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The Outsports folks better ready their banner font: On the heels of Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts coming out in Sunday's New York Times, former Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan has come out to ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil. (The same ESPN.com, it's worth noting, that employs "bible-believing Christian" Chris Broussard, who's written before that he considers homosexuality a sin.) More »
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Will Sheridan played for Villanova from 2003-07, or what we call the Allan Ray Heyday. More »
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Villanova has a promotion where two lucky fans are chosen to try to hit a layup, free throw, three-pointer and half-court basket within 25 seconds. No one had ever won, until one day, both fans did. They received the worst prize ever. More »
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We were directed to the message boards of a site for steroid enthusiasts — specifically to a post from someone claiming to be a Villanova baseball player wondering what to take to bulk up fast. More »
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Yesterday, in an attempt to debunk the Fisher-Reynolds pregnancy melodrama rumor that spread via email for the past couple weeks, it appears I became the Big East's Furman Bisher instead. To clarify: It's a hoax. Like this. And this. More »
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Since Villanova was unceremoniously bounced from the NCAA tournament on March 21 by St. Mary's, many emails have been fired off by frustrated alumni explaining how this happened to their precious team. The reason? Corey Fisher impregnated Scottie Reynolds's girlfriend, of course. More »
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Just one early game today, but one that could tear the Holy See apart. Did the Pope intercede in the 'Cats near debacle against Robert Morris, or is he secretly a West Coast basketball fan who's grown bored with Gonzaga? More »
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Alan Siegel, whom you've met around these parts before, attended last year's Elite Eight matchup between Pittsburgh and Villanova. His story: More »
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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like anyone who had a few free hours to skip and/or slack off work yesterday, because they were richly rewarded for their non-efforts. (Unless they weren't.) More »
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Villanova tries to return to the Final Four and you try to figure out where Robert Morris is. Comment, comment, comment. More »
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Villanova's junior guard Corey Stokes got busted for peeing in public, occasioning this line: "Stokes was urinating between two parked cars at about 3 a.m. while surrounded by several teammates." Jay Wright should be proud. That's real teamwork. [ZagsBlog] More »
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It's the video that has everything: the standard shot to cute kids in the stands, followed by an excellent example of a Philly-fan-in-training, followed by completely justifiable child abuse. [Via] More »
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East Region: No. 2 Duke (30-6) vs. No. 3 Villanova (28-7)
When: Thursday, 9:57 p.m., EDT
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

DUKE BLUE DEVILS

1) Zoooooooooooubek Anyone who watched Villanova pound UCLA into frightened little schoolgirls knows that the key to this weekend's matchup is for Duke to try and bang with Nova at least a little bit. And anyone who has watched Duke at all over the past, oh, 40 years or so knows that banging is not their specialty, and as a result has a creeping sense of dread about the game. This year's model is classic Duke: lots of finesse, not a lot of beef. Except for Greg Zoubek. The junior center is listed at 7' 1" and 280 pounds, which is roughly the size Shaq was in college. Unfortunately, as evidenced by the fact that, well, he's still at Duke and not in the pros, he doesn't exactly put up Shaq numbers: in about 10 minutes a game, he averages 4 points and 4 rebounds. Granted, he's been improving all season, and even managed to contribute against Texas on Saturday, but the Pride of Haddonfield will have to put his broken schnozz out of his mind and step up big time for Duke to really have a chance. More »
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After the 48-hour basketball bender that is the first round of the NCAA tournament, a single game to start off the 2nd round is just what the doctor ordered. UCLA-Villanova starts the fun at 1:05PM.
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Your live blogger for this game will be Greg Dietz, a perky contributor known as "GreggyD" at The700Level. More »
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East Region: No. 3 Villanova (26-7) vs. No. 14 American (24-7)
When: Thursday, 7:20 p.m., EDT
Where: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

VILLANOVA WILDCATS

1) Home Sweet Home Villanova plays most of their home games at The Pavilion. The 6,500 seat arena is located just outside Philadelphia on the campus of the university. John du Pont, of the wealthy du Pont family in Philadelphia, funded the construction of the facility in 1986. The arena was originally called John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion but was later shortened after du Pont shot and killed Olympic wrestler David Shultz. Oops. The Wildcats put together a perfect season this year at the Pavilion going an impressive 13-0 and extending their winning streak at the building to 28 straight games. Villanova also plays a limited number of home games at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, where the Wildcats will open on Thursday vs. American. More »
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Kansas Jayhawks (33-3) vs. Villanova Wildcats (22-12) More »
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Now that we are down to just sixteen teams, STF will profile each Regional lineup to see how we got here, what the Sweet 16 really means to each participating school, and who has the best chance to advance to San Antonio. The second of two today, here's the Midwest. More »
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Clemson Tigers (24-9) vs. Villanova Wildcats (20-12) More »
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1. I Got A Name. As if it wasn't rare enough to find one young African-American with the name Corey, Coach Wright went out and found two: freshman guards Corey Stokes and Corey Fisher, both McDonald's All-Americans in high school. Each has shown tremendous promise in their limited time on the court (Stokes is an 89percent free-throw shooter, and Fisher is third on the team in points and steals per game). Not since the days of Mssrs. Feldman and Haim has such untapped, dual-Corey-based potential lay waiting to be sprung upon an unsuspecting America. More »
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Kentucky Wildcats (21-11) vs. Villanova Wildcats (22-10 More »
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1. Kelvin Sampson for Mayor. Members of 'Nova Nation' will line up to shake the hand of Kelvin "Urban Meyer's just swimming in my texting wake" Sampson, former coach of Oklahoma, for jumping ship to Indiana. Seems that Scottie Reynolds, who played his high school ball in Herndon, Virg., had spurned the advances of several closer Big East powers (and perhaps some inferior ACC teams as well) to sign a national letter of intent with the Sooners. Kelvin jumps ship; Scottie's released from his letter; now he's Second Team All-Big East, unanimous Big East All-Rookie Team and the odds-on favorite to be Big East Rookie of the Year. Villanova is not a tournament team without the play of Reynolds. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=241913&view=rss&microfeed=true We knew 50 Cent had no problem with taking cash for somewhat embarassing gigs, but we still found it amusing that he, apparently justifying Villanova's tuition, showed up at coach Jay Wright's midnight madness bash last week. We just hope the Illini's Bruce Weber signed up REO Speedwagon. More »
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Your Final Four is set: Bruins, Tigers, Gators, and Patriots. We've got three ferocious animals and a dead white guy who once did something historic that you'd know about if you paid attention in history class. More »
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While still glowing from the earlier George Mason conquest... More »
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Villanova Wildcats (27-4) vs. Boston College Eagles (28-7) More »
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Villanova Wildcats (25-4) vs. Monmouth Hawks (19-14). More »
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I have asked for video of the Allan Ray eye injury last night, and you guys have responded like champions. Thanks to all of you who sent in links, but this is the best one I've gotten. All I can say about the video is AHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH! More »
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A couple of readers e-mailed last night to say that they saw Villanova senior guard Allan Ray's eyeball actually get popped out of his head last night. ESPN is apparently refusing to show video of it. We here at Deadspin have no such scruples, so if any of you have the footage, feel free to send it along to mjd@deadspin.com. More »
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UConn just put their thing down against Villanova this afternoon, winning by a score of 89-75 and avenging their earlier loss to the Wildcats. This is probably as much talent as is possible to put on one college basketball floor at one time this year. UConn's talent, however, is much taller. More »
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• Indiana State 45, #25 Northern Iowa 75 (in progress). The Purple Panthers are doin' what they do. They're handing out a beatdown in their second-ever game as a member of the Top 25. Of course, they lost their first-ever game as a member of the Top 25 earlier in the week, so I'm glad they're squeezing a little more enjoyment out of it. More »
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In maybe the biggest contrast of styles that's even possible between two teams in the Top 20, Texas held on to beat Villanova in an excellent game, 58-55. This one was much better for the Longhorns than the last time they played a top-5 team on CBS. More »
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