@delphidan or anyone else

I'm flying into Austin on Friday evening. My wife and I will eat in Austin before we drive to Houston. If you could eat at one restaurant (preferably near the airport or on the way to Houston) which would you recommend? We're down for BBQ, Tex/Mex, American. Just not Asian food.

EDIT: Saw I was beat on another post. NM

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...329_Father_Rob_Hagan_is_Wildcats___rock_.html

Great piece on a great guy. The team absolutely loves this man. Tony Chennault told me he wouldn't have made it out of Nova without him. Always enjoy seeing him on the bench. This program is a special one.

Might want to work on his perimeter shooting

Is that still the case ? How was he getting to game?

Is there a send off time, pep rally for the team on Wednesday ? Is Villanova going to have the game played

on campus Saturday night ? Any details

After executing defense to perfection on Kansas' big gun in Perry Ellis, Jay's got a week to scheme for an even bigger gun in Buddy Hield. After the game, Kansas' Landen Lucas lamented our defensive style.

“They do a great job being everywhere — it’s pretty hard to simulate that. I guess the closest would be West Virginia.”

West Virginia recently held Hield to six points in the Big 12 semis. Kansas saw WVU 3 times this year, and from the sound of it, we're even more relentless. That's a quote that holds a lot of water and gives me a lot of confidence for Saturday.

Syracuse could be the first double-digit seed to win it all. It would be redemption for Jim Boeheim to win the year in which he was suspended. Great media story.

North Carolina could send Roy Williams off into the sunset, as the preseason favorite wins the postseason title, amid a ton of distractions. Great media story.

Oklahoma could win with Buddy Hield, one of the best scorers the game has seen in recent memory. Great media story.

Villanova? Just sliding under the radar.

Interesting broadcast team to say the least...Syracuse as well

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...-commentators-announced-oklahomavillanova-and

I have 2 tickets in section 333, Row T seats 20 & 21. These are ONLY FOR THE SEMIFINAL. These DO NOT include tickets to Monday's National Championship Game.

I purchased them for $955 total for the pair. I would like to recoup my cost.

I will be in Houston, and could exchange cash or check, and will gladly take PayPal or some form of electronic money transfer.

I can transfer these electronically through Flash Seats.

Tickets in this and similar sections are now going for in excess of $550 per seat.

Please text me at 267.250.1507 with interest.

Pete

having just come home from Louisville, a great part of the weekend was the stuff at the Brown. Does anyone know what to expect in Houston. Will there be a reception, send off at the Royal Sonesta?.

Open practice on Friday?

Appreciate any info

Another incident of work place violence.

he let that kid get right to Carmelo. Good stuff

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I know, I know, we need to beat OU. I got it, but indulge me for a moment.

I've watched The Heels all tournament and I'm not as confident as I once was - that we could beat them. I actually think we are better in the backcourt, but man they have so many very good, long, tall and skilled guys who play the 3, 4 and 5.

They don't defend as well as we do, but they dial it in just enough in 2nd halves. Now, the highest seed they've played is a 5, so nobody as good as KU or Miami even, but eye test tells me they are loaded.

Tell me I'm wrong!

Just curious if others feel the same way but I continue to hear how we lack the talent of Oklahoma and most other top teams, and I'm sick of it. It's like the perception is that if we don't play perfect we don't have the talent to compete.

While we may not have a lottery pick in our lineup, if you look at our 1 through 8 we have superior talent to Oklahoma and most other teams in my opinion. We have a lot of very good college players, at least 5 of which could go for 20+ on any given night. How many other teams have that?

Buddy Heild is the man no doubt. But who is going to guard Ochefu? Nobody on Oklahoma could remotely stop him in the post. If we feed him, he could have 20+. Jenkins is a match-up nightmare for everybody. Oklahoma has no bench.

Does anybody really believe we are less talented 1 through 8 than Oklahoma?

a) VUSports has learned via a source in Worcester MA that Michael Bradley will be joining Jay Wright's staff next season. His most recent gig was as an Asst Coach at Eastern Kentucky. For those who always wanted a big man coach - they can't argue with Bradley's knowledge of an array of low post moves which he exhibited during his All-American season on the Main Line:
For those unfamiliar with Bradley:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bradley_(basketball)

b) From a different source: expect Ashley Howard to at least poke around with some level of interest in the open head coaching position at Drexel (replacing long-time coach Bruiser Flint). Nothing much will take place until after the season.

Just saw this and want to pass it along to the board for consideration:

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Login to view embedded media I am sure any amount is appreciated. We all remember what it was like to be in thier situation.

Eric if this is inappropriate to post here, please feel free to remove. I will understand.

.........VU Senior Chris Kotwicki who is from Northern VA area.

I have challenged Chris to find 10 specific Villanovans that I know will be in Louisville for our game. For every photo he sends to me with the target and himself, I offered to send him $25 via venmo to help defer his costs for the trip. Finding some on the list will be easy...but others will require conversations with folks to find out who they are and where they are.

Chris is leaving VU at 3am today with 38 students traveling in a caravan of 7 cars. Chris is the type of VU student who lives and dies with our sports program. He has a tremendous story and will be eternally grateful to Villanova for all of the opportunities he has had while a student.

I just want to provide you a heads up that this student may be asking for a photo with you and I am hoping that you can accommodate him. Thanks in advance and enjoy the game!!!!

GO CATS!!!!

If I have a green light, should a school bus be allowed to let kids off AT the light on the cross street and expect me to stop for him?

Encountered this on the drive home today and would like some opinions.

Consider that.....

Student Air charter sold out this AM
Student tickets (700) went on sale on Monday and were gone in 38 seconds


I hope every student that wants to get to Houston can make it happen........

Have they been sitting on the bench with the Team? I thought I saw only Delaney in street clothes on the bench. Are they allowed to be with the team?

Shut down for the remainder of the spring, likely to open season on DL. Lots of chatter about a possible Tommy John situation.

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/03/28...-for-the-rest-of-spring-training-for-reasons/

Who do you think spends more a year on tampons, Harvey of Strasburg?

Pulling for Villanova! Haha - Just opened his show saying that.

Just curious if others feel the same way but I continue to hear how we lack the talent of Oklahoma and most other top teams, and I'm sick of it. It's like the perception is that if we don't play perfect we don't have the talent to compete.

While we may not have a lottery pick in our lineup, if you look at our 1 through 8 we have superior talent to Oklahoma and most other teams in my opinion. We have a lot of very good college players, at least 5 of which could go for 20+ on any given night. How many other teams have that?

Buddy Heild is the man no doubt. But who is going to guard Ochefu? Nobody on Oklahoma could remotely stop him in the post. If we feed him, he could have 20+. Jenkins is a match-up nightmare for everybody. Oklahoma has no bench.

Does anybody really believe we are less talented 1 through 8 than Oklahoma?