SINCE OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIP......LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENED.....WE NEED TO DWELL ON THE POSITIVE....NOT SURE LOSING SOME FIVE SIX RECUIT IS THE END OF THE WORLD........SO.......ONE...JAY WRIGHT RETURNS AS OUR COACH......AFTER SPECULATION HE WAS BEING HEAVILY COURTED BY A FEW NBA TEAMS.......TWO.....ASST HEAD COACH BAKER DUNLEVY DECIDES NOT TO PURSUE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND RETURN TO VILLANOVA....THIS IS HUGE..COACH BAKE WAS A MONUMENTAL PART OF OUR SUCCESS LAST YEAR.. AND I TRULY BELIEVE WILL BE OUR HEAD COACH SOMEDAY..........THREE...COACH ASHLEY HOWARD....RETURNS AFTER SPECULATION THAT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE INTERETED IN HIS TALENT.....COACH ASH....IS A GREAT RECUITER AND A TERRIFIC COACH AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ENORMOUS ....FOUR.....DA DD ROUNDTREE COMMITS TO VILLANOVA....ROUNDTREE IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF HIS POTENTIAL....HE IS A BONAFIDE TOP HUNDRED PLAYER....HOOP SCOOP RATED HIM THE ELEVENTH BEST PLAYER AT THE PANGOS CAMP......ANOTHER SITE SAYS HE IS ONE
" OF THE FASTEST RISING TALENTS IN THE COUNTRY.....".....FIVE.....MAYBE THE BIGGEST...GOOD THING.....JOSH HART RETURNS FOR HIS SR YEAR.....CATAPULTING VILLANOVA TO A TOP THREE TEAM IN MANY PRE SEASON POLLS AND A REALISTIC OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT...........IN TERMS OF RECUTING.......I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SELL....TWO REALLY GOOD TOP FIFTY GUARDS IN THE 2017 CLASS TO COME ABOARD......THAT WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE DO TO PLAYING TIME.......BUT I DO BELIEVE OUR CHANCES FOR LONNIE WALKER HAVE IMPROVED......HE IS AN ENORMOUS TALENT......HIS POTENTIAL IS OFF THE CHARTS WHEN HE PUTS IT ALL TOGTHER......WE WILL PUT THE FULL COURT PRESS ON HIM..AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY...........THE OTHER NAME TO REMEMBER IS......HAMIER WRIGHT....... HE WILL VISIT IN AUGUST.....SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.......HE WILL GRADUATE FROM HS AT AGE SEVENTEEN......HE IS SIX EIGHT....COULD HIT SIX NINE OR TALLER EASILY....A GREAT REDSHIRT POSSIBILITY.....THIS COULD HAPPEN IF THE VISIT GOES WELL......FROM BOTH SIDES.....WE HOLD THE CARDS....NEVER FORGET THAT......HE HAS PLAYED ALL SUMMER WITH EIGHTEEN YEAR OLDS....THE AGE THING IS SIGNIFICANT.....WITH A REDSHIRT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE EQUIVALENT OF A TOP TWENTY FIVE PLAYER......STAY TUNED.........AS FOR CHRIS LYKES..GREAT KID....VERY GOOD PLAYER....TALENTED OFFENSIVE PLAYER....BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME REAL CHALLENGES IN TAKING HIM IN MY VIEW...I WISH HIM LUCK......
FINALLY.....I THOUGHT ID SHARE A PIECE OF INFORMATION FROM A DINNER I ATTENDED WITH ERIC.......CALL IT A RECUTING ANALYSTS DINNER HELD BY ALLAN RUBIN....HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS.....INCLUDING THIS NBA ANALYST WHO HAS A STAFF OF PEOPLE AND RUNS A PLAYER EVALUATION BUSINESS FOR NBA TEAMS........HE TOOK Q AND A....ABOUT A TON OF NBA PROSPECTS WHO ENTERED THIS YEARS DRAFT........TO MAKE THIS SHORT......HE WAS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT IF ANY PLAYER FROM VILLANOVAS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WILL EVER MAKE AN NBA TEAM FOR ONE FULL SEASON.........HE THOUGHT IT WAS UNLIKELY..........HE SAID HE THOUGHT...OCHEFU HAD THE BEST CHANCE OF CATCHING ON WITH SOMEONE IF THE STARS ALIGNED FOR HIM.....HE WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT JALEN BRUNSEN...AND HE CLEAELY STATED THAT HE DIDNT THINK HE WOULD EVER PLAY IN THE NBA........NONE OF THEM.......ZILCH.....IM JUST THE MESSENGER......JUST REPORTING.....ERIC WILL ....VALIDATE ALL OF THIS .....NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH HIM.. LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR....BUT IT IS HIS PROFESSION..........IN ANY EVENT.....MAYBE FIVE BORDERLINE NBA PLAYERS IS WHAT MAKES VILLANOVA ....SPECIAL. EVERY YEAR......MAYBE ITS THE RIGHT RECIPE........AND DAM HARD TO BEAT .......
" OF THE FASTEST RISING TALENTS IN THE COUNTRY.....".....FIVE.....MAYBE THE BIGGEST...GOOD THING.....JOSH HART RETURNS FOR HIS SR YEAR.....CATAPULTING VILLANOVA TO A TOP THREE TEAM IN MANY PRE SEASON POLLS AND A REALISTIC OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT...........IN TERMS OF RECUTING.......I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SELL....TWO REALLY GOOD TOP FIFTY GUARDS IN THE 2017 CLASS TO COME ABOARD......THAT WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE DO TO PLAYING TIME.......BUT I DO BELIEVE OUR CHANCES FOR LONNIE WALKER HAVE IMPROVED......HE IS AN ENORMOUS TALENT......HIS POTENTIAL IS OFF THE CHARTS WHEN HE PUTS IT ALL TOGTHER......WE WILL PUT THE FULL COURT PRESS ON HIM..AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY...........THE OTHER NAME TO REMEMBER IS......HAMIER WRIGHT....... HE WILL VISIT IN AUGUST.....SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.......HE WILL GRADUATE FROM HS AT AGE SEVENTEEN......HE IS SIX EIGHT....COULD HIT SIX NINE OR TALLER EASILY....A GREAT REDSHIRT POSSIBILITY.....THIS COULD HAPPEN IF THE VISIT GOES WELL......FROM BOTH SIDES.....WE HOLD THE CARDS....NEVER FORGET THAT......HE HAS PLAYED ALL SUMMER WITH EIGHTEEN YEAR OLDS....THE AGE THING IS SIGNIFICANT.....WITH A REDSHIRT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE EQUIVALENT OF A TOP TWENTY FIVE PLAYER......STAY TUNED.........AS FOR CHRIS LYKES..GREAT KID....VERY GOOD PLAYER....TALENTED OFFENSIVE PLAYER....BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME REAL CHALLENGES IN TAKING HIM IN MY VIEW...I WISH HIM LUCK......
FINALLY.....I THOUGHT ID SHARE A PIECE OF INFORMATION FROM A DINNER I ATTENDED WITH ERIC.......CALL IT A RECUTING ANALYSTS DINNER HELD BY ALLAN RUBIN....HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS.....INCLUDING THIS NBA ANALYST WHO HAS A STAFF OF PEOPLE AND RUNS A PLAYER EVALUATION BUSINESS FOR NBA TEAMS........HE TOOK Q AND A....ABOUT A TON OF NBA PROSPECTS WHO ENTERED THIS YEARS DRAFT........TO MAKE THIS SHORT......HE WAS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT IF ANY PLAYER FROM VILLANOVAS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WILL EVER MAKE AN NBA TEAM FOR ONE FULL SEASON.........HE THOUGHT IT WAS UNLIKELY..........HE SAID HE THOUGHT...OCHEFU HAD THE BEST CHANCE OF CATCHING ON WITH SOMEONE IF THE STARS ALIGNED FOR HIM.....HE WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT JALEN BRUNSEN...AND HE CLEAELY STATED THAT HE DIDNT THINK HE WOULD EVER PLAY IN THE NBA........NONE OF THEM.......ZILCH.....IM JUST THE MESSENGER......JUST REPORTING.....ERIC WILL ....VALIDATE ALL OF THIS .....NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH HIM.. LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR....BUT IT IS HIS PROFESSION..........IN ANY EVENT.....MAYBE FIVE BORDERLINE NBA PLAYERS IS WHAT MAKES VILLANOVA ....SPECIAL. EVERY YEAR......MAYBE ITS THE RIGHT RECIPE........AND DAM HARD TO BEAT .......
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