Archive for September, 2011

(Updated 7:30p) This morning, while you were drinking your coffee, Dallas Ouano had surgery to repair a torn medial meniscus ligament in his right knee. The senior walk-on had surgery performed on his knee and will begin rehab after a brief period of rest. The procedure, performed by Villanova team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Rob...
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William & Mary has one thing in common with Villanova, both schools opened conference play with a loss. William & Mary, however, picked up two wins out of conference and though they have dropped in the rankings, remains ranked 11th in the polls heading into Saturday’s bout on the Main Line. The Tribe has...
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Every so often the St. John’s blogger over at Rumble In the Garden (formerly East Coast Bias) has put together some excellent “roundtable” posts, involving bloggers who cover the various Big East basketball schools. The past week has been one of those times, and now that all five posts are up on his site,...
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When it was announced that Corey Stokes was on his way to join a German bundesliga team, BCC Bayreuth, many wondered what happened with the criminal charges he was faced with after a June 30th bar fight in Hoboken. Stokes had been out in the Hudson County city with some friends in the early...
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Normally Villanova can expect one or two football recruits to change their minds, and this year will clearly be no different. Bryan Osei, a defensive end from Abington High School in Pennsylvania, has now decided to change his commitment to Temple. The 6-2 and 230-lb Osei is rated three-stars (a 76) by ESPN,  and unranked by...
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The Big East presidents were not supposed to meet until November, but in a time of conference crisis, plans have to be changed. Now, the Presidents will assemble this weekend, on Sunday, to discuss issues related to repairing the conference in the face of the loss of two longstanding members. According to a source,...
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The Sports Network, a news organization that also produces the most-respected FCS football poll, today announced the inaugural Jerry Rice Award Watch List, and Villanova freshman linebacker Dillon Lucas is one of the 15 players named.  The award, named after the famed receiver, will be given to the most outstanding freshman in the Football...
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Corey Stokes will be joining BBC Bayreuth of the German basketball bundesliga in time for Oktoberfest. Last season’s Pro A (second division) champions were working out Kelvin Torbert, a former Michigan State guard, on a four-week trial before ultimately deciding to bring in Stokes just prior to the start of their season. Torbert was...
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Need a break from the Apocalypse?  With less than 20 days until the basketball team’s first practice, the time seems right to broaden the scope of our daily deliberations. Some of you will remember our discussion last season of the 2009 best selling book, The Wisdom of Crowds, in which James Surowiecki asserts that...
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Dan Beebe was fired and new Big XII commissioner Chuck Neinas is taking over that conference with a mission to rebuild their ranks and create stability for the future in the wake of Texas A&M’s move to the SEC. Initial thoughts were that Neinas would try to sit down with Aggies officials before their...
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