Well, lets hope Wright is done with his "teaching points". Villanova takes on 10 seed St. Mary today in Providence. The Gaels beat up on the Spiders in the first round while 'Nova escaped Robert Morris, with some special thanks to the refs. Scottie Reynolds, Corey Fisher Taylor King and Corey Stokes have all been benched recently for disciplinary reasons and taking leaks outside.
This game will be decided by which ever team can dictate the pace. St Mary has a huge frontline while Villanova is guard oriented.
Here's hoping Villanova can stay alive especially after Temple's dissapointing loss to Cornell.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Nova Goes Down
Coming into this game UCONN had lost 5 of their last 6, including an embarrassing ass-kicking at the hands of Cincinatti on Saturday. None of that mattered tonight, however, as they held the lead throughout the second half against No.3 Villanova and came out victorious, 84-75. Nova got into foul trouble early in the second and couldn't get their offense going at all. Scottie Reynolds had a solid game, as usual, but UCONN's Kemba Walker - 29 points, 8 rebounds - was just too much for the Wildcats in this one. Reynolds finished the game with 18 points and 4 steals. Taylor King, on the other hand, was 0-6 for 0 points.
Villanova is now 11-2 in the Big East, 22-3 overall. Next up: Saturday @ Pitt. Read More
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
#2 Nova at # 7 G'Town
Villanova looks for its 10th straight conference win today against a Georgetown squad coming off a loss against South Florida. Georgetown hammered Duke last weekend. This is the beginning of a nasty stretch of games for the Cats. @ #7 today, @ #6 WVU on Monday. Syracuse is also on the horizon. Villanova knocked off Georgetown 82-77 a couple of Saturdays ago.
Can the Wildcats stop Greg Monroe? They couldn't the first time out as he dropped 29 and 16. Georgetown relies on a strong starting 5 where as Villanova has all kinds of depth. In the first meeting Villanova's bench outscored the Hoyas 25-4. Should be a good one.
If you are snowed in today - join me as I test an easier way to do a Live Blog.
Pic via Golden Glove from the 'Nova vs Irish game.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Tuesday Morning Rant
From R.H.
Nice win for Nova. A welcome change of pace after the Eagles annual January debacle. Helps that I learned to not get my hopes up long ago.
Really Nova's first big test, although Louisville is down a bit this year. Reynolds was ridiculous. He was putting up a Laettner perfect game for a while. Playing like an All-American. Once again, thank God for the corrupt Kelvin Sampson leaving Oklahoma for Indiana (which he summarily destroyed). 9-10 shooting for a guard!! He doesn't take bad shots and has that uncanny knack of getting to the basket. Big East slugfest, my God. 67 fouls?!? Not that there were alot of bad calls. They probably even missed some. It was almost as long as the Meineke Car Care Bowl (only much, much more entertaining). Did Louisville reach in every time Nova got a defensive rebound or what?? A well-placed elbow to the face early in the game will take care of alot of that.
That Yarou guy is definitely raw, and he might be 37, but at least he gives Nova some semblance of a presence inside. Pena's tough, but he's undersized. How did Yarou not go to Uconn? I thought Calhoun had the West African market cornered? Still, how did Louisville not go to Samuels more often? Nova clearly couldn't handle him down low. He took 4 shots?? That's coaching. Pitino's been too busy banging ladies inside locked Italian restaurants. You stay classy, Rick. They took a million terrible, rushed 3's, playing right into Nova's hands.
Taylor King-- I can't say enough about this guy. A joy to watch. Gets his hands on everything, is smart as hell, helps out on the boards. As I've said, I was plenty skeptical when he transferred from Duke, I thought he was just another entitled Coach K 3-point shooting zombie. I don't even think he took a 3 last night. Needs to get more minutes if anything. They said he committed to UCLA when he was in 8th grade. I wonder what happened. Wait, so him and Love could've played together?!? My head would've exploded.
Nova does turn it over alot, and can be frustrating at times because of the youth of their young guards (at least that's what McNabb said), but if it all comes together at some point, look out. They throw that press on and teams just can't figure it out. I think Louisville threw it away on three consecutive trips, as Pitino tried in vain to get the spaghetti sauce off his silly white suit. 20,000 Kentuckians dressed in white? Sounds like a Clan convention.
Redding had a forgettable night. Someone get him some medical marijuana.
I know I criticize announcers alot, but I'll say it again- It doesn't get any better than McDonough, Raftery, and Bilas. Ok, Bilas can be a bit wordy (and nerdy) at times (how many times did he say "backflow" last night? Is that a word? Yeesh). Also, he should never be allowed to do Duke games (like he did AGAIN Sat. at Georgia Tech!). His love cannot be hidden and his overcompensating is transparent. It's like when Tom Heinson would do Sixers-Celtics Eastern Conference Final games on CBS (a travesty that hopefully somone was fired for) and give high-fives to the Celtic players as they came to the scorer's table. But really, other than all that, I like Bilas.
McDonough is the best play-by-play guy out there (for football too). No-nonsense, doesn't yell all the time or make it about himself. He's just like Brent Musberger, only the complete opposite. I loved how after they showed a replay, because ESPN thinks it's cool I guess, of Sosa (little punk) woofing at Nova, McDonough said obviously Sosa has some more maturing to do. No other guys have the balls to say that. They're supposed to embrace trash-talking, which they usually do. And Raftery, well, fuggetaboutit.
How deflating was it when they went to the second game, a Big 12 snoozefest with Oklahoma-Oklahoma State? With Brent doing it! I couldn't reach for the remote fast enough. Brent, Dick Stockton, and Verne Lundquist should be sent to a galaxy far, far away.
Mark McGwire comes out 6 years later and admits to roids. Meh. I didn't watch it. Cardinals fan Bob Costas handing a weepy McGwire tissues....no thanks. Blatant attempt to try to grovel his way back into the HOF discussion, and to prevent a media circus when he shows up as hitting instructor at spring training (as Tony LaRussa plays beer-pong in the clubhouse). McGwire said, "I wish I had never played during the steroid era." Um, yo dude, you and Canseco started the steroid era!!!! Thanks for that by the way. Gimme a break. That's like Artest saying he wishes he was never involved in the Malice at the Palace. Bud Selig was contacted for a comment, but it turns out he's been in a coma for 5 years. Who knew?
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Nice win for Nova. A welcome change of pace after the Eagles annual January debacle. Helps that I learned to not get my hopes up long ago.
Really Nova's first big test, although Louisville is down a bit this year. Reynolds was ridiculous. He was putting up a Laettner perfect game for a while. Playing like an All-American. Once again, thank God for the corrupt Kelvin Sampson leaving Oklahoma for Indiana (which he summarily destroyed). 9-10 shooting for a guard!! He doesn't take bad shots and has that uncanny knack of getting to the basket. Big East slugfest, my God. 67 fouls?!? Not that there were alot of bad calls. They probably even missed some. It was almost as long as the Meineke Car Care Bowl (only much, much more entertaining). Did Louisville reach in every time Nova got a defensive rebound or what?? A well-placed elbow to the face early in the game will take care of alot of that.
That Yarou guy is definitely raw, and he might be 37, but at least he gives Nova some semblance of a presence inside. Pena's tough, but he's undersized. How did Yarou not go to Uconn? I thought Calhoun had the West African market cornered? Still, how did Louisville not go to Samuels more often? Nova clearly couldn't handle him down low. He took 4 shots?? That's coaching. Pitino's been too busy banging ladies inside locked Italian restaurants. You stay classy, Rick. They took a million terrible, rushed 3's, playing right into Nova's hands.
Taylor King-- I can't say enough about this guy. A joy to watch. Gets his hands on everything, is smart as hell, helps out on the boards. As I've said, I was plenty skeptical when he transferred from Duke, I thought he was just another entitled Coach K 3-point shooting zombie. I don't even think he took a 3 last night. Needs to get more minutes if anything. They said he committed to UCLA when he was in 8th grade. I wonder what happened. Wait, so him and Love could've played together?!? My head would've exploded.
Nova does turn it over alot, and can be frustrating at times because of the youth of their young guards (at least that's what McNabb said), but if it all comes together at some point, look out. They throw that press on and teams just can't figure it out. I think Louisville threw it away on three consecutive trips, as Pitino tried in vain to get the spaghetti sauce off his silly white suit. 20,000 Kentuckians dressed in white? Sounds like a Clan convention.
Redding had a forgettable night. Someone get him some medical marijuana.
I know I criticize announcers alot, but I'll say it again- It doesn't get any better than McDonough, Raftery, and Bilas. Ok, Bilas can be a bit wordy (and nerdy) at times (how many times did he say "backflow" last night? Is that a word? Yeesh). Also, he should never be allowed to do Duke games (like he did AGAIN Sat. at Georgia Tech!). His love cannot be hidden and his overcompensating is transparent. It's like when Tom Heinson would do Sixers-Celtics Eastern Conference Final games on CBS (a travesty that hopefully somone was fired for) and give high-fives to the Celtic players as they came to the scorer's table. But really, other than all that, I like Bilas.
McDonough is the best play-by-play guy out there (for football too). No-nonsense, doesn't yell all the time or make it about himself. He's just like Brent Musberger, only the complete opposite. I loved how after they showed a replay, because ESPN thinks it's cool I guess, of Sosa (little punk) woofing at Nova, McDonough said obviously Sosa has some more maturing to do. No other guys have the balls to say that. They're supposed to embrace trash-talking, which they usually do. And Raftery, well, fuggetaboutit.
How deflating was it when they went to the second game, a Big 12 snoozefest with Oklahoma-Oklahoma State? With Brent doing it! I couldn't reach for the remote fast enough. Brent, Dick Stockton, and Verne Lundquist should be sent to a galaxy far, far away.
Mark McGwire comes out 6 years later and admits to roids. Meh. I didn't watch it. Cardinals fan Bob Costas handing a weepy McGwire tissues....no thanks. Blatant attempt to try to grovel his way back into the HOF discussion, and to prevent a media circus when he shows up as hitting instructor at spring training (as Tony LaRussa plays beer-pong in the clubhouse). McGwire said, "I wish I had never played during the steroid era." Um, yo dude, you and Canseco started the steroid era!!!! Thanks for that by the way. Gimme a break. That's like Artest saying he wishes he was never involved in the Malice at the Palace. Bud Selig was contacted for a comment, but it turns out he's been in a coma for 5 years. Who knew?
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Temple knocks off Nova
Juan Fernandez hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points and Ryan Brooks added 20 points in Temple’s 75-65 victory over No. 3 Villanova on Sunday.(yahoo)
Temple overcame a 14 point first half deficit knocking off a top 10 team for the second straight December. This win should vault the Owls into the top 25.
Drexel knocked off St Francis 57-35 in a thriller.
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Temple overcame a 14 point first half deficit knocking off a top 10 team for the second straight December. This win should vault the Owls into the top 25.
Drexel knocked off St Francis 57-35 in a thriller.
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Nova at Temple in Big 5 Matchup
TEMPLE (7-2, 0-0 BIG 5) VS. #3 VILLANOVA (9-0, 3-0 BIG 5) • DEC. 13, 2009 • LIACOURAS CENTER
Series: Villanova leads 43-40
At Temple: Temple leads 13-8
At Villanova: Villanova leads 8-6
At Palestra: Series tied 17-17
At Neutral Sites: Temple leads 2-0
Undetermined Sites: Villanova leads 9-3
Streak: Villanova - Four Wins
Last Game: @Villanova 62, Temple 45 (12/29/08)
The top 2 teams in the city square off today at the Liacouras Center in North Philly. It is the 84th meeting between Temple and Villanova. 'Nova is ranked number 3 in the nation and has won 21 of its last 22 in the city series. Temple is 7-2 and has turned into one the premier defensive teams in the country. Ryan Brooks leads the Owls in scoring at 13.7 points per game, and Lavoy Allen averages 12.0 points and 9.4 rebounds. Five players are averaging double figures, led by Scottie Reynolds' 16.0-point average for Villanova.
It is complete BS that this game is not on TV.
Prediction: Nova struggles but wins by 12.
philly.com Owls stand in the way of 'Nova's Big Five run
700level Hey, Remember the Big 5? Yeah, Me Too
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Monday, November 30, 2009
'Nova Frosh Yarou Out for the Year
Key Freshman Mouphtaou Yarou is out for the year due to a viral infection that is not life threatening.(foxsports)
Yarou, a native of Benin, was considered a Top 25 player coming out of high school at Montrose Christian (Md.) this past season.
Yarou was expected to provide some size for the Cats this year
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Yarou, a native of Benin, was considered a Top 25 player coming out of high school at Montrose Christian (Md.) this past season.
Yarou was expected to provide some size for the Cats this year
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Nova tops Explorers
Ugly. La Salle turned the ball over 27 times giving Villanova their 20th win in the last 21 Big 5 games. Scottie Reynolds and Antonio Pena each scored 14 points for the Cats who won the game 81-63. Kimmani Barrett led all scorers with 17 for La Salle with Aaric Murray chipping in with 15 and 14. Nova improves to 6-0 and La Salle drops to 3-2.
Solid win for Villanova. They may not have shown the play of a top 10 team yet but they keep on winning and they seem like a fairly deep squad. La Salle needs Green to score more than 7 points if they hope to compete.
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Solid win for Villanova. They may not have shown the play of a top 10 team yet but they keep on winning and they seem like a fairly deep squad. La Salle needs Green to score more than 7 points if they hope to compete.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
'09-'10 Villanova Wildcats
2008-2009: 30-8, 13-5, Final Four
Key Losses: F Shane Clark, F Dante Cunningham
Key Additions: G/F Dominic Cheek, F Taylor King, F Mouphtaou Yarou
Projected Starting Five:
Corey Fisher, Junior, Guard, 10.8 points per game
Scottie Reynolds, Senior, Guard, 15.2 points per game
Corey Stokes, Junior, Guard, 9.3 points per game
Mouphtaou Yarou, Freshman, Forward, DNP last season
Antonio Pena, Junior, Forward, 5.1 points per game
Fresh off a Final Four appearance last season, Nova comes into this year with one of the top backcourts in all of College Basketball. Scottie Reynolds' decision to stay in college for the time being is a huge boost to this squad, but he's not their only threat with the ball in his hands. Big East Sixth Man of the Year Corey Fisher should improve upon an impressive Sophomore season, and Corey Stokes has proven to be deadly from behind the arc. The absence of Reggie Redding's defense until December will be a blow to the team, but the Corey's should be able to handle the load in the meantime.
In the frontcourt, Antonio Pena has some big shoes to fill with the loss of Dante Cunningham, and he'll have to improve on his 5.1 ppg 4.2 rpg from last year to help the team out down the stretch. The additions of Mouphtaou Yarou and former Dukie Taylor King will take some of the load off Pena, and Yarou looks to be a superstar in the making.
Player to Watch: Mouphtaou Yarou. At 6'10" 250lbs, Yarou has the opportunity to make an enormous impact as a freshman on this squad. As Luke Winn of SI.com put it, "If he's a passable rebounder/defender in the post as a freshman, they'll contend in the Big East; if he's a stellar rebounder/defender and a double-digit scorer, they'll be in the thick of the national-title race." Good stuff.
Prediction: Big East Title. Another Final Four appearance.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Nova Picked as Big East Favorite
Villanova is picked to win the Big East Conference, receiving 10 first place votes in the coaches poll. West Viginia, received 5 first place votes and are picked 2nd with UCONN third.
Notre Dame's Luke Harangody was named preseason player of the year for the second straight year, joining Patrick Ewing as the only players to ever be picked more than once.
Joining him on the six-man preseason first team were seniors Deonta Vaughn of Cincinnati, Lazar Hayward of Marquette, Scottie Reynolds of Villanova and Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia, and sophomore Greg Monroe of Georgetown.
The Big East is confused and does not understand that only five players play at once.
Villanova will once again have a top flight back court with Scottie Reynolds, Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes. Reggie Redding has been suspended for the Fall Semester for his inability to stay away from the marajuana. Incoming freshmen Dominic Cheek and Maalik Wayns are both McDonald’s All-Americans and will fight for playing time. Nova is coming off of a 30 win season and a final 4 berth.
Fri, Nov 13 Fair. Dickinson 7:00 pm
Thu, Nov 19 George Mason 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 28 La Salle 3:30 pm
Wed, Dec 2 Drexel 7:00 pm
Sun, Dec 6 at Maryland 7:30 pm
Wed, Dec 9 at St. Joseph's 9:00 pm
Sun, Dec 13 at Temple 3:00 pm
Sat, Dec 19 at Fordham 2:00 pm
Wed, Dec 23 Delaware 7:00 pm
Sat, Jan 2 at (23) Marquette 3:30 pm
Wed, Jan 6 DePaul 8:00 pm
Sat, Jan 9 (23) Marquette 2:00 pm
Mon, Jan 11 at (1) Louisville 7:00 pm
Sun, Jan 17 Georgetown 12:00 pm
Wed, Jan 20 at Rutgers 8:00 pm
Sat, Jan 23 at St. John's 12:00 pm
Wed, Jan 27 Notre Dame 7:00 pm
Tue, Feb 2 Seton Hall 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 6 at Georgetown 12:00 pm
Mon, Feb 8 at West Virginia 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 13 Providence 2:00 pm
Mon, Feb 15 (5) Connecticut 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 21 at (4) Pittsburgh 12:00 pm
Wed, Feb 24 South Florida 9:00 pm
Sat, Feb 27 at (13) Syracuse 9:00 pm
Tue, Mar 2 at Cincinnati 7:00 pm
Sat, Mar 6 West Virginia 12:00 pm
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Notre Dame's Luke Harangody was named preseason player of the year for the second straight year, joining Patrick Ewing as the only players to ever be picked more than once.
Joining him on the six-man preseason first team were seniors Deonta Vaughn of Cincinnati, Lazar Hayward of Marquette, Scottie Reynolds of Villanova and Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia, and sophomore Greg Monroe of Georgetown.
The Big East is confused and does not understand that only five players play at once.
Villanova will once again have a top flight back court with Scottie Reynolds, Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes. Reggie Redding has been suspended for the Fall Semester for his inability to stay away from the marajuana. Incoming freshmen Dominic Cheek and Maalik Wayns are both McDonald’s All-Americans and will fight for playing time. Nova is coming off of a 30 win season and a final 4 berth.
Fri, Nov 13 Fair. Dickinson 7:00 pm
Thu, Nov 19 George Mason 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 28 La Salle 3:30 pm
Wed, Dec 2 Drexel 7:00 pm
Sun, Dec 6 at Maryland 7:30 pm
Wed, Dec 9 at St. Joseph's 9:00 pm
Sun, Dec 13 at Temple 3:00 pm
Sat, Dec 19 at Fordham 2:00 pm
Wed, Dec 23 Delaware 7:00 pm
Sat, Jan 2 at (23) Marquette 3:30 pm
Wed, Jan 6 DePaul 8:00 pm
Sat, Jan 9 (23) Marquette 2:00 pm
Mon, Jan 11 at (1) Louisville 7:00 pm
Sun, Jan 17 Georgetown 12:00 pm
Wed, Jan 20 at Rutgers 8:00 pm
Sat, Jan 23 at St. John's 12:00 pm
Wed, Jan 27 Notre Dame 7:00 pm
Tue, Feb 2 Seton Hall 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 6 at Georgetown 12:00 pm
Mon, Feb 8 at West Virginia 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 13 Providence 2:00 pm
Mon, Feb 15 (5) Connecticut 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 21 at (4) Pittsburgh 12:00 pm
Wed, Feb 24 South Florida 9:00 pm
Sat, Feb 27 at (13) Syracuse 9:00 pm
Tue, Mar 2 at Cincinnati 7:00 pm
Sat, Mar 6 West Virginia 12:00 pm
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Morning After - Weekend Edition
O's 7 Phillies 2: The Phillies home woes continue as Rich Hill pitched a rare good game holding the Phillies to 2 first inning runs over 6+. Antonio Bastardo pitched relatively well allowing 4 runs over 7 innings. Jayson Werth, the only Phillie who showed up for this homestand, had a 2 rbi double for the Phillies in the first inning giving them an early 2 run lead, beofre th Phillies decided to put their bats away for the night. For anyone looking for a bright spot, the Phillies got 7 innings from a starter and only used Bastardo and Jack Taschner so they should have a fairly rested bullpen for tonight's game. The NL East lead is down to 2 games. Happ looks to right the ship tonight against Brad Bergesen, another no-name who the Phillies will try to make look like Cy Young. No, I think Happ pitches a gem tonight and Hamels wins tomorrow. Go Phils
LSU 14 Arkansas 5: LSU cruises into the CWS Final riding a 13 game winning streak. Arkansas tried to keep it close using Closer Stephen Richards to start the game due to an exhausted rotation. He did, up until the third inning when LSU scored 3 runs off of him and relievers. There was no stopping LSU. Tigers starter Anthony Ranaudo pitched 6 scoreless innings, only throwing 77 pitches, which may make him available for game 2 of the finals on Tuesday.
Texas 4 Arizona State 3: Two outs from forcing a rematch to decide who makes the CWS Final Arizona State could not hold on. Texas' Cameron Rupp hit a game-tying solo homerun with one out in the ninth and two batter later Texas won on a walk off homer by Connor Rowe. The Instant Classic sets up a CWS final between Texas and LSU.
U.S. OPEN: Mike Weir (-6) has a 2 stroke lead after round 1.
U.S. Basketball: Villanova's Corey Fisher and Penn State's Taylor Battle are two of twelve collegiate players named to the U.S. Team for the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia in July. Road Trip anyone?
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Reynolds Returning to Nova
Scottie Reynolds withdrew his name from the NBA Draft pool today, opting instead to return to Villanova for his Senior season. Scottie averaged 15.2 PPG last season for the Wildcats in helping them reach the Final Four for the first time since 1985. I don't think anyone will ever forget his game winning layup against Pitt to beat the Panthers in the Elite Eight.He tested the waters, realized it was a bad move and did the right thing. This was obviously the best decision he could have made, in my opinion. His stock will only rise by coming back for another year - and hopefully bringing home a National Title.
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