{"id":913473,"date":"2026-10-02T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913473\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:08:10","slug":"drexel-mens-and-womens-basketball-teams-announce-big-5-schedules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913473\/","title":{"rendered":"Drexel men’s and women’s basketball teams announce Big 5 schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Photo by Kasey Shamis | The TriangleCollege basketball season is just around the corner! On Sept. 22, 2026, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams revealed their Big 5 Classic<\/a> schedules for the 2026-27 season. The Big 5 tournament celebrates a long tradition between Philadelphia’s finest basketball teams. The Big 5 is not actually five: it’s six, with Drexel University\u2019s men\u2019s team joining during the 2023-24 season. This year, Drexel\u2019s basketball teams are marking several milestones for Philadelphia college basketball.<\/p>\n

Within tournament play, teams are split into two pods with three teams. For both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s brackets, Pod 1 is comprised of Drexel University, Saint Joseph’s University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Pod 2 includes Temple University, LaSalle University, and Villanova University.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s basketball<\/p>\n

Drexel\u2019s women\u2019s team announced their Big 5 schedule<\/a> along with a new roster of freshmen and transfers. For the third consecutive year, Drexel is looking to win the tournament for the first time.<\/p>\n

Drexel is set to play the Quakers for their second game of the season on Friday, Nov. 6 at Penn. The Dragons will return home on Sunday, Nov. 15 to face off against Saint Joseph\u2019s.<\/p>\n

This year, the Big 5 Classic championship game will be held at the Palestra, the basketball arena located on Penn’s campus. The Palestra is widely known for being \u201cthe Cathedral of College Basketball<\/a>\u201d and is one of the most recognizable basketball arenas in the country.<\/p>\n

The Palestra will celebrate its 100th anniversary by hosting a tripleheader on Sunday, Dec. 6. The first seed of each pod will play one another for the championship, while the two second seed teams compete for third and fourth place. The third seeds will play for fifth and sixth place.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s basketball<\/p>\n

Drexel men\u2019s basketball team also announced their participation<\/a> for the fourth year in a row. The team has yet to finish better than fifth place in the tournament. Drexel will look to start off strong in their first Big 5 pod game of the season at the DAC on Friday, Nov. 20, where the Dragons will face off against the Saint Joseph\u2019s University Hawks. Just a few days later on Tuesday, Nov. 24, Drexel travels down 33rd Street to take on long-time rival, the University of Pennsylvania Quakers.<\/p>\n

Just like the Big 5 last year, a tripleheader will take place at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026. Tickets are free to students of the Philadelphia schools, and based on fan interest, shuttle transportation may be available to Drexel students.<\/p>\n

The Big 5 schedule for the 2026-27 season:<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n

Friday, Nov. 6\u00a0 – Drexel vs. Penn at The Palestra<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Pod 2) – Temple vs. LaSalle at Tom Gola Arena<\/p>\n

Sunday, Nov. 15 (Pod 1) – Saint Joseph’s vs. Drexel at Daskalakis Athletic Center<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Nov. 18 (Pod 1) – Penn vs. Saint Joseph’s at Michael J. Hagan Arena<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Nov. 24 (Pod 2) – LaSalle vs. Villanova at Finneran Pavilion<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 1st (Pod 2) –\u00a0 Villanova vs. Temple at Liacouras Center<\/p>\n

Men’s schedule<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Pod 2) – La Salle vs. Villanova at Finneran Pavilion<\/p>\n

Saturday, Nov. 14 (Pod 1) – Penn vs. Saint Joseph’s at Michael J. Hagan Arena<\/p>\n

Sunday, Nov. 15 (Pod 2) – Temple vs. La Salle at Tom Gola Arena<\/p>\n

Friday, Nov. 20 (Pod 1) – Saint Joseph’s vs. Drexel at Daskalakis Athletic Center<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Nov. 24 (Pod 1) – Drexel vs. Penn at The Palestra<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 1 (Pod 2) – Villanova vs. Temple at Liacouras Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lillian Dempsey Photo by Kasey Shamis | The TriangleCollege basketball season is just around the corner! On Sept.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,58633,481402,481404,481403,124403,5136,85,12632],"class_list":["post-913473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-caa","tag-drexel","tag-drexel-athletics","tag-drexel-dragons","tag-drexel-university","tag-philadelphia","tag-sports","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}