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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchKyle 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 is hosted by Kyle Morello, Jake Copestick. The show has published 129 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "NCAA Tournament Expansion, St Joe's Hires La Salle's AD and a Transfer Portal Roundup" (8 May 2026, 81 minutes), "Big 5 Transfer News as the Portal Rolls On" (10 April 2026, 80 minutes), and "2026 NCAA Tournament Recap, Reactions To Penn and Villanova's Early Exits" (8 April 2026, 68 minutes).
The Big 5 Pod publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 67 minutes across 129 episodes.
Booking probability for The Big 5 Pod is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Big 5 Pod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Big 5 Pod's contact route on record: public web form.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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It's our first episode of conference play, and we go over who is doing well so far and who is not. This includes Villanova looking like a tournament team, Temple making noise in the American, and a pair of teams on a...
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It's our last episode of 2025, so we decided to give out New Year's resolutions for all six Big 5 teams heading into 2026. Plus, we go over Villanova's win at Seton Hall, Deuce Jones's dismissal from St. Joe's, the...
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The Big 5 Classic has come and gone, and it saw Villanova dominate Penn for it's 29 all-time Big 5 title. Plus, Deuce Jones lifted St. Joe's on a buzzer beater over Temple in the third-place game, and La Salle held off...
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It's time for our Super Bowl! The Big 5 Classic is just a day away, and the field is set: Drexel vs. La Salle, Saint Joseph's vs. Temple and Penn vs Villanova for the Big 5 Championship. We preview all of these matches...
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Penn is officially in the Big 5 Classic Championship game after their 84-68 win at Drexel last week. They'll be met by the winner of the last Big 5 pod play game, as Temple takes on Villanova on Monday. Plus, Penn hosts...
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Penn pulled off a big upset this week, knocking off St. Joe's on Monday and putting themselves in the driver's seat to make their first-ever Big 5 Championship game. To do so, they'll have to beat Drexel at the DAC on...
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The Big 5 season is officially underway! We go over the results of the first week of the season, including St. Joe's beating Drexel in the first Big 5 game of the season. Plus, a look at which games we're excited to see...
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The season is finally here! For one last preview, we call on our friend Aaron Bracy to help us break down who will take home city bragging rights as the Big 5 champions this season. Plus, we give our picks for Big 5...
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Tyler Cronin of 3 Bid League joins us to take a deep dive into the Big 5's two A10 teams, La Salle and St. Joseph's, before giving us his thoughts on who will finish at the top of the conference once March rolls around...
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Luke Taylor of the Full Court Network joins us once again to share his thoughts on the upcoming Temple basketball season. This includes breaking down all of their new transfers and predicting where they may finish in...
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Tommy Godin of The Full 40 Podcast joins us to discuss the start of another new era in the Big 5, this time with Kevin Willard and the Villanova Wildcats as they look to get back to being one of the premier teams in the...
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Ian Wenik helps us break down what Penn needs to do to get back to Ivy League contention in 2025-26, this time with Fran McCaffrey at the helm. #lasalle #Temple #big5 #saintjosephs #Villanova #drexel #penn Make sure to...
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