VILLANOVA, Pa. -- The game times for the 2024 Toyota Women's Big 5 Classic to be held at Villanova's Finneran Pavilion on Friday, Dec. 6, were announced on Tuesday afternoon. The start times for the tripleheader will be 3:30 p.m., 5:45 p.m., and 8 p.m.
All three games will be televised live on NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus.
The 2024-25 season will be the 44th year of Big 5 women's basketball. The five-team round robin format began in 1979-80 and has been in existence every year with the exception of 2020-21 due to Covid. Beginning with the 2024-25 season, the league will increase to six teams with Drexel becoming a member of the women's Big 5.
For the new women's format, the six schools will be separated into three-team pods: Pod 1: Temple, La Salle, and Drexel; Pod 2: Villanova, Saint Joseph's, and Penn. Each team will play the other two teams from their pod at their individual on-campus arenas. All teams will participate in the tripleheader on December 6, with the first seed in each pod competing for the Big 5 championship, as well as respective games with the second seeds and third seeds.
WOMEN'S BIG 5 CLASSIC TRIPLEHEADER – Dec. 6; Finneran Pavilion
Game 1 Fifth Place Game 3:30 p.m.
Game 2 Third Place Game 5:45 p.m.
Game 3 Championship 8 p.m.
