Penn90
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04-11-23 11:33 AM - Post#355705
Per Dana O'Neil:
"The Big 5 is now officially more like the City Six, with the Philadelphia basketball community officially welcoming Drexel as part of a restructuring of the City Series in an announcement Tuesday. The traditional series, dating back to 1955, included Penn, Temple, Saint Joseph’s, Villanova and La Salle."
https://theathletic.com/4401082/2023/04/11/bi g-5-r...
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Penn90
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04-11-23 11:35 AM - Post#355706
In response to Penn90
Cont.:
"Under the new plan, set to debut in 2024, the six city Division I schools will play in two pods of three teams. Temple, La Salle and Drexel make up one pod; Villanova, Penn and Saint Joseph’s are the second pod.
"The podded teams will play one another during the month of November. The pod winners will be matched up in a Big 5 championship game on Dec. 2 at the Wells Fargo Center, the headliner in a tripleheader in which the second- and third-place pod finishers will complete the afternoon of games."
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palestra38
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04-11-23 12:40 PM - Post#355708
In response to Penn90
How are they breaking the inevitable ties in the 2 pods?
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Penn90
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04-11-23 12:48 PM - Post#355709
In response to palestra38
Good question! Article didn't say.
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palestra38
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04-11-23 12:56 PM - Post#355710
In response to Penn90
Pods of 3 don't make much sense. Need 2 more teams and do it like World Cup pods so you get 3 game round robins with head to head breaking ties. I assume head to head will break a tie between 2 teams but if they all end up 1-1, we might have to litigate
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UPIA1968
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04-11-23 01:09 PM - Post#355711
In response to palestra38
Drexel's inclusion is loooooong overdue.
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andybech
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04-11-23 01:30 PM - Post#355712
In response to UPIA1968
The whole point of the pods is playing 3 games instead of 4 (for the big schools primarily Nova).
I would not be shocked if Penn scheduled additional games with schools in the other pod.
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palestra38
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Drexel Joins the Big 5 This Fall
04-11-23 01:44 PM - Post#355713
In response to andybech
We'll certainly play LaSalle. Pretty sure we'll continue to play Temple. Drexel? Don't know.
I don't think it's primarily about the number of games for Nova or anyone else. I think it's that the Big 5 became totally meaningless in its former form and wasn't drawing any interest---playing all the games in November, students weren't coming, it had lost it's point. Now they will have a big event at the Wells Fargo Center with all the local schools involved. It's a good effort. I just think in terms of a tournament, it's a bit flawed.
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Mike Porter
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Drexel Joins the Big 5 This Fall
04-11-23 04:43 PM - Post#355714
In response to palestra38
Big 5 really lost it's relevance, so mixing it up is interesting. I don't have strong feeling at this point, glad it is continuing in some fashion and let's see. Hopefully we still do play the other teams outside of this.
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palestra38
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Re: Drexel Joins the Big 5 This Fall
04-11-23 04:54 PM - Post#355716
In response to Mike Porter
The key loss there is that Larson was a 100% 3-point shooter this year.
1-1.
We will survive.
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Mike Porter
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04-11-23 09:48 PM - Post#355722
In response to palestra38
Oh yeah, sorry I posted to the wrong thread (I'm all hopped up on cough meds).
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