Villanova, Temple, and La Salle will now be in the same group, with St. Joseph's, Penn, and Drexel in the other one.
Villanova, Temple, and La Salle will now be in the same group, with St. Joseph's, Penn, and Drexel in the other one.
Penn women’s coach Mike McLaughlin hinted at it Friday night’s women’s tripleheader, Drexel men’s coach Zach Spiker hinted at it during Saturday’s men’s tripleheader, and another source confirmed it to The Inquirer after that.Villanova, Temple, and La Salle will be in one pod, and St. Joseph’s, Penn, and Drexel will be in the other. The current format of each team playing one home game will continue, with each matchup alternating venues each year.
The change means that for the first time since the 1997-98 season, the Villanova and St. Joe’s men’s teams won’t have a set meeting to contest the Big 5′s most famous rivalry.
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