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1. Greenberg, Charles. Personal Interview. 23 Mar. 2009.

A. "Villanova thought they were better then the rest of the Big 5 teams, so they wanted out." B. "Other teams did not want to split the profits made from the games 50/50." C. "Kids who play their high school ball in Philadelphia, do not stay and play their college ball here anymore like they used to." D. "When I played in the Big 5, no team really had a slight edge. We were all pretty evenly matched." E.

2. __The Philadelphia Big 5 Official Website__. 2009. 23 Feb. 2009 http://philadelphiabig5.cstv.com/

3. __Palestra__. 11 Feb. 2009. 23 Feb. 2009 .

A. "The Palestra is home to to the Penn Quakers and for 2008-2009 the Saint Joseph Hawks, due to Renovation at Kelly Field House." B. "The Palestra was redone and renovated in 2000."

4. __Philadelphia__ __Big 5__. 2009. 25 Feb. 2009 . -This is a homepage of the Big 5 that provide information about all five schools, players, and the memoral games that took place inside the Palestra.

A. "The Palestra is the best arena to watch a basketball game in because it is truly built for sound."

5. Lyons, Robert S. __Palestra Pandenmonium__. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2002. - This book has everything you need to know about the Big 5 at the Palestra.

A. "The reason why the Big Five was discontinued in 1991, was that some coaches wanted to play their home games in Big Five play at their home arena instead of the Palestra." B. "The Big Five Series was brought back in 1999, but now teams were able to play the games at their home gyms." C. "Money is the main reason for all of the games not being played at the Palestra, because they home team wants to bring more money into there University instead of splitting the tickets with the opposing school like they used to do." D. “The Palestra is to college basketball what Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are to baseball,” wrote John Feinstein in his book, A Season Inside. “It is a place where you feel the game from the moment you step inside.” E. “If you won at the Palestra in the winter, you could talk all summer on the playgrounds,” explained Penn coach Fran Dunphy, who played at La Salle. “The Big 5 was part of the fabric of life in Philadelphia; there’s no other way to describe it,’ said St. Joseph’s athletic director Don Di Julia. “The big 5 intensity level was equal to professional playoff game,” added Cliff Anderson, the great Hawks center, who went on to play for four years in the NBA and ABA. “Right -down to the last guy on the bench, your heart was in your throat, you were sweating, you couldn’t sleep the night before.” F. "This is their unforgettable story: the coaches and players, the amazing characters, officials, and others vividly describing in their own words the intensity, the exhilaration, the emotion of 36 years of the most memorable and fascinating rivalries of the Big 5 city series."

6. Philadelphia Daily News. __The Big 5-0__. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Newspapers, 2005. - This book is celebrating 50 years of the Big 5.

7. Darcy, Kieran. "One Shot: The Memory of a Lifetime." __Espn The Magazine__ (Dec. 2007). 4 Mar. 2009 .

8. Austin, Mikalin. __The Palestra: Cathedral of Basketball__. 2007. DVD. Film Baby, 2007.

A. "The Palestra is the Mecca of College Basketball." B. "Teams like Villanova and Temple wanted to be known on more of a national stage, so the Big 5 was discontinued in 1991." C. “In the early days it meant something to win the Big 5. Now the kids who play in Philadelphia today have now idea what it means.” 9. Hunt, Donald. __The Philadelphia Big 5__. Phialdelphia, P.A.: n.p., 1996.