Scottie Reynolds‘ recent departure from Italy may have been timed perfectly. The First Team All-American’s name will be in the pool for Monday’s NBA D-League Draft. The 16 teams in the league will each make 8 selections. To get you more familiar with the possible destinations, here are the 2010 D-League squads… Reno Bighorns...
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Chris Whitney celebrated his birthday in winning fashion as the #5 Cats improved to 6-2, 4-1 by defeating the #14 Richmond Spiders 28-7 in front of an estimated 7,000 fans at Villanova Stadium. All America Matt Szczur, the Wildcats’ best player, again watched from the sidelines, nursing an ankle injury suffered on the opening...
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VUHoops Hall of Fame Coach, Rollie Massimino, retired in 2003 after a disappointing run as head coach at Cleveland State. However, he found himself itching to get back to what he loved most after three years on the golf courses of southern Florida. At the news conference in 2006, Massimino was introduced as head...
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When Villanova takes the field at noon, it will be a match-up of the last two FCS football national champions with the 2008 title-winning Richmond Spiders coming to Villanova Stadium for an exciting Halloween-weekend game. The Richmond Spiders are currently ranked 14th in the FCS polls, while Villanova clocked in at #5 this week....
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On Thursday afternoon, Villanova basketball held its media day at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Jay Wright and the team were available to reporters (and at least one blogger) for a while before they held a practice. The above is a compilation of some of Jay Wright’s responses. Below is Coach Wright’s response to...
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Although the first BIG EAST basketball game won’t tip-off until December 27th, but in wake of the 2010 Media Day there is no better time for a preliminary BIG EASTpreview. Since I’m sure to under or overestimate at least some teams this season, I’m planning to give myself a “mulligan” (via the “Epilogue”) in...
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The Associated Press released it’s Preseason basketball poll today and #Villanova is ranked 6th. On top of the poll is the reigning champion, Duke, with Michigan State (8) and Kansas State (2) also receiving first-place votes. There were 4 BIG EAST schools listed in the poll: 5. Pittsburgh 6. Villanova 10. Syracuse 20. Georgetown...
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Scottie Reynolds never really got comfortable in Italy and after a poor start to his first professional campaign with Italian club Prima Veroli, the Nova Blog reported that the former First-Team All-American was released. Reynolds chose the Second Division club over an opportunity to warm the bench for Phoenix in the NBA. Based on...
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Jon Rothstein is reporting that 2012 Point Guard Ryan Arcidiacono has given Jay Wright his verbal commitment. He visited for Hoops Mania on Friday night, but spent Saturday at Boston College. Rothstein was visiting Villanova’s campus today to observe practice and report on the program. It seems that while Ryan was in Chestnut Hill,...
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In this year’s Wisdom of Crowds series, our assignment is to figure out how Coach Wright will replace 40% of last season’s offense produced by departed players Scottie Reynolds, Reggie Redding, and Taylor King. In that quest, we now turn to our attention to sophomore F/C, Maurice Sutton. By the way, there is still...
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