Posts Tagged ‘Big-5’
Villanova 2010 Preview
Philly had high hopes for Villanova going into this year but they all came crashing down in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament. The team that was ranked 5th in the Preseason AP poll and in the top 5 for most of the regular season, ended this year on an extreme low. After starting 22-2, they lost 6 of their last 9 games. They barely made it past a 15 seed in round 1 of the tournament and lost in round 2. Many fans were disappointed and now have to wait half a year to get back into basketball. Here is an early preview of what to expect next season.
Key Departures: Scottie Reynolds, Reggie Redding
Reynolds and Redding are among Villanova’s 3 graduating seniors who will not be on the team next season. Read the rest of this entry »
Round 1 Preview: Temple & Nova
First I would like to congratulate Villanova for getting placed as a 2 seed. That’s a very lucky break. They’re heading into the tournament having lost 5 of their last 7 games. They played very well for most of the year but seem to have lost something over the past month.
As for Temple, they had a great season too. They won the A-10 regular season title and tournament, are currently ranked 13th in the country and Read the rest of this entry »
Temple Upsets ‘Nova…More Coming?
Sunday’s Temple/Villanova game was as exciting as a college game can get and I was lucky enough to be in attendance for this Big-5 brawl.
Temple came into this game against (3) Villanova as an underdog but they had the packed house at the Liacouras Center behind them the entire game. They also had a respectable 7-2 record and one of their losses came to (15) Georgetown by 1 point- so I knew Villanova shouldn’t be taking this team lightly.
It looked like it would be over early as the Wildcats stormed out to a 33-19 lead with about 4:30 to go in the first half. The crowd seemed out of it and everything was going Nova’s way-until Temple started to heat up. They ended the half on a 12-4 run. The second half was more of the same as they started on an 11-0 run behind incredible 3 point shooting to grab the lead. Temple would never look back and held off Villanova 65-75.
