Jay Wright has just picked up his first commitment from the Class of 2010 from James Bell according to Adam Zagoria and Scout.com. “I like the coaching staff. I met the players. There’s a 100 percent graduation rate. I want to get my degree and be a part of the family that Coach Wright...
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The University of Texas released their schedule today and a December 9th Matchup against Villanova in the Jimmy V Classic is confirmed. The game will be at Madison Square Garden and will be part of a doubleheader broadcast on ESPN. This confirms our posts on July 17th and June 24th.
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Last week, we brought mention of Villanova’s involvement in the Philly Hoop Group Classic. Well… Villanova By The Numbers has put on his detective cap and through a bunch of sources deduced the possible matchups. The Wildcats will most host Monmouth and Niagara at the Pavilion. For all the details and analysis, head over...
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The Princeton Review released their recent group of College Lists & Rankings. In the “Jock Schools” ranking, Villanova was ranked #12. The Review’s rankings are “based on a combination of survey questions concerning intercollegiate and intramural sports and the popularity of the Greek system.” Villanova was also ranked #19- Best Career Placement, #19- Students...
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Just a public service announcement. It’s been more than a month since we posted about Summer Jam, so here’s a reminder that the 7th Annual Villanova Basketball Summer Jam will be on Monday August 4th. Schedule of Events: 4p-7p Carnival 6p Alumni Games WHERE: All events – carnival and games – will be held in...
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We’ve mentioned that the Class of 2010, 6’4″ Shooting Guard from Florida, James Bell, was rating Villanova very high in late May. This summer, Bell has been doing quite well on the AAU circuit with Team STAT and it seems he is keeping his options still open at the moment. Kentucky is entering the...
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VUhoops.com with the gratuitous Football post… Media Day for Big East Football is being held today in Newport, RI. West Virginia, who Villanova will kick-off the season against on August 30th in Morgantown, was tabbed as the Conference’s Pre-Season #1.
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Times are slow for college basketball fans in the middle of the summer… Granted the author of this story at the Bleacher Report is only taking data from 2000, but he has Villanova @ #30. Commentary… Personally we don’t like his scoring schedule, which puts a greater differential in weight on winning one game...
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It’s all but confirmed that Villanova will be playing in the Philly Hoop Group Classic. In the past, the tournament will be broken up into two groups of 4. The initial games for 1 foursome will be played at the Pavilion around November 16th, and the finals will move to the Palestra the weekend...
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Last week, we mentioned that Malik Allen ’00 was signed by Milwaukee. Today, Mike Sheridan’s summary diary, Nova Notebook, has a new blurb on Allen. He notes how Jay is welcoming all the Alumni back and many can be found working out at the Davis Center this summer.
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