Safet Kastrat, 27, is La Salle’s first general manager, tasked with an Explorers rebuild, year-over-year, along new head coach, Darris Nichols

There's been a lot of transfer portal movement in Big 5 basketball already. More is surely on the way.

While all three coaches are new to the area and have never met, they share the common bond of pioneering brand-new sports programs at the university.

Darris Nichols’ “style of play” helped to convince the La Salle leadership he was the right coach for the job.

Former Eagles center Kelce joined Eagles Autism Foundation executive director Ryan Hammond, who was there to support the Virginia Military Institute, one of the other teams competing Sunday.

His fellow coaches pay tribute to one of the deans of the sport.

The Hawks led by 21 points with just under four minutes to go, but the Explorers got within 73-70 before falling short. St. Joe's is on to a quarterfinal matchup vs. Dayton.

The group will use the same pod model created by the Big 5 Classic that will culminate in a championship day at the WSFS Sportsplex on Chester’s waterfront.

The man known as "Mr. Big 5" hates talking about himself. But after all he's done for Penn, Temple, and La Salle in his career, it's only right to salute him after his 625th and possibly final win.

Corey McKeithan led the Explorers with a career-high 30 points. La Salle will face St. Joseph's in the second round of the A-10 tournament on Thursday.

Nichols, 38, will succeed Fran Dunphy, retiring from coaching at the end of the basketball season. Nichols went 68-63 and won 20 games twice in his four seasons at Radford.

It was La Salle's last home game for head coach Fran Dunphy who will retire after this season

Dunphy, who will retire at the end of the season, walked off a Big 5 basketball court for the final time as a head coach. But he wasn’t thinking about that.

Liples, a wheelchair basketball standout at 14, has forged a bond with the Explorers. “As much as he’s benefited from it, there’s no question who has benefited more,” coach Fran Dunphy says.

La Salle suffered a 60-45 loss to Dayton in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in Glen Allen, VA.