. At my back, the window overlooking the narrow asphalt driveway. Over my right shoulder, the tiny black and white television. And in front of me, spread out around a bowl of Apple Jacks like treasure … [Read more...] about Bracy Column: To Phil Martelli, thank you for helping my sportswriting dreams come true

By AARON BRACY September 15, 2025 Big5Hoops.com Phil Martelli has accomplished so much as a basketball coach, beginning in the high school ranks at Bishop Kenrick High School before a 24-year career at Saint Joseph’s that followed a 10-year stint as an assistant on Hawk Hill. But none of his school-record 444 career victories at St. Joe’s nor his four Atlantic 10 … [Read more...] about Joe Lapchick Character Award a special honor for Phil Martelli

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com July 4, 2025 First-year La Salle coach Darris Nichols still has a lot to learn about his players and their individual skills. But Nichols has no doubt about how the Explorers will perform when the 2025–26 college basketball season tips off in four months. “The main thing is we’re not going to be soft or selfish,” Nichols … [Read more...] about Bracy Column: Nichols, La Salle building culture of toughness this offseason

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com July 4, 2025 In today’s age of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and the transfer portal, a yearly roster turnover is expected in college basketball. Add in a first-year head coach, and the situation at La Salle is even more pronounced. Head coach Darris Nichols, who was hired on March 11, has assembled a roster of 16 players, only … [Read more...] about A snapshot look at the 2025–26 La Salle Explorers men’s basketball roster

By AARON BRACY aaron@big5hoops.com March 26, 2025 Villanova’s Eric Dixon continued his remarkable career on the Main Line by averaging 23.0 points and 5.2 rebounds while connecting on 42.2 percent of his three-pointers through the regular season and Big East tournament in 2024-25. For his stellar season, Dixon has been selected as the Big5Hoops.com Player of the … [Read more...] about Big5Hoops.com All-Big 5 teams highlighted by Player of the Year Eric Dixon