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Meet the New Wildcats: Isaiah Armwood
In the 4th installment of this Summer Series, we look at the 2nd player from the Class of ‘09 to give a verbal commit to Jay Wright, Isaiah Armwood.
The 6′8″ forward from Maryland came on to the scene during his sophomore year at Montrose Christian in Rockville, MD. In the summer of 2007 he became a known quantity in the recruiting world due to an immense upside based on his athletic ability.
During his junior season at Montrose, he battled a knee injury that has since corrected and healed itself. Read more
Fisher Shines In USA Victory Over Russia
Villanova's Corey Fisher
USABasketball.com reports that Corey Fisher continues to shine on the international stage, leading the USA Men’s team (2-1), in a 67-63 hard-fought defensive battle over Russia (1-2) in the 2009 Serbia International Invitational on Monday night in Belgrade. The US opens World University Games play on July 3 against Finland. The gold medal game will be played on July 11.
Fisher led Team USA in scoring (15 points; 5-11 FG; 2-4 3PT), steals (3), and minutes played (28) and had two rebounds and no assists. “The guys got it done tonight with hustle opportunities,” said USA and University of Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan. Corey (Fisher) and Talor Battle were everywhere. I just really like the way they stuck their noses in there.” “Our team defense got better,” said Fisher, who also had three steals. “We came out with a lot of energy. That is one thing we talked about in the locker room before the game – to come out with toughness and play for each other.”
Corey was interviewed after the game.
Click “Read More” for his Q&A. Read more
USA Falls To Serbia 98-82
Corey Fisher (#5) With Team USA
USABasketball.com reports that despite receiving double-digit scoring efforts from four players, the 2009 USA Men’s World University Games Team (1-1) was defeated 98-82 by host Serbia (2-0) on Sunday in the 2009 Serbia International Invitational on Sunday night in Belgrade. Serbia also defeated Russia in the first round. Corey Fisher scored 12 points in 19 minutes of action on 4-12 shooting from the field and 4-4 from the free throw line. Fisher also had one assist but no rebounds or steals
“Serbia came out and played hard,” said Fisher. Serbia struck first and jumped to a 13-6 lead in the opening minutes. However, Fisher scored a 5-0 run for the USA to pull the team back to within two points, 13-11. From there the quarter remained close, and with less than a minute remaining in the period the score was knotted at 24-24. Read more
Fisher/Big East Stars Lead USA Over Canada
Villanova's Corey Fisher
USABasketball.com reports that Corey Fisher scored 11 points and Da’Sean Butler of West Virginia scored a team-high 20 points to lead the 2009 USA Men’s World University Games Team (1-0) to a come-from-behind victory over Canada (0-1) 85-81 in the 2009 Serbia International Invitational on Saturday night in Belgrade. The U.S., which trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half and utilized a 28-14 fourth-quarter surge to clinch the win. Marquette’s Lazar Hayward scored 10 points.
Staring down a 10-point, 67-57 hole with one quarter to go, Fisher fed Thompson for two points to kick-start the USA’s comeback. With game minutes spread over twelve players, Fisher played 16 minutes and was 5-9 from the field, had one rebound, two assists, two turnovers and three steals.
The U.S. continues the pre-World University Games tournament against Serbia on Sunday, June 28 (3:00 p.m. EDT), following the Canada – Russia contest (12:30 p.m. EDT). The United States is set to open World University Games play on July 3 against Finland (2:00 p.m. EDT) and faces South Korea on July 4 (2:00 p.m.). Second round action is scheduled for July 6-7, quarterfinals will be played July 9 and medal semifinals are slated for July 10. The gold medal will be contested on July 11 (3:00 p.m. EDT).
Fisher was interviewed after the game. Click “more” to read the Q&A: Read more
2008-09 Season Video
Sean Donovan, along with Andrew Keefe is at it again.
Here’s his 2008-09 Villanova Men’s Basketball video from YouTube…
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On behalf of all VU Hoops fans… THANKS SEAN!
Dante Headed to the Pacific Northwest
#33 goes #33…
Dante Cunningham was selected by the Portland Trailblazers with the 3rd pick in the 2nd Round (33rd overall).
As a random point, he was the 5th Big East Player selected being selected before DeJuan Blair, DuJuan Summers, and Sam Young. 
A Look at Dante in the Draft
With tomorrow’s NBA Draft on the horizon, we’re going to take a look at Dante Cunningham’s prospects.
We know that Dante went to the NBA Draft Combine where he put up very good physical numbers for Forwards all around.
Dante has worked out for Milwaukee, OKC, Utah, Detroit, San Antonio, Miami, Charlotte, Minnesota, Portland, and New York.
Those teams have picks at 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25, 28, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,43, 44, 45, 47, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60.
Villanova Viewpoint compiled where Dante is being selected in various Mock Drafts. 4 out of 5 have him being selected; all in the 2nd Round.
Do you think Dante will get selected? Who do you think will choose him?
Discuss below!
Ed found some quotes from Dante with the Sporting News… Read more
Randy Foye is Heading to Washington
In our limited NBA coverage, we just want to pass on the word that Villanova fans should follow the Washington next year as Randy Foye has been traded to the Wizards; at least, Minnesota has agreed “in principal”.
Dwayne Anderson Invited to Workout for Oklahoma City
The Associated Press reported today that Dwayne Anderson was among five NBA forward prospects invited to workout for Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. The others are Chase Budinger (Arizona), Antonio Anderson (Memphis), Dionte Christmas (Temple) and Garrett Temple (LSU). Oklahoma City has the third and 25th picks in the first round of Thursday night’s draft. Dwayne Anderson previously worked out for Charlotte, as reported here on June 11.
Ed ‘77 Guest Contributor
Recruiting: Looking at 2011 Point Guards
Tony Wroten is one of the Best in '11 (from The Seattle Times)
As Ed mentioned it’s the summer time so topics are thin to discuss.
Today, we’re going to take a quick look at recruiting some 2011 point guards…
First, there’s Tony Wroten Jr. About a year ago we noted that the superstar guard out of Garfield HS in Seattle had mentioned Villanova in a list of possible schools. It was a passing reference and nothing else was seen until about a week ago when Wroten told a Kansas University site that Villanova was among 10 schools he is considering.
The 6′5″ Wroten is ranked #2 in the Class of 2011 by Rivals and Scout. Read more
