PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Big 5 is no more.

Well, at least not the incarnation most fans of the famed Philly basketball series remember from its heyday, when the Palestra was packed, fans hurled colorful crepe streamers on the court after the first basket and student signs known as rollouts poked fun at the other schools.

And when the Palestra, the basketball cathedral on Penn’s campus, was sold out, someone would always say, “corners,” meaning even the cheap, angled seats in the corners were filled. As college hoops evolved, the Big 5 was dying on the vine in Philly, so after years of traditionalists squawking - and attendance and interest waned and teams outside of the Main Line saw their programs sink - the time was ripe for a change.