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.
The Big 5 Pod
Latest Episodes
NCAA Tournament Expansion, St Joe's Hires La Salle's AD and a Transfer Portal Roundup
A few HUGE news items to go over in this episode, headlined by the move we all saw coming: the NCAA Tournament expanding to 76 teams. Plus, we discuss St. Joe's hiring AD Ash Puri away from La Salle, and a catch up on all things transfer portal...
Big 5 Transfer News as the Portal Rolls On
On to the transfer portal we go! We go over players from Big 5 teams who have entered the portal already, including Villanova star freshman Acaden Lewis and Temple's Aiden Tobiason. We also discuss who is staying and one commitment so far, in a...
2026 NCAA Tournament Recap, Reactions To Penn and Villanova's Early Exits
The 2025-26 college basketball season has officially come to a close, following Michigan's win over UConn to in the National Championship. We discuss everything that happened in this year's NCAA Tournament, including Penn and Villanova's losses...
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...
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...