We all know that Villanova returns quite a few starters from last year’s national championship team (including almost all of the offensive starters). Temple also returns a large number of starters from last season’s squad. With those considerations, it’s not a stretch for Villanovans to imagine this season’s Mayor’s Cup going about the same...
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Our August 28 Football Poll is now closed, with VUHoops readers picking tonight’s Temple game as the toughest of the season; only 48% picked Nova to win. Mike Kearn of Phillynews has been busy, writing four articles over the past two days covering Nova FB: “Can Villanova repeat as national champions?”...
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This is the sixth game of the Barney Rubble ’87 Fantasy Tournament. All games are played in “The Fieldhouse of Dreams.” In last night’s game, Team Lappas lost its second game by a single point, this time to Team Massimino. Rollie pulled out another coaching gem, taking full advantage of the absence of the shot...
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The number of former Villanovans playing in the Cyprus Professional League just doubled. Shane Clark (’09), a member of the most recent Villanova Final Four squad, has signed a contract with Proteas Danoi AEL Limassol. Last season he played in Portugal for Barreirense/Unilogos where he averaged 17.5 points per game and scored over 25...
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Mark Jensen of the Philly Inquirer wrote a nice feature on Matt Szczur covering a lot of things that you may not know about one of our favorite Villanova athletes. Here’s the condensed version: “Szczur was born a little different.”When the doctor pulled him out, he stretched out – he’s got biceps, calf muscles....
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