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VILLANOVA BASKETBALL NovaBasketball @NovaMBB #GoNova @NovaMBB 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 23 | INDIANAPOLIS IND. | FARMERS COLISEUM DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULTS VILLANOVA WILDCATS 2K EMPIRE CLASSIC (16-6, 11-4 BIG EAST) Nov. 25 vs. Boston College ESPN W 76-67 Head Coach: Jay Wright Nov.26 vs. Arizona State ESPN W 83-74 Record at Villanova: 488-188 AIR FORCE RESERVE BASKETBALL HALL OF March 19, 2021 | 9:57 P.M. | TV: TNT FAME TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Dana Jacobsen Nov. 28 vs. Virginia Tech ESPNU L 83-71 OT Radio: 95.7 Ben FM - Play-By-Play: Ryan Fannon Analyst: Whitey Rigsby Dec. 1 vs. Hartford ESPN2 W 87-53 IT’S WORTH NOTING... Dec. 6 @ Texas ESPN W 68-64 ~ Villanova returns to the NCAA Tourna- with Seton Hall senior forward Sandro Dec. 11 @ Georgetown* FS1 W 76-63 ment South Region for the third time since Mamukelashvili. The Wildcats’ pair joins 2016. The Wildcats downed Kansas in the former VU standouts Kerry Kittles, Randy Dec. 16 Butler* FS1 W 85-66 South Regional Final in Louisville in 2016 Foye, Ryan Arcidiacono, Josh Hart, and on their way to the 2016 NCAA national Jalen Brunson as conference Player of the Dec. 19 Saint Joseph’s FS1 W 88-68 title and were also in the South Region Year recipients in program history. Dec. 23 @ Marquette* FS1 W 85-68 in their most recent NCAA Tournament appearance in 2019, as a No. 6 seed. ~ Villanova produced a nine-game winning Jan. 19 Seton Hall* FS1 W 76-74 streak that began on Dec. 1 and ended on ~ Since Butler joined the BIG EAST in 2013, Feb. 3. Since the start of the 2013-14 season, Jan. 23 Providence* Fox W 71-56 Villanova has made annual visits to the the Wildcats have had a winning streak of Jan. 30 @ Seton Hall* Fox W 80-72 state of Indiana. It is 4-4 vs. the Bulldogs at at least nine games (seven of the past eight Hinkle Field House in that span, including campaigns). The only exception was 2019- Feb. 3 @ St. John’s* CBS SN L 70-59 a 73-61 loss there on Feb. 28. It also picked 20, where the longest run of consecutive up a 79-76 win at Purdue in Nov. 2017 in victories was seven. Feb. 7 Georgetown* Fox W 84-74 the state. Feb. 10 Marquette* FS1 W 96-64 ~ Like most Division I teams, the Wildcats ~ Sophomore guard Justin Moore bounced have seen plenty of upheaval in their sched- Feb. 13 @ Creighton* Fox L 86-70 back from a sprained left ankle suffered ule due to COVID-19. Villanova has been in the Wildcats’ regular season finale at through three pauses since practice formally Feb. 20 Connecticut* Fox W 68-60 Providence on March 6 to provide 10 points began. The first got started on Sept. 23, the Feb. 23 St. John’s CBS SN W 81-58 off the bench in Villanova’s 72-71 loss to second on Dec. 27 and the third on Jan. 4 Georgetown on March 11. Moore is expect- after only one day of practice following the Feb. 28 @ Butler* CBS L 73-61 ed to be available vs. Wintrhop. second pause. Villanova went 27 days be- tween games from Dec. 23-Jan. 19. It played March 3 Creighton* FS1 W 72-60 ~ Villanova was a constant in the Top 10 of only three games in the month of January. March 6 @ Providence Fox L 54-52 both major polls from start to finish of the 2020-21 regular season. The Wildcats began ~ Villanova head coach Jay Wright was an- Mar. 11 Georgetown (BET) FS1 L 72-71 the week of March 15 ranked No. 18 in the nounced as a 2021 finalist for the Naismith Associated Press Top 25, their lowest rank- Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last Mar. 19 Winthrop (NCAA) TNT 9:57 PM ing of the campaign. Since the start of the week. Wright earned career victory No. 600 2013-14 regular season, Villanova has been on Dec. 16 vs. Butler at Finneran Pavilion. ranked in the AP Top 25 for 138 of the last He has guided Villanova to 14 of the last 1456weeks, including the last 32 in a row. 15 NCAA Tournaments, including the last eight in a row and carries an all-time record ~ Senior guard Collin Gillespie and soph- of 28-14 in NCAA Tournament play (.667). omore forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Wright also led Hofstra to NCAA appear- shared BIG EAST Player of the Year honors ances in 2000 and 2001. LAST GAME STARTERS All home game played at the Finneran Pavilion (MSG) games played at Madison Square Garden * BIG EAST Conference games BET: BIG EAST Tournament #3 Brandon Slater #4 Chris Arcidiacono #14 Caleb Daniels #23 Jermaine Samuels #24 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Jr. | F So. | G R.Jr | G Sr. | F So. | F NCAA: NCAA Tournament 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 NCAA TOURNAMENT: NO. 5 VILLANOVA (16-6, 11-4 BIG EAST) VS. NO. 11 WINTHROP (23-1, 17-1 BIG SUN) NATIONAL RANKINGS NEWS AND NOTES ASSOCIATED PRESS Hot Hoyas Nipped Nova Spurred by six points from Samuels, the Wild- 1. Gonzaga (60) 1500 cats grabbed an early 9-0 lead only to have the 2. Illinois 1415 Georgetown got a pair of free throws from Hoyas bounce right back with eight straight 3. Baylor 1397 eventual BIG EAST Tournament MVP Dante points of their own. At the 15:33 mark, Nova’s 4. Michigan 1280 lead was 9-8. A Quddus Wahab post-up score 5. Alabama 1242 Harris with 4.7 seconds left to upend No. 1 6. Houston 1145 seed Villanova 72-71 in a BIG EAST Tourna- drew a foul and extend the Hoyas run to 11-0 7. Ohio State 1138 ment quarterfinal last week. after five minutes of game action. 8. Iowa 1132 9. Texas 993 Villanova received a combined 46 points from Villanova was unable to find the range from 10. Arkansas 895 forwards Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (26) and deep, connecting on 1-of-11 from beyond the 11. Oklahoma State 891 arc over the game’s first nine minutes. Yet 12. Kansas 803 Jermaine Samuels (20) but it wasn’t enough to 13. West Virginia 745 hold off the Hoyas. Georgetown rallied from it’s gritty work at the defensive end helped it 14. Florida State 651 an 11-point second half deficit to advance retake the lead at 15-13 on an Eric Dixon put- 15. Virginia 584 to Friday night’s semifinal. Harris scored 18 back basket. 16. San Diego State 521 points for Georgetown. 17. Loyola Chicago 513 With Samuels and Robinson-Earl fueling the 18. Villanova 490 19. Creighton 411 The Wildcats held a 70-65 lead with just less offense, Villanova built a 35-30 advantage 20. Purdue 382 than 90 seconds left but the Hoyas outscored with just more than three minutes to play. But 21. Texas Tech 271 Nova 7-1 in the final seconds to secure the with Samuels, Moore and Caleb Daniels all on 22. Colorado 243 win. the bench with two fouls, Georgetown went 23. BYU 125 on a 7-0 run to close the half and take a 37-35 24. USC 125 25. Virginia Tech 118 “Down the stretch it got to be a one posses- lead at halftime. sion game,” said Villanova head coach Jay Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 103, Tennessee 72, St. Bonaventure 71, UConn 62, LSU 54, Oregon 40, Wright. “They executed those last two pos- Over the first 20 minutes, Nova was 10-of- Oklahoma 40, Wisconsin 26, Winthrop 10, Clemson 16 from inside the arc but just 3-of-19 from 5, UC Santa Barbara 2, Cleveland State 2, Missouri sessions a little bit better than us. I thought 2, Georgetown 1 their guards were great. We had a tough time beyond it. The Hoyas were 6-of-16 from controlling Harris. They’re a good team and distance, which helped account for their they’re playing good basketball.” advantage. USA TODAY COACHES POLL. “(Georgetown) did a good job of isolating A 10-0 spurt early in the second half allowed 1. Gonzaga (32) 800 people they wanted to on our team and mak- the Wildcats to retake the lead and push it to 2. Illinois 745 47-39. 3. Baylor 737 ing great individual plays. Harris isolated a 4. Michigan 676 couple of times and made great plays. They 5. Alabama 668 got a couple of offensive rebounds and got to The Wildcats stretched the lead to 11 at one 6. Houston 587 the foul line.” point but Georgetown made its way back, re- 7. Ohio State 586 gain the lead at the 5:01 mark after a 3-pointer 8. Iowa 549 Indeed, the Hoyas were perfect at the line, put the Hoyas up 63-62. 9. Texas 488 10. Arkansas 472 converting all 23 of their attempts on the 11. Kansas 433 afternoon. A clutch 3-pointer from Robinson-Earl gave 12. Oklahoma State 402 the Wildcats (16-6 overall, 11-4 BIG EAST) a 13. West Virginia 395 After working with Villanova strength coach 70-65 cushion with 1:29 left but it would be 14.