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VILLANOVA BASKETBALL NovaBasketball @NovaMBB #GoNova @NovaMBB 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 1 | UNCASVILLE, CT | MOHEGAN SUN ARENA DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULTS VILLANOVA WILDCATS BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES 2K EMPIRE CLASSIC (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) (0-0, 0-0 ACC) Nov. 25 vs. Boston College ESPN 9:30 P.M. Head Coach: Jay Wright vs Head Coach: Jim Christian Nov.26 vs. Arizona State/URI ESPN 7/9:30 P.M. Record at VU: 472-182 Record at Boston College: 75-119 Nov. 30 Saint Joseph’s+ FS1 5:00 P.M. November 25, 2020 | 9:30 P.M. | TV: ESPN Dec. 3 Temple+ TBD TBD Announcers: Jon Sciambi and Jay Bilas Dec. 6 @ Texas TBD TBD Radio: 95.7 Ben FM - Play-By-Play: Ryan Fannon Analyst: Whitey Rigsby Dec. 11 @ Georgetown* FS1 5:00 P.M. IT’S WORTH NOTING... Dec. 14 DePaul* FS1 7:00 P.M. ~ The Wildcats open the 2020-21 regular ~ Villanova opens the season at No. 3 in Dec. 16 Butler* FS1 7:00 P.M. season with a pair of games at the 2K both the Associated Press and USA To- Empire Sports Classic on Wednesday day Coaches polls. The Wildcats closed Dec. 19 vs. Virginia (MSG) TBD TBD and Thursday evening. This is the first the 2019-20 season ranked No. 10 by the Dec. 23 @ Marquette* FS1 7:00 P.M. time Villanova has opened a season Associated Press and No. 9 by the USA away from home since 2006-07, when Today Coaches poll. the Wildcats faced Northwood (now Kaiser) University, coached by legend- ~ In remarks to the media last week, ary Wildcats coach Rollie Massimino (a head coach Jay Wright indicated that 97-60 VU win). This is the second time neither senior forward Dhamir Cosby- in head coach Jay Wright’s 20 seasons Roundtree nor sophomore guard that the ‘Cats have faced a team on a Bryan Antoine are expected to be in neutral court to open the season. The uniform for the games at Mohegan Sun other came in 2002, when Marquette Arena. Cosby-Roundtree underwent downed Nova 70-59 at Madison Square surgery on his right shin and has recent- Garden. Villanova is 18-1 in regular ly had further issues with it. Antoine, season openers in Wright’s tenure. who underwent major right shoulder surgery in May 2019, suffered a re-inju- ~ Senior guard Collin Gillespie and ry to the same shoulder in October. sophomore forward Jeremiah Robinson- Wright indicated the injury as not as Earl were named last week to the significant as the original injury but that Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List. the medical staff is taking a cautious The pair were also named to the Presea- approach. son All-BIG EAST first team. ~ Senior walk-on Kevin Hoehn is ~ ~ Villanova begins the regular season expected to be lost for the season after with 1,799 victories since it officially undergoing surgery to repair his left began intercollegiate competition on achilles tendon last month. Dec. 21, 1920 (1,799-941). The Wildcats posted a 24-7 overall record in 2019-20, ~ The Wildcats are scheduled to open at marking the eighth consecutive season home on Monday night against Big Five of 20 or more victories. rival Saint Joseph’s. PROJECTED STARTERS All home game played at the Finneran Pavilion (MSG) games played at Madison Square Garden + Big Five games * BIG EAST Conference games #2 Collin Gillespie #5 Justin Moore #10 Cole Swider #23 Jermaine Samuels #24 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Sr. | G So. | G Jr. | F Sr. | F So. | F MEDIA INFORMATION Listen Live to every Villanova radio broadcast Media Contact: Mike Sheridan ([email protected]) via: villanova.com/TuneIn Michelle Ruel ([email protected]) Download the free TuneIn Radio app Phone: 610-519-4145/Fax: 610-519-7323 GAME 1: VILLANOVA (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) VS. BOSTON COLLEGE (0-0, 0-0 ACC) NATIONAL RANKINGS NEWS AND NOTES ASSOCIATED PRESS Quotes From the Coach That 70’s Show 1. Gonzaga (28) 0-0 1541 2. Baylor(24) 0-0 1540 In advance of this week’s event at Mohegan The 70-point plateau was again a line of de- 3. Villanova (11) 0-0 1501 Sun Arena, head coach Jay Wright met with marcation of sorts for the Wildcats in 2019-20. 4. Virginia (1) 0-0 1364 5. Iowa 0-0 1273 the media. Below are a few of his observations 6. Kansas 0-0 1221 as the team looks ahead. When scoring 70 or more points in a game last 7. Wisconsin 0-0 1150 season, Villanova was 18-2 (.900). 8. Illinois 0-0 1105 “We have a good number of guys that have 9. Duke 0-0 1073 game experience. I’m hoping that this will When Nova scored less than 70 points, its 10. Kentucky 0-0 1038 be an advantage for us. If our inexperienced record was 6-5 (.545). 11. Creighton 0-0 922 12. Tennessee 0-0 919 team last year was going through (COVID), 13. Michigan State 0-0 820 I’d be very concerned. Plenty of 3’s 14. Texas Tech 0-0 790 15. West Virginia 0-0 651 “Now I’m concerned anyway, just because The Wildcats in recent seasons have been 16. North Carolina 0-0 465 of all the time we missed in the summer and 17. Houston 0-0 438 among the nation’s most prolific 3-point 18. Arizona State 0-0 402 fall. We’re definitely not where we would be shooting teams. The 2019-20 campaign saw 19. Texas 0-0 380 at this time of year in a normal sense but you that trend continue. 20. Oregon 0-0 375 have no idea where anybody else is either. 21. Florida State 0-0 351 Villanova’s 854 attempts in 31 games ranked 22. UCLA 0-0 336 “It’s going to be so interesting to play on 23. Ohio State 0-0 270 23rd in the nation. No other BIG EAST team 24. Rutgers 0-0 190 Wednesday and Thursday just to see where attempted more from beyond the arc. 25. Michigan 0-0 160 we are. We don’t really have any feel for it. Wednesday is going to be so educational for The Wildcats converted 307 of those attempts Others receiving votes: LSU 146, Memphis 69, Florida 69, Alabama 50, Indiana 48, Louisville 41, us. I hope it’s fun and educational.” (.359), which placed them 50th in the country Richmond 40, Stanford 14, Providence 9, Saint in 3-Point Field Goal Accuracy. Louis 8, Auburn 8, UConn 6, San Diego State 6, BYU 4, Loyola Chicago 3, Seton Hall 2, Northern On the travel and trip to Connecticut. Iowa 1, UNC Greensboro 1 “You’re kind of nervous about everything this Their average of 9.9 3-Pointers made per con- year. We COVID test three times a week. I’m test ranked 12th nationally. USA TODAY COACHES POLL. nervous every time we get the results. Of all Villanova field goals attempted in 2019- 1. Baylor (12) 0-0 764 “We’re leaving Monday for a Wednesday 2. Gonzaga (10) 0-0 762 20, .472 came from beyond the arc. 3. Villanova (8) 0-0 755 game, which we wouldn’t normally do. We 4. Virginia 0-0 666 usually would go up Tuesday night. But we Saddiq’s a Piston 5. Kansas 0-0 612 have to test here and then we have to get up 6. Iowa (1) 0-0 587 there in time to test on Monday night. Then The only vacancy in Villanova’s starting 7. Wisconsin 0-0 579 we have to quarantine in our rooms that 8. Duke (1) 0-0 555 lineup from its regular 2019-20 was left by night.” 9. Kentucky 0-0 541 forward Saddiq Bey. The Maryland native 10. Illinois 0-0 523 entered his name into the 2020 National 11. Creighton 0-0 458 “All unique experiences. I would say as play- Basketball Association Draft and was selected 12. Michigan State 0-0 437 ers and coaches we’re more excited about this 19th overall by Brooklyn, which later sent him 13. Texas Tech 0-0 420 season than any other. There’s an anxiety to it. to Detroit as part of a 3-team transaction that 14. Tennessee 0-0 383 You want to get there. The idea of somebody 15. West Virginia 0-0 347 also included the Los Angeles Clippers. 16. North Carolina 0-0 266 testing positive is in the back of your mind 17. Arizona State 0-0 240 too.” Bey led Villanova in scoring at 16.1 points 18. Houston 0-0 203 per game and was a first team All-BIG EAST 19. Florida State 0-0 203 Collin’s Close 20. Oregon 0-0 193 selection. In addition, he was the third Villa- 21. UCLA 0-0 145 nova player in the last four seasons to win the 22. Texas 0-0 137 When the Wildcats traveled to New York City Julius Erving Award as the nation’s top small 23. Rutgers 0-0 104 last March for the BIG EAST Tournament se- forward (Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges were 24. Ohio State 0-0 102 nior guard Collin Gillespie was just 15 points the 2017 and 2018 winners). He also finished 25. Alabama 0-0 62 shy of the 1,000 career point plateau. fourth in the nation in 3-point field goal per- - Others receiving votes: Louisville 55, Florida centage accuracy (.451).