Just wanted to drop by and let you all know that Jay Wright was at Archbishop Spalding last night for their game with Baltimore (Md.) Mount St. Joseph.

I was there to watch St. Joe's and spotted Jay as soon as I walked into the gym. He was there for Rivals150 4-star PF Jalen 'Sticks' Smith who had a solid outing, but played just 3 quarters in a blowout.

Smith was at Villanova last week for a visit and says Nova is recruiting him hard along with Maryland and a few others.

One other note, remember the name James Bishop. He's a 2019 6-2 combo guard that plays for St. Joe's and is going to be a high major prospect.

Tomorrow night, the Cats look to sweep the season series with the Johnnies.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/game-preview-st-john-s-1

It wasn't pretty and it wasn't easy on the nerves, but Nova ultimately got the job done.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/nova-escapes-providence-with-66-57-win

Here's a look at tonight's matchup with the Friars. Switched up the format a bit on this one.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/game-preview-providence-1

Yesterday, Jalen Brunson was named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award. It was some much-deserved recognition for Brunson, but you won't find too many people who would list him as a favorite to win the award. Here we do a little comparison with the other candidates. Regardless of who wins the award in April, Jalen 100% deserved to be on the prestigious list.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/breaking-down-brunson-s-cousy-award-chances

Newest Nova commit Collin Gillespie stole the show on Thursday night with a monster performance to power Archbishop Wood over Neumann-Goretti.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/gillespie-outshines-green-as-wood-beats-goretti

More sad injury news from the Big East. After Creighton was devastated by the loss of Maurice Watson Jr. a few weeks ago, now Xavier is dealing with the loss of a key playmaker in Edmond Sumner. Sumner was averaging 15 points, five assists, and 4.3 rebounds for the Musketeers, and Xavier now joins Creighton in trying to replace major backcourt contributors and offensive catalysts. It's a big blow to a team who entered the season's with designs on a deep tournament run. It's also a blow to the Big East, which has now seen two of their top four programs suffer a significant injury, just as the conference was announcing itself as a major player nationally. Wishing Edmond a speedy recovery.

Congrats to Jalen Brunson on being named one of the ten finalists for the Bob Cousy Award honoring the nation's top point guard. Winner announced in April.

After the offensive struggles of Tuesday night continued in the first half, Nova shot 72% from the field and a perfect 6-6 from three in the second half while tightening up on the defensive end to grab a huge win over 12th ranked Virginia.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/cats-grab-gritty-win-over-virginia

A look at Sunday's huge matchup with Virginia.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/game-preview-virginia-34

A look at a frustrating loss to Marquette.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/poor-shooting-late-collapse-doom-nova

Here's a look at tonight's matchup with Marquette.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/game-preview-marquette-2

Here's an update on 2018 wing Cameron Reddish from Rivals basketball analyst Corey Evans. While Reddish to Nova is probably still a long shot, he continues to mention them when he talks his recruitment, and the Wildcats remain in position to at least make a play for the 5 star forward.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/top-five-junior-cameron-reddish-to-plan-visits-soon-

It's hard seeing him on the sidelines in street clothes, rooting for his teammates. Any timeline as to when he might come back? His addition would be welcome. It's difficult to think we can continue this run with a 7 man squad, even though we have been able to up to this point.

Shortly after title game, someone posted a slew of excellent high-res shots from the game, many of which we're different than the standard ones out there. I wanted to download, but can't seem to locate the posting/link anymore. Is it possible that someone can re-post? Thanks!

Another solid effort from the Wildcats in a 78-68 win over Providence.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/nova-defeats-providence

Here's a look at how Maurice Watson's injury could impact the remainder of the Big East season.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/h...njury-impact-the-rest-of-the-big-east-season-

welcome to Villanova, Collin Gillespie!

After Watson left Monday's game against Xavier with a knee injury, Creighton's worst fears were confirmed: Watson has a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the season. This is sad news as Watson was having a stellar season, leading the country in assists with 8.8 per game and the Bluejays were having an incredible season. The loss of Watson is a huge blow to a team that had legitimate hopes of a deep run in March, and one that was playing a key role in the resurgence of the Big East on the national stage. It will be interesting to see how they respond.

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/01/17/creightons-mo-watson-jr-has-a-torn-acl/

A look at tomorrow's game against Providence.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/game-preview-providence

Well, that was a fun one. The Cats put on a clinic en route to crushing Seton Hall. Here's our look at the performance.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/cats-cruise-to-win-over-seton-hall

In somewhat of a surprise, Villanova edged out Kansas for the #1 spot in this week's AP Poll. Kansas grabbed 32 first-place votes to Nova's 28, but the Cats edged them in total points 1,580 to 1,562.

The Coaches poll came out the way most people expected, with Kansas atop the poll with 23 first-place votes and 785 points. Nova isn't far behind, grabbing only four first-place votes but racking up 759 points.

Here's our look at tonight's game against Seton Hall.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/game-preview-seton-hall

Does anyone have an extra ticket for tonight?
Tough game to find!

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Here's a quick look at the newest Wildcat, Collin Gillespie, including links to story and scouting report as well as some video of Collin in action. We will be working on getting a more in depth look at Gillespie as well.

https://villanova.rivals.com/news/cats-land-pg-for-2017-class