and conversations are ongoing." Annual winners Men All Big 5 men's basketball teams play each other once per season for a total of four games per team. Currently La Salle and St. Joe's meet twice per season since they both share a conference. If two or more Big 5 teams do share a conference, the second matchup between the schools is counted toward the Big 5 standings while the first matchup is not. There is no season-ending Big 5 Tournament, so a "champion" of the unofficial athletics group is determined by a round-robin tournament. Since 1956 there have been three instances of a five-way tie among all member schools, which occurred in 1980–81 (2–2 records), 1991–92 (1–1 records), and 1997–98 (1–1 records), though the latter two cases were during the period when there was no round-robin format, so not every team played all four other teams. Most championships Asterisk (*) denotes shared championship Bold denotes all five schools tied List of national championships NCAA tournament National Invitation Tournament Women All Big 5 women's basketball teams play each other once per season for a total of four games per team. Currently La Salle and St. Joe's meet twice per season since they both share a conference. If two or more Big 5 teams do share a conference, the second matchup between the schools is counted toward the Big 5 standings while the first matchup is not. There is no season-ending Big 5 Tournament, so a "champion" of the unofficial athletics group is determined by a round-robin tournament. Since 1979 there have been four instances of a three-way tie among all member schools and four instances of a two-way tie. Due to COVID-19 the complete round robin tournament is not contested in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 season. Other uses Although known primarily of an association of Philadelphia sports teams, students from the Big 5 also coordinate frequent student government meetings. The governments consist of La Salle, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, Saint Joseph's, and Drexel University instead of Villanova. Drexel has representation instead of Villanova since meetings primarily revolve around Philadelphia issues. Villanova is the only Big 5 college not located in the city. See also Mayor's Cup (Temple–Villanova) St. Joe's–Temple rivalry Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's) References External links 1955 establishments in Pennsylvania College basketball rivalries in the United States History of college basketball in the United States La Salle Explorers