VILLANOVA BASKETBALL NovaBasketball @NovaMBB #GoNova @NovaMBB Nova_Nation 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAMEDAY DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULTS NO. 3/3 VILLANOVA WILDCATS Information Date: Wed. Feb . 21st Nov. 10 Columbia FS2 W 75-60 2017-18 Record: 24-3 overall, 11-3 BIG EAST Head Coach Jay Wright (17th Season) Time: 8:30 p.m. Nov. 14 Nicholls State FS1 W 113-77 Place: Wells Fagor Center Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 17 Lafayette(A) FS2 W 104-57 Capacity: 10,456 BATTLE FOR ATLANTIS TV: FS1 DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Brian Custer Nov. 22 Western Kentucky ESPN2 W 66-58 Sarah Kustok 2017-18 Record: 10-16 overall, 3-11 BIG EAST 610 Sports Nov. 23 Tennesse ESPN W 85-76 Head Coach: Dave Leitao (3rd Season) Radio: Ryan Fannon (pxp) Nov. 24 UNI ESPN2 W 64-50 Whitey Rigsby (analyst) Nov. 29 Penn+ FS2 W 90-62 IT’S WORTH NOTING... Dec. 2 at Saint Joseph’s + ESPN2 W 94-53 ~ For the secondconsecutive week, Vil- - Villanova’s National Player of the Dec. 5 vs. Gonzaga (MSG) ESPN W 88-72 lanova checks in at No. 3 in the Associ- Year candidate Jalen Brunson helped ated Press poll.. Over the previous five create many of the open looks his Dec. 10 La Salle+ FS1 W 77-68 weeks, the Wildcats occupied the No. teammates converted Saturday. The Dec. 13 at Temple+ ESPN2 W 87-67 1 spot in both major polls. Villanova junior guard dished out eight assists Dec. 22 vs. Hofstra (NC) FS1 W 95-71 has been ranked in the AP Top 10 for without a turnover in 37 minutes of Dec. 27 at DePaul* CBS SN W 103-85 45 weeks in a row. action. Brunson averages 4.9 assists per game and leads the BIG EAST in Dec. 30 at Butler* CBS L 101-93 - The Wildcats snapped out of a assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9). Jan. 6 Marquette* FS1 W 100-90 3-point shooting funk in a 95-79 win Jan. 10 Xavier* FS1 W 89-65 at No. 4 Xavier Saturday. Over its ~ Redshirt junior Mikal Bridges is the Jan. 13 at St. John’s* Fox Bus. W 78-71 previous three games, Villanova was BIG EAST Player of the Week. The Jan. 17 at Georgetown* FS1 W 88-56 17-of-71 (.239) from beyond the arc. It native of Malvern, Pa. (Great Valley rebounded to convert 16-of-34 against High School) averaged 22 points per Jan. 20 at UConn CBS W 81-61 the Musketeers (.471). It marked the game last week. His 25 points, on 10- Jan. 23 Providence* FS1 W 89-69 16th tijme in 27 outings this season of-15 shooting form the field, led the Jan. 28 at Marquette* Fox W 85-82 that VU has drained 10 or more triples ‘Cats past Xavier. Feb. 1 Creighton* FS1 W 98-78 in a game. For the season, the ‘Cats average 11.3 made 3-pointers a game. - Wildcats head coach Jay Wright Feb. 4 Seton Hall* Fox W 92-76. enters this contest with 410 wins in Feb. 7 St. John’s* CBS SN L 79-75 ~ The casst was removed from the a head coaching tenure that began Feb. 10 Butler* Fox W 86-75 right (shooting) hand of redshirt junior in 2001. The program’s all-time wins Feb. 14 at Providence* FS1 L 76-71 guard Phil Booth on Friday. Booth has leader is Alexander Severance, who missed seven games since suffering won 413 games from 1936-61. Wright Feb. 17 at Xavier* Fox W 95-79 the injury in an 89-69 win over Provi- began 2013-14 with 257 victories at Feb. 21 DePaul* FS1 8:30 p.m. dence on Jan. 23. He is officially listed VU - he has won 153 in the five sea- Feb. 24 at Creighton* Fox 2:30 p.m. as day to day. sons since. Feb. 28 at Seton Hall* FS1 8:30 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS Mar. 3 Georgetown* Fox 5:00 p.m. Mar. 7-10 BIG EAST Tournament TBD Home games played at Wells Fargo Center * BIG EAST games + Philadelphia Big Five (A) PPL Center, Allentown, Pa. # 1 Jalen Bruson #4 Eric Paschall #10 Donte DiVincenzo # 14 Omari Spellman #25 Mikal Bridges Jr. | G Jr. | F R-So. | G R-Fr. | F R-Jr. | G (MSG) Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. (NC) Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y. MEDIA INFORMATION Listen Live to every Villanova radio broadcast via: Media Contact: Mike Sheridan ([email protected]) villanova.com/TuneIn Michelle Ruel ([email protected]) Download the free TuneIn Radio app Phone: 610-519-4145/Fax: 610-519-7323 GAME 28: VILLANOVA (24-3, 11-3 BIG EAST) VS. DEPAUL (10-16, 3-11 BIG EAST) NATIONAL RANKINGS NEWS AND NOTES ASSOCIATED PRESS 1. Virginia (42) 24-2 1,601 Overcame the Musketeers the contest on a 33-20 run to lock up the win. 2. Mich. State (19) 26-3 1,565 A complete effort at both ends of the floor 3. Villanova (4) 24-3 1,509 helped lift No. 3/2 Villanova past Xavier 95-79 “When people bring up that streak (173), I’m im- 4. Xavier 24-4 1,398 pressed,” stated Wright. “But it’s not something 5. Duke 22-5 1,292 here Saturday. The Wildcats (24-4 overall, 11-3) 6. Gonzaga 25-4 1,206 extended their streak of not having suffered con- we ever talk about. If we had lost at Xavier, it 6. Texas Tech 22-5 1,206 secutive losses to 173 games, a run which dates wouldn’t have changed how we approached 8. Kansas 21-6 1,166 to the end of the 2012-13 season (Louisville and things. We would have gone back to work.” 9. Purdue 24-5 1,130 North Carolina.) 10. North Carolina 21-7 1,074 The 2017-18 Villanova Basketball season is pre- 11. Cincinnati 23-4 954 Xavier saw its nine game winning streak halted. vented by KeyBank. 12. Auburn 23-4 873 It fell to 24-4 overall, 12-3 BIG EAST. 13. Wichita State 21-5 870 14. Arizona 21-6 831 Farewell and Thank You 15. Clemson 20-6 683 “We came out trying to defend our best,” stated Prior to this game, Villanova will honor its 16. Ohio State 22-7 680 Bridges. “We hadn’t been playing that well, senior class, including walk-ons Denny Grace, 17. Michigan 22-7 615 teams had been scoring at will against us. We Matt Kennedy, and Tom Leibig 18. Rhode Island 21-4 455 played Villanova basketball – stuck together as a 19. Tennessee 19-7 427 team when they made a run in the second half.” The trio was part of the Wildcats’ practice squad 20. Nevada 23-5 330 prior to earning spots on the active roster in 21. West Virginia 19-8 329 J.P. Macura opened the scoring with a 3-pointer 22. Saint Mary’s 25-4 291 2016-17. In their two seasons of active duty, they 23. Houston 21-5 263 for Xavier but Villanova answered promptly as have been a part of teams that have posted a 24. M. Tenn. 22-5 87 Donte DiVincenzo connected on a 3-ball from record of 56-7 (.889). 25. Florida State 19-8 63 the right side. In fact, the Wildcats sank a trio of Others receiving votes: Baylor 52, Kentucky 3-pointers in the game’s first five minutes, the A Deep Dive on Donte 33, Arizona State 32, Arkansas 23, UCLA last by freshman Collin Gillespie, to claim an 20, St. Bonaventure 13, Virginia Tech 12, Fox play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson has Creighton 10, Penn State 6, Missouri 5, 11-8 advantage at the first official timeout of the dubbed redshirt sophomore guard Donte Di- Kansas State 5, Texas A&M 4, TCU 4, afternoon. Vincenzo the “Big Ragu”. Lately, the “Big Ragu” Loyola-Chicago 2, Butler 2, ETSU 1, Ala- has been doing big things. bama 1, Boise State 1, Oklahoma 1 Crisp passing and sharp shooting helped USA TODAY COACHESPOLL. Villanova expand its lead over the course of On Saturday DiVincenzo fell one rebound and 1. Mich. State (20) 26-3 782 the period. Sixteen points from Bridges helped one assist shy of a triple-double. Only two Wild- 2. Virginia (8) 24-2 773 the Wildcats craft a 36-25 advantage. Even after cats - Harold Pressley in 1986 and Josh Hart 3. Villanova (4) 24-3 745 Bridges was whistled for his second foul with last season - have ever recorded triple doubles. 4. Xavier 24-4 656 5:13 to play in the period and went to the bench, The native of Wilmington, Del., finished with 21 5. Duke 22-5 655 Villanova’s offense kept humming with Eric points, nine assists and nine rebounds. 6. Gonzaga 25-4 602 Paschall and DiVincenzo carrying the baton. 7. Texas Tech 22-5 588 8. Kansas 21-6 566 After a subpar game at Providence - six points, With just under two minutes to play in the 9. Purdue 24-5 526 five rebounds on 3-of-10 shooting from the field 10. North Carolina 21-7 498 period, Villanova had itself a 51-32 lead. Xavier - DiVincenzo responded in a large way Satur- 11. Cincinnati 23-4 497 scored the last five points of the period to shave day. He connected on 8-of-12 from the field, 12.