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Villanova University...

Spectacular at football. Spectacular at bball.

Discuss?

Since I go to Philly 3 or 4 times a year to visit Drexel & Villanova I would give Drexel the nod based on location.

You guys are out in the boondocks!

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They have a football team?

Yeah. You've heard of Brian Westbrook, right?

It's FCS, but it's about as good as it gets in FCS.

As for basketball, Villanova will be very competitive in the Big East this year. Scotty Reynolds is a preseason Wooden candidate, and every relevant player from last year's team is back, a year older, a year more experienced, a year more mature. Syracuse is going to be good as well, but there are only two or three teams in the Big East that you can honestly count out this year.

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Since I go to Philly 3 or 4 times a year to visit Drexel & Villanova I would give Drexel the nod based on location.

You guys are out in the boondocks!

Well, that depends, if you like getting shot and/or ass-raped then I suppose Drexel IS in a great location for that...

Drexel and Penn are in the worst neighborhood in Philly. Villanova is on the Mainline... 20 minutes to downtown Philadelphia and far away from skyrocketing crime.

Not to mention the superior athletics and academics at 'Nova.

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Yeah. You've heard of Brian Westbrook, right?

It's FCS, but it's about as good as it gets in FCS.

As for basketball, Villanova will be very competitive in the Big East this year. Scotty Reynolds is a preseason Wooden candidate, and every relevant player from last year's team is back, a year older, a year more experienced, a year more mature. Syracuse is going to be good as well, but there are only two or three teams in the Big East that you can honestly count out this year.

Agreed about the BE basketball this year. I think the BE is going to be a fun conference to watch down the stretch of the season. Sooo many teams contending for preseason top 25 spots....Not to mention 4 teams I believe in most top 10s.

Cant wait to get the season started!!

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http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/810677.html

Villanova has the 4th-ranked Recruiting class for 2009 right now. Recruiting for '09 isn't over yet, though, and Jay Wright is going after 5-star prospect, Dominic Cheek (SF) as well. Cheek is going to decide between Nova and Kansas it seems.

'09 isnt a huge recruiting year for 'Cuse. We're bringing a local 3 star guard and got a transfer from Iowa St. who will be eligible to play next season. Our 2010 class, including two 5 star prospects and a 4 star prospect already verbaled, is going to be a totally different story however.

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Notre dame make final four in hockey almost every year.

ND is a top 25 bball team right now

im not sure but i think womens soccer just won last year?and mens soccer is usually good.

ND football I don't know suck right now but they can always turn it around and have best history ever

to me top sports colleges are ND,Florida,USC

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2-0...

Big couple of games coming up vs. Fla on Monday, Kansas/Washington on Tuesday, and UVA on Friday. This is a huge week for Syracuse. If they come out of it 4-0, they will likely be the 8th BE team in the top 25.

Considering that Dick Vitale thinks that 9 BE teams will be in the NCAA's...

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  • 2 weeks later...

7-0 in Basketball.

First round playoff blowout in Football.

Upcoming: Basketball vs. Texas in Madison Square Garden & Football vs. #1 James Madison (a team that Nova was within seconds of beating earlier this year).

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Notre dame make final four in hockey almost every year.

ND is a top 25 bball team right now

im not sure but i think womens soccer just won last year?and mens soccer is usually good.

ND football I don't know suck right now but they can always turn it around and have best history ever

to me top sports colleges are ND,Florida,USC

ND Hockey has made the NCAA tourney 3 times. I wouldn't call that "almost every year making the final four" (National Titles 0).

ND Basketball? They lost in the 2nd round of the tourney last season.(National Titles 0).

ND Football? They are pretty bad (11 National Titles. 3 of them happened when I was alive and the last came in 1988).

Go Irish! :P

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Should I just give up and let this turn into a Big East thread?

Sure.

By the way Syracuse 8-0 heading into a 10 day break. Looking forward to seeing how this team fairs at Memphis on December 20th. Barring a disaster to Long Beach St, Canisus, or Cleveland State, Cuse should be heading into that game undefeated. Gotta be honest though Im really looking forward to Big East play starting a little less than a month from now...

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Villanova's big test comes next week vs. Texas. They need to prove that they can beat a team like Texas, so it is going to be pretty important. I'm hoping we can neutralize their big men and that our scoring stays consistent. It's also a huge test for Dante Cunningham, who had his third double-double last night, and has been averaging high double-digits in scoring, and a ton of boards, but not necessarily against teams like Texas.

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UConn barely escaped Buffalo tonight... Overrated?

Seriously. If that guy on Buffalo that missed like 5 layups in the last 5 mins of the game today made only 1 or 2 of them, Buffalo would've won. The Big East has had its fair share of lumps and too- close- for- comforts the past couple of weeks... Thats for sure.

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lol, spectacular? try to start playing some real football teams...

OMG... no you didn't!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt08.htm?loc=interstitialskip

56th best team in the country... and that factors in strength of schedule. Rates us higher than Notre Dame! (and yes, I realize that ND is bad this year, but still!)

Please also note that Villanova is rated DRAMATICALLY better than Central Florida, despite that nice stadium in your sig.

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OMG... no you didn't!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt08.htm?loc=interstitialskip

56th best team in the country... and that factors in strength of schedule. Rates us higher than Notre Dame! (and yes, I realize that ND is bad this year, but still!)

Please also note that Villanova is rated DRAMATICALLY better than Central Florida, despite that nice stadium in your sig.

i know that UCF sucks this year, that has nothing to do with your team being below average. we're pretty much starting over after a stellar performance last year...

but being number 56 is far from spectacular, friend. and that list is stupid. if nova and nd were to play head to head, you guys would get ass-raped.

i will say that nova has quite a basketball team though.

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New Polls out today!

AP Poll (8 Big East teams):

UConn(Sucks) @ 2

Pitt @ 3

Louisville @ 9

Notre Dame @ 12

Syracuse @ 13

Villanova @ 15

Georgetown (sucks) @ 19

Marquette @ 24

USA Today Coaches Poll (8 Big East teams):

UConn (sucks) @ 2

Pitt @ 3

Louisville @ 10

Villanova @ 12

Notre Dame @ 13

Syracuse @ 16

Georgetown (sucks) @ 19

Marquette @ 24

Frankly, I think the Coaches poll is closer to reality, but that's just my opinion.

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