Six teams, six coaches, 75 players, The Big Five, the City Six, four conferences, The Big East, the Atlantic 10, the Colonial, the Ivy, the Palestra, Wachovia Center, Liacouras Center, Gola Arena, the Pavilion (aka Ski Lodge), the DAC and next season the renovated Fieldhouse (with a new name, Hagan Arena). That is Philly hoops. And this is your spot to check in to see what’s happening during the season.

In addition to the regular musings of Mike Kern, Bob Cooney and Dick Jerardi, you will be able to read the thoughts of the coaches each week. Fran Dunphy (Temple), Phil Martelli (Saint Joseph’s), John Giannini (La Salle), Glen Miller (Penn) and Bruiser Flint (Drexel) will be here to discuss recent games, upcoming games, players, tactics, whatever might be on their minds. Villanova’s Jay Wright, who has always been gracious with his time, was not able to make the commitment because of his busy schedule during the season.

The six teams will play approximately 200 games between now and the end of the all the tournaments. Thus, there will no shortage of action to preview, review and try to put into perspective.

Veteran players you already know like Dionte Christmas, Scottie Reynolds and Ahmad Nivins will try to cement their city legacies. New players that you don’t yet know will be finding their places.

And we will be here to chronicle the wins, the losses, the standings, the tournament prospects, the individual performances and anything else that might go down between now and that April Monday night at Ford Field in Detroit.