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BREAKING: Mouph Expected to Miss 2009-10
The rumors have been going wild for the past 16 hours about Freshman Mouphtaou Yarou being out for the rest of the year… NOW Jeff Goodman at Fox Sports is noting that his sources are saying that Mouph “is expected miss the entire season due to a viral infection.”
The 6′10″ Benin native played and started in Villanova’s first two games against Fairleigh Dickinson and Penn before the tournament in Puerto Rico. He averaged 18.5 minutes, 5 points and 4 rebounds.
Best wishes to Mouph in his recovery.
‘Nova moves up to #3 in Polls
The AP and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll have both ranked Villanova #3 in this week’s poll.
Kansas is holding firm at #1 and Texas at #2.
Closest to the Pin Scoreboard
After two games, here are the leaders of Ed’s Closest to the Pin Contest!
| Reader | Points |
| Pete | 10 |
| Andy.’06 | 5 |
| Tony | 3 |
| Wallace | 3 |
| imisskylelowry | 3 |
| Jim K | 3 |
| MIKE | 1 |
| Brendan D. | 1 |
| Chris | 1 |
| Old School | 1 |
| Eli | 1 |
| cdtoffers | 1 |
| EDM ‘09 | 1 |
Christmas is Coming
Hey, December 25th is coming soon and it’s Cyber Monday! Are you doing any shopping for yourself or another Villanova Fan???
Make sure you check out the selection of Villanova Sweatshirts, T-shirt, Hats, and Gifts at the Fan Team Store. If you spend $50 or more, shipping is free today.
Also, Amazon.com has a number of Villanova NCAA Tournament DVDs for the Wildcat Fan… Read more
Christmas Isn’t Coming
Rakeem Christmas from the Academy of New Church, a top 5 big man according to many recruiting services in the Class of 2011 has narrowed his list to 5 choices, and Villanova isn’t one of them.
As of now, his finalists are Florida, Georgetown, Texas, Oklahoma and Florida International. Sorry guys, Christmas isn’t coming.
Also, as a recruiting note, Bradley Beal, the shooting guard from St. Louis-Chaminade has committed to Billy Donovan at Florida.
Quick Note about Jason Colenda
So as you may have heard already, senior walk-on guard Jason Colenda has voluntarily left the men’s basketball program to concentrate on academics and his plans to obtain a graduate degree. Colenda played in 28 games over three seasons with the Wildcats and has scored two points. This isn’t really a huge event for the team, so not much more information is available about it.
Colenda came to the team as a “preferred walk-on” after being an All-State guard at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va, leading them to Virginia state championships. During his freshman year he was among the program’s faceless “practice players” who show up to work outs and practices to push the rostered players; he earned a spot on the bench as a sophomore.
I did a quick review of NCAA by-laws this afternoon: Practice players are considered part of the program. The athletics department has to clear them to participate in the program, just like the roster players. They are therefore ineligible to play intramural or club sports like any other varsity athlete.
The question I had was: Could Jay Wright add another walk-on from the practice-player pool mid-season? Yes. Read more
Tickets for Villanova Games
Looking to buy tickets for upcoming Villanova Basketball games? The Pavilion is sold out, but sometimes decent-priced tickets are available on StubHub.
Here are other games that are available online, if you’re willing to travel…
- vs. Maryland on December 6th in Washington DC
- @ Temple on December 13th
- vs. Fordham on December 19th at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands
- @ Rutgers on January 20th from the RAC
- @ St. John’s on January 23rd at Madison Square Garden
- Wachovia Center 5-Game Pack
At this point, single game tickets are not available for the Wachovia Center games. But we’ll keep you updated when they do go on sale.
Villanova beats LaSalle, 81-63
Villanova couldn’t break LaSalle until 25 minutes into the game when the Wildcats went on a 16-5 run in the second half.
‘Nova (6-0) was paced by Scottie Reynolds and Antonio Pena who both contributed 14 points in the win. Corey Fisher added 13 points (and 6 steals) and freshman Dominic Cheek finished with 10 due to his energetic and athletic play. This is the Wildcats 2nd Big 5 win of the season.
Even though Villanova shot poorly from behind the arc (6-24 3FG) against LaSalle’s zone defense, the ‘Cats’s full-court pressure caused 27 LaSalle Turnovers. The Explorers also out-rebounded ‘Nova, 46-27.
The win, is Villanova’s 30th consecutive victory at The Pavilion. Read more
Villanova vs. LaSalle Live Blog
More to Life: Cats Defeat Crusaders 38-28; Face #8 New Hampshire Next
The No.2 gridiron Cats (11-1) defeated the No.17 Crusaders (9-3) 38-28 in the first round of the Division I Football Championship. Nova scored four touchdowns on rushes by Aaron Ball, Angelo Babbaro, Chris Whitney and Matt Szczur. Whitney also passed for a touchdown to Dorian Wells. Nick Yako completed the scoring with a 25 year field goal. The Cats had 537 yards of total offense (239 passing and 298 rushing), while holding Holy Cross to 393 (347 passing and 46 yards rushing).
The Wildcats next host New Hampshire in the quarterfinals on December 5. New Hampshire destroyed #15 McNeese State yesterday by a score of 49-13. In their first meeting on October 11, Villanova lost at New Hampshire by a score of 28-24.
