Philadelphia's storied Big 5 basketball collective has expanded, adding Drexel University as the sixth member and shaking up its format with a centerpiece tournament.
At long last, Philadelphia's storied Big 5 college basketball association is welcoming Drexel University into the fold.
The Big 5 announced the move Tuesday morning, along with a re-configured system featuring two pods of three teams and a culminating annual tournament at the Wells Fargo Center called The Big 5 Classic. The association is keeping the name despite adding a sixth member. "Drexel University is honored to become part of the Philadelphia Big 5," Drexel Director of Athletics Maisha Kelly said Tuesday in a release."The Philadelphia Big 5 is synonymous with basketball history in the city and it is exciting to have our brand now be associated with such a storied organization. As an institution of higher learning, prominently positioned in the city, we are proud to be aligned with these five schools that combine excellence in both academics and athletics.
It is indeed. The Big 5 stretches back to 1955, making this the first time in the association's 67-year history that its member count has changed. And as the city's sixth Division I program, with a campus that literally abuts the University of Pennsylvania and is situated as close to Center City as any of the six schools, Drexel's inclusion is only logical and frankly overdue.
The Big 5 and the Wells Fargo Center released a Dan Baker-narrated hype video Tuesday welcoming us into a new era of the Big 5, so you know it's real:
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