Archive for August, 2009

Fairleigh Dickinson University released their Basketball Schedule today and the Knights will travel to The Pavilion on November 13.
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Fittingly, final installment of our month-long series, Wisdom of Crowds Experiment, is a re-vote on Reggie Redding, as requested by VUHoops reader kmac. Our initial vote took place the day after news broke of Reggie’s arrest on marijuana possession charges. Until that time, many VUHoops readers had been commenting that Reggie might get more...
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Villanova basketball fans justifiably are excited about their team’s prospects for next season as the Cats reload from a Final Four appearance with one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. But there are more fundamental reasons we are fortunate to be Villanova basketball fans. While “Villanova is not perfect,” to steal a...
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SB Nation.com reported recently their Five Top College Basketball Metropolitan Areas, towns where “fans ignore their crappy professional teams and fuel the talk radio waves with (basketball) recruiting buzz, conference titles, and deep runs in March.”  Their top five are: (1) Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, (2) Philadelphia, (3) Cincinnati, (4) Louisville, and (5) Washington DC / Baltimore. ...
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There is a lot of talk going around about people’s expectations for Villanova basketball this year. Most of them simultaneously praise the depth of our backcourt, and exercise cautious optimism regarding our (mostly new) frontcourt rotation. The pundits unanimously have proclaimed that the sky is the limit for this year’s version of the Wildcats, IF...
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Continuing our Wisdom of Crowds series, we move on to Nova’s two walk-on reserves  — Russell Wooten and Jason Colenda, unsung heroes and a special breed of player who truly personifies the “team first” attitude. Use the voting buttons in the right margin of the VUHoops home page to predict the number of minutes...
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Following the summer AAU circuit, most recruiting services have now updated their rankings for the High School Class of 2011. We’ve consolidated the rankings for some of the players that Villanova is targetting… Player Rivals Scout ESPN NHR Michael Gilchrist 1 1 1 1 Tony Wroten Jr. 9 4 5 5 Rakeem Christmas 4...
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Jeff Goodman of FOXSports.com posted an article yesterday that examines the impact of the top college basketball player transfers eligible to play this season. He lists Villanova’s Taylor King at #13 on his Top 20 list, saying “The former ‘Dookie’ will give the Wildcats a perimeter shooter.” I think Jeff may have forgotten about...
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Continuing our Wisdom of Crowds series, we continue with our center/forwards.” First up is 6-11, 215 lb. redshirt freshman, Maurice Sutton. Use the voting buttons in the right margin of the VUHoops home page to predict the number of minutes you think Mo will play, and the comment section if you want to explain...
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Dan Wiederer of the Fayetteville Observer writes, “remember the name Bradley Beal,” a 6-3 177 lb. prospect from Chaminade Prep in St. Louis. ESPN ranks Beal #22 in the class of 2011 and the 6th best shooting guard. Says Wiederer, “This summer, the talented shooting guard has been one of the most impressive prospects...
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