Submitted by SnoopRion69 t3_y1qgpu in philadelphia
I just moved from North Carolina, so I'm a huge Tar Heels fan who doesn't want to root for Villanova for reasons I won't talk about!
I'd love to adopt one of three of the big five (honestly Penn and is out too) and get loud at the Palestra. How do I get into Philadelphia college ball and who should I root for? Once again, Villanova is OUT
Crying flute lady
How do I get into Temple? Are there Temple locals?
Enormous alumni base in Philly, being Phillys largest school. Although outside of a handful of alumns and hardcore fans, the city kinda ignores temple unless they’re making big headlines
Go to games at all of them, plus Drexel, that'll tell you which you like most. Since Villanova is out, the tickets for any of the other five schools will be really inexpensive.
You also don't have to choose one. There are plenty of people who root for all of the local schools, it's not like a Duke/Carolina thing. If anybody gets to the Sweet 16, the whole city gets on their bandwagon.
I don't want to talk about it
There's a doubleheader at the Palestra this year. Games there are awesome. Drexel also plays Penn this year (closest stadiums in NCAA sports). They used to play every year but had a little spat because Drexel wanted to alternate stadiums, but Penn wanted it permanently at the Palestra. St. Joe's games aren't bad either. Haven't been to Gola and it's been a while since I got to Liacouras. The Dac and Hogan feel like glorified high school gyms but they have a charm like that. Whenever it's a Big 5/City 6 game it's always a great time.
Recruiting is also interesting in Philly. With some of the best high school prospects in the country, Villanova gets first dibs, but they're so good they might only want one or two top ones. The next best locals usually will pick Temple. St. Joe's/La Salle are the next picks based purely on basketball. Penn gets to wave around shiny ivy league degrees, so a completely different but every once in a while effective recruiting tool. Drexel gets the short end of the stick, since they're behind Penn in education, and also middle of the pack skill wise (they haven't been consistent bracket buster territory since 2013). So Drexel has to go national/international, however they did just get a solid local 2023 pickup I believe.
You don't even really have to adopt a team. I used to live next to the Palestra and would go to watch whoever was playing. It's a blast.
St. Joes or Temple. Temple is my personal flavor, but St. Joes has a much better mascot and their arena is much more fun to watch a game at. Temple has cheaper seats and probably a better team this year. Temple is also way easier to get to.
Penn is also an option, but the atmosphere at the Palestra has been ass for years unfortunately.
If you truly want a shit experience, go to Drexel or LaSalle games. That’s a ball of sadness.
My best advice I guess is to go to a game at each stadium to see who you like. Experiment a little.
I will never get on the bandwagon of the school from Ardmore.
> I'm a huge Tar Heels fan who doesn't want to root for Villanova for reasons I won't talk about!
That 3 was a dagger.
I’ll add that if you are used to watching ACC play, watching Big 5 is like watching high school basketball.
I’m not saying that they are twins or related but UNC’s recruit Simeon Wilcher looks a lot like Caleb Love.
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