Big Lead Sports Bar

3/28/2009

ABOUT VILLANOVA

(1) PITT VS. (3) VILLANOVA
7:05 PM ET, March 28, 2009
TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
CBS


NICKNAME: Wildcats

LOCATION: Villanova, PA

ENROLLMENT: 6,250

COACH: Jay Wright, 299-174 career (15 seasons), 177-89 at Villanova

RECORD: 29-7, 13-5 Big East

RPI: 13

TOP RPI WIN: vs. Pitt (#2) 67-57

TOP RPI LOSS: vs. Louisville (#5) twice, 61-60 and 69-55

LEADING SCORER: F Dante Cunningham, 16.3 PPG

LEADING REBOUNDER: F Dante Cunningham, 7.4 RPG

NOTABLE ALUMNI: Governor Ed Rendell; disgraced NBA official Tim Donaghy; NFL stars Howie Long, Brian Westbrook, and Jumbo Elliott; NBA 50 Greatest Paul Arizin; NBA players Kerry Kittles, Randy Foye, and Kyle Lowry; actress Maria Bello; singer Toby Keith.

GAME NOTES:
-Beat Pitt 67-57 on January 28 behind a career-high 18 from Reggie Redding. Dejuan Blair had foul trouble and was limited to seven points in 20 minutes.
-ESPN's Andy Katz talks about the two teams' last meeting.
-Katz also writes about Jamie Dixon and Jay Wright setting a new standard in the Big East conference.
-SI's Alex Wolff says Pitt doesn't mind winning ugly...
-While Bob Smizik says Pitt is in a four-game slump.
-Is some level of pressure off Pitt for finally getting past the Sweet 16?
-Blair promises he won't get into foul trouble.

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4 comments:

the nigerian nightmare said...

if i knew how to phoenetically type out the sound that plays when people lose on the price is right, i would do it now.

RedHawks Hockey said...

bun dun dun dunnn.... waaaaaaaaaaaaah

RedHawks Hockey said...

but on a good note, REDHAWKS IN THE FROZEN FOUR WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

SantoGold said...

Yo Don, it's been 24 hours since the Pitt/Nova game concluded and you still have the game preview front and center. Hope you're not taking the loss too hard.......Don't Jump.......