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In an effort to bring excitement during the doldrums of the summer, VUhoops.com is starting our first contest:

Guess the Date of the Georgetown Game

The winner will receive a ‘Nova Nation t-shirt.

Rules

1. All Official Guesses must be posted as a comment to this thread.
2. A valid email address must be used for us to contact you if you win.
3. Entries submitted less than 24 hours before the Big East Schedule is released by Villanova, Georgetown, or the Conference will be discarded.
4. If the correct date is not selected, the person who selects the closest date (+/- # of days away) will be the winner.
5. In the event of a tie (for the correct date or the closest to the correct date), the tie breaker will be the person who posted their guess first.

ESPN has created a point scheme to determine the best programs of Modern Basketball. The system grants points on National Championships, and yearly success and takes points away for sub-500 seasons.

Villanova came in at #31 with 126 points.

We Did the Math…

Update- thanks to Eric for at noting Allan Ray’s 3rd Team All-America (which earns 1 point). Also, initially a 20-Win season was worth 2 points (but it was changed to 1 point)- So, Villanova should have 120 points or 134 points
National Championship: 25 (1985)
Elite 8: 20 (1988, 2006)
Best Record in Big East: 10 (1997, 2006)
Sweet 16 loss: 10 (2005, 2008)
Conference Tourney Title: 3 (1994)
Losing in 2nd Round: 12 (1986, 1991, 1996, 1997)
Player in Top 10 Draft: 8 (Foye, Kittles, Pickney, Thomas)
20-29 win seasons: 13 (85, 86, 88, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 00, 05, 06, 07, 08)
First round win as a 12-16 seed: 2 (2008)
NIT Title: 2 (1994)
Tourney Birth: 13 (85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 99, 05, 06, 07, 08)
NIT: 9 (87, 89, 90, 94, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04)
AP 1st Team All American: 6 (Kittles, Foye)
AP 2nd Team All American: 4 (Kittles, Bradley)
AP 3rd Team All American: 1 (Ray)
Loss to 12-16 seed: -2 (Old Dominion)
Losing Seasons: -15 (87, 92, 93, 98, 03)

In the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, Maalik Wayns and the US lost to Argentina 77-64. Wayns was held scoreless in 12 minutes of play (along with 2 rebounds and an assist).

Villanova Commit Maalik Wayns scored 7 points on 3 for 9 shooting as the USA beat Canada 82-66 in the Semifinal for the FIBA Americas U18 Championship. Wayns nabbed 4 rebounds, had an assist and two steals.

The US will play Argentina in today’s Championship Game.

Post Game Quotes- Maalik Wayns (Roman Catholic H.S. / Philadelphia, Pa.)

Was this a little bit of a wake-up call for tomorrow night’s gold medal game?
Yeah. I think we got a little lax because we were beating teams by 30, 40 points. I think tonight we got a little lax, but tomorrow we have to come out and play like we played in the first games: team defense, team offense and things like that.

On Canada’s play:
They came out and had a lot of confidence today. We didn’t play like ourselves today, but we got the win.

Canada cut the game to eight points in the fourth quarter. What was the team’s mindset at that point?
We knew we needed to get some stops. We needed to get some easy transition buckets off of our defense, get as many stops as we could and run it right into our offense.

How important is it to have the depth that this team has when you’re playing five games in five days?
That’s big because a lot of these teams are only playing eight, nine guys and by the fourth quarter since we’re running the whole game we wear them down. We’re playing 12 guys so it’s helping us a lot.

Class of 2000 Villanova Graduate, Malik Allen was signed by the Milwaukee Bucks today. Allen started last season with the New Jersy Nets then was part of the Jason Kidd trade to Dallas. The Bucks will be his 6th NBA team.

• Check out Villanova By the Numbers’ series on the new 3-Point Line Distance (Part 1, Part 2)
• The “Northwestern Wins” blog ranked the Top 10 Point Guards. Scottie Reynolds checks in at #4
• Nova Notebook article on Randy Foye’s foundation

Mike Sheridan’s Summer Series, Nova Notebook, has a new entry about Randy Foye’s philanthropic work through the Randy Foye Foundation and the way he is giving back to Newark, NJ where he grew up.

Foye is trying to raise $750,000 to help children at a crossroads in their lives. Randy also touts the Villanova Family when talking about his relationships with Jay, Alan Ray, Marcus Austin, Kyle Lowry, and Chris Charles:

“It’s like a brotherhood,” he says. “We’ve all stuck together. We’re on all different paths but I know that with what Coach Wright instilled in us, we’re all going to be all right.”

In yesterday’s SR950 interview, Head Coach Jay Wright noted a small fact that is worthy of its own topic. He confirmed that Villanova will be playing in one of the games in the Jimmy V. Classic. The double header will be televised on ESPN on December 9th from Madison Square Garden with the tipoff of the first game being at 7p.

No other teams have been confirmed, but there is high speculation that West Virginia and Davidson is a likely match-up. Top opponents for Villanova have been rumored to be Texas or Gonzaga.

Here is the interview with Michael Bradley (mp3).

Quick Notes

• Jay just got back from the Peach Jam and West Virginia
• Currently in a “dead period” for the next 4 days. Next stop is in Vegas
• Discusses the posturing of coaches at the AAU tournaments
• Jay doesn’t know who ‘Nova will be playing at the Wachovia Center
• He doesn’t want the players to get caught up in the expectations of a full team returning
• Pimp the Coaches vs. Cancer Golf Tourny in September
• Villanova’s participation in the Jimmy V Classic in December is confirmed

Villanova Commit Maalik Wayns scored 8 points on 4 for 9 shooting (0/3 from behind the arc) as the US beat Puerto Rico 106-64 to win Group B in the U18 FIBA Americas Championship.

Wayns also tallied 5 rebounds and 7 assists with 3 turnovers and a steal.

The US will play the loser of the Argentina-Canada game in the tournament’s semifinals tomorrow.

Maalik Wayns Shot Chart