http://nypost.com/2016/05/09/how-big-east-can-be-big-winner-or-loser-of-nba-draft-combine/

“It’s a big few days for [these three players] because it allows them to figure out who they are,” an NBA scout familiar with all three Big East players said. “It’s one thing to be the second best guy at Providence, the best guy at Seton Hall, and a real good guy at Villanova. But that’s something totally different from being a first-round pick.”

The respect garnered around the college basketball world since Villanova's epic run is really amazing. Local articles, national media, top program fanbases...the tone from every one has flipped from discussions of paper tigers and disappointing finishes to talk of repeats and respect for how we did it.
3 months ago nobody knew Kris Jenkins or Josh Hart outside the BE. Now they are household names that strike fear and respect from other programs.
Jay is on every lost of dream replacements for every other program...especially the top ones.
Nobody will ever point out our run with a note about watered down talent...but instead how impressive and powerful a team we were.
#stilldreamin

Rovell reporting that the Fertitta brothers are in talks to sell the UFC for between $3.5-4B. A new stadium would sure look nice alongside that practice facility, Mr Fertitta!

I don't mean to interrupt anybody's 2017 Villanova Basketball travel planning. But my friend sent me this from Disney World today. Login to view embedded media

My friend is getting us tickets for the 12/10 game in Newark. He's only being offered tickets downstairs, behind the basket. He claims that they're not offering any upstairs tickets for sale. Is this another "Seton Hall" deal where they curtain off the upstairs to make the place look sold out on TV ? Has anyone else had similar issues getting tickets for this game? Thanks in advance for your feedback.

have won 2 or more national championship games?

Lorenzo Fertita's kid didn't play basketball.

He's gonna have a $#itload of free cash laying around soon. Well, even more than he does now.

UFC may sell for $4 billion.

You know what? Never mind. I just read he is worth $1.6 billion already anyway.

If you missed it, in his first game back in weeks, Steph Curry put on an incredible, record-setting perfomance in OT tonight.

Love watching him and his teammates play.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nba/eye-o...-curry-had-a-message-for-portland-in-overtime

1) Cruises suck unless you are over 60.
2) Carnival is all Long Island trash.
3) Is Norovirus anything close to what took out Gretchen?
4) Blame Cuba?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...uba-ends-14-passengers-sick-article-1.2630064

I'm possibly planning the trip to Charleston in November...was going to do Key west in Nov but now may bag that and just make a small vacation out of it for the tourney. First, I've never been to Charleston. Is there a decent amount of stuff for a 5 year old to do there? And second, does anyone know any specifics on this as far as team hotel etc.. I doubt the hotel is known yet but figured I'd ask.

And I really want to get my daughter to Atlantis in the Bahamas and she is too young now at 4 and half and I'm waiting to hopefully see Villanova down there the next time we go there. So does anyone know if we are in the tourney in Atlantis in 2017 or 18? Are we in any nice destinations the next 2 years? good vacation spots. Puerto RIco was awesome. Hope we get back there. Thanks for any advice regarding kid stuff and destinations

Crooked Hillary would be impressed by this coverup. Saw on Twitter that officials knew of Sandusky and his predator ways since the 70s.

Is this summer tour still happening in August?
Haven't heard anything recently

(hopefully Hart really wants to visit Madrid)

....all on ignore. Board is now so much more enjoyable.

Are we kindred spirits with the KC Royals? A parallel sports universe?
1985: WS champs
2015: WS champs
Moved into the top tier the last few years.
Not a team of superstars; fundamentals are the key
Had this thought last night as the Yanks, unfortunately, played long ball on their pitchers.

Bradford returns.

Yawn.

Don't have your emails, please shoot me a note.

in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning. Basically saying that he has rented and apt. in Maryland near his agent. It also says he has been contacted by 15 NBA clubs to try out. Great kid.

something else those 3 jagoffs can fight over for 10 pages

http://www.chicagobears.com/multime...n-Cherry/c48279bf-b5d7-4e0b-b3a4-9ebd5220c239

Today was first day of Chicago Bears training camp for Don and other rookie players that signed with the Bears!

He was too classy, couldn't find an embarrassing picture.

I mentioned shortly after the final (original thread - https://villanova.forums.rivals.com...r-your-championship-ticket.33045/#post-526464) I was thinking of having my ticket imbedded in a Lucite. I've done a bunch of research since then and want to open it up to people.

You can click on the following link to see what it will look like Login to view embedded media (I made a mistake when I sent the scan of the sample ticket, it would actually be the national championship ticket, not the semi-final ticket!)

I also DON'T need your actual ticket, they will reproduce a copy of the ticket, and then customize it for your seat (so you can hold on to your precious). If you scan me your ticket, that would be best, or if you only had a paper copy, you can just tell me your seat and section number. Heck, you don't even need to have been there.

DOWN SIDE - Cost is $90 (or $80-85 if I get enough people to sign up for it). I think I have 5 or 6 people already locked and loaded for this, but the more the merrier. I am happy to front the costs, but would want a commitment.

Feel free to reply here AND send me an email at bill@vusports dot com. I can only go through this once, so this is kind of a only once type deal

Maybe some of you married guys can help me out...

How realistic is it to knock a chick up if you consistently and thoroughly pull out?

I hate condoms, and engage in a good amount of sex without them.... Yet havent knocked anyone up (knock on wood). But my friends with kids are always talking about accidentally getting their wives pregnant.

I am skeptical that they were as considerate about not getting pregnant as i try to be.

What do you guys think??


TJC edit: Mothers Day got me thinking about this.
I just texted my lady about being lucky shes not a mother today.

Just Landed 4-Star SF Alpha Diallo Cooley is getting it done.

Until next season starts I’m enjoying obsessing over how great a run the NCAA games were. Lots of articles from ESPN about this, but I haven’t noticed any about how dominating our run was in terms of minutes lead vs minutes trailed. I wonder where this statistic ranks in terms for the last 31 years. I've got to believe it's up in at least the top 5. I looked at the box scores and here is what I found.

For all 6 games:
Average time leading: 33 minutes
Average time trailing: 5 minutes
Average time tied: 2 minutes

The details for each game are:
Time leading (rounded to nearest minute)
UNC 19
OK 36
Kansas 26
Miami 39
Iowa 38
UNC Ash 40

Time Trailing (rounded)
UNC 14
OK 4
Kansas 12
Miami 0
Iowa 1
UNC Ash 0

In the first 3 games:
We never trailed UNC Ashville
We never trailed Miami
We trailed Iowa for 1 minute 28 seconds
We trailed OK for 3 minutes 42 seconds

By the way, info on all box scores for all 40 games was previously posted at:
https://villanova.forums.rivals.com/threads/box-scores-for-all-40-games-this-year.35136/