The Big 5 Pod
Kyle Morello and Jake Copestick dive into all things Big 5 Basketball, the unofficial conference of College Basketball in the city of Philadelphia. The duo will be covering the La Salle Explorers, Penn Quakers, Saint Joe's Hawks, Temple Owls, Villanova Wildcats and the Drexel Dragons as they compete for Philadelphia Basketball bragging rights.
Podcasting since 2022 • 126 episodes
The Big 5 Pod
Latest Episodes
Penn NCAA Tournament Preview w/Conor Smith; Plus Villanova Preview, March Madness Predictions
March Madness is here, and the streak of Big 5 teams missing the tournament is finally over! We bring on Conor Smith to preview Penn's first round matchup with Illinois, before detailing Villanova's return to the tournament as they take on Utah...
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Ranking Each Big 5 Team's NCAA Tournament Chances On The First Episode of March
It's officially March! The guys rank each Big 5 team on how likely they are to make the NCAA Tournament, (besides Villanova), before turning their attention to the Wildcats and their outlook for the rest of the season after the injury to Matt H...
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Hawk Talk Podcast Joins Us To Talk St. Joe's AD Search, Recent A10 Play and More
Pete and Tony from Hawk Talk Podcast join us to discuss the massive St. Joe's news that broke last week, with Athletic Director Jill Bodensteiner leaving Hawk Hill to be the Commissioner of the Horizon League. We go over the impact on this year...
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St Joe's Continues Hot Streak, Penn's Ivy Outlook and a Fun Villanova/Temple Question
We're onto February and the Big 5 is looking the best they have in years in conference play. St. Joe's has won 7 of their last 8 games and is in a top four spot in their conference, as is Temple and Drexel in the American and CAA, respectively....
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The Martelli Conundrum, La Salle's 2-0 Week and the Wide Open Ivy League
It was a very busy week in the Big 5 play, with every team playing two games since our last episode except Drexel. Cope was down in Richmond on Monday for VCU-St. Joe's where he got to ask Phil Martelli Jr. about the connection between his fami...
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