Brian Ewart
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Editor Emeritus for @VUhoops . I tweet about Villanova basketball and football, but hoping to add varsity curling... someday.
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I have absolutely no words. The last thing I would have expected to break in the news was Jay Wright retiring in April 2022.
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Tomorrow will be the first meeting between Villanova and UNC since the 2016 National Championship final. Happy Thanksgiving folks.
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@RobDauster
Your drunk. Brunson will be a first round pick or I’ll change my Twitter background to a picture of Jim Calhoun
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A few thoughts,
@JohnKincade
: (1) Villanova takes its “Once a Wildcat motto seriously, and celebrates their guys’ successes as pros; (2) remember all the times the 76ers passed on Nova guys in the draft; (3) promoting your guys winning in NBA is good for recruiting.
Villanova doesn’t teach geography obviously…read the room
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For Fans who want to fire Kyle Neptune, a 🧵, I hope you understand that doing that won’t make Nova win overnight. It would be a rebuild. Few coaches win overnight in a new job. The best chance to win soon is for Coach Neptune to get it going.
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Mick has always been salty after losing to Villanova. When he was at Cincy, it was salt about playing at the Pavilion; now he got an invite to WFC, so I guess it’s time to insult the guys who outplayed him.
Mick Cronin is an absolute LOSER! Eat your L like a man
"Eric Dixon, it's not like he's a great athlete. He got ten rebounds. The other kid, Burton, he played four years at Richmond."
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How does Villanova Twitter feel about the job Denise Dillon is doing?
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This is a very stressful place for the Villanova AD to be in. But he’s probably not concerned about what people say on X; he needs to be listening to the folks that pay for his athletics department.
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Okay. Let’s take a deep breath and chill out.
Villanova now has enough talent to expect to compete in a tough league, and maybe enough to be pretty good.
But after the last two seasons, let’s not overshoot on expectations.
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Hold up... Villanova is selling beer 🍻 inside the stadium at Football games this year. From 90 minutes before kickoff through the 3rd Qtr
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The
@BIGEAST
needs to ditch FloSports for Women’s basketball games. TV networks leaned into the women’s game and it paid off this season.
In fact, ditch Flo altogether. No sport deserves that.
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Jay Wright didn’t want to coach anymore at Villanova, where he was royalty after 2018; appointed by god himself to coach the Wildcats... Is it possible he will want to coach again? maybe. Is it likely that he would want to coach at a place like UK? I would be very shocked.
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SI didn't go with that boring Aaron Rogers pass like the ESPYs?
Lebron is SI's Sportsperson of the Year, but Villanova has the Play of the Year.
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What is Villanova going to do with another 112 acres? Expanding enrollment? New facilities? Might be nice to bring some sports back to Radnor from Conshy.
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Pretty sure the Knicks could get Booth, Jenkins and Ochefu as well if they really want to lean into this thing.
The last time Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo, and Mikal Bridges were all on the same team
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After living through over a decade of overreaction to Jay Wright’s coaching from Nova Nation prior to 2016, I’m inclined to wait until the end of a season to do any assessment of the coaching.
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Is this an unpopular opinion?: the new Big 5 format is not better than the round-robin.
The fact that Villanova might not play Temple or SJU every year is crazy. That they might not visit the Palestra every other year is sad.
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Villanova hasn’t had a head coach with a tenure less than 9 years since before Al Severance took over in the 30s. And they haven’t hired outside the “family” since they hired Rollie Massimino in ‘73.
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Villanova Men’s Basketball is going to look different next season. That’s for sure.
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Who needs the win more today? Memphis is looking to get respect and a ranking (which may already be locked up?). Villanova looking to show the world that Penn was a fluke and they learned their lesson from that game.
Expect a battle this afternoon.
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So you’re saying there’s a chance …
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If you start firing coaches over one disappointing season, you’re program is going to suffer. Even the hall of farmers weren’t winning everything every year. Have to expect growing pains. I don’t love what I see this season, but I can’t get on board with the panic attack.
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Jay Wright is the perfect coach for Villanova, and the ‘Cats are doing just fine, thnx.
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A couple years ago, Val Ackerman was a star and everyone seemed to love her. Suddenly, last night it seems that a large number of folks on X have turned on her. I’m not sure I get it — judge her on the next TV deal, the first one was pretty good all things considered.
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It would be odd seeing this guy on the Main Line, but I wouldn’t hate finding a way to add him to Kyle Neptune’s staff to play the role of the “seasoned veteran assistant to a young head coach”
Phil Martelli says he's returning to Philadelphia. He's open to coaching again as well as other options such as media and executive leadership. Says he wants to serve basketball, the coaching profession and the community.
“I have a lot more to give. I’m not going home to retire.
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Remember when Villanova wore uniforms that were based on school colors?
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Why 16 teams? It’s not a P5 football league.
The Big East shouldn’t expand for the sake of expanding. Any additional schools need to boost revenue across the board to be worth the strain of more teams.
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Villanova will face Memphis tomorrow for the B4A 2023 Championship. Villanova is one of only two repeat champions at Atlantis; going for a possible third against a very talented Tigers team.
Yo you get your UNC tweets out tonight but then leave all that energy with the leftovers in the fridge. We are focused on the 🏆
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Anyone calling for Jay Wright for any job opening right now doesn’t know anything about Jay Wright.
Wish Holtmann the best, just didn’t work out in Columbus. Now do the right thing and go offer Jay Wright a contract he can’t refuse
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So, if you're a Villanova fan today, you're rooting for all four of those guys to get picked in the first round.
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There is a ton of precedent for top college basketball programs hiring a successor to their HOF coach from that coach’s current or former staff when he retired. The notion that Villanova should have been interviewing Pitino or others when Jay Wright stepped down is wild.
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Villanova has to get this kid, just to confuse everyone.
Drexel sophomore Justin Moore has entered the transfer portal.
The 6’3” guard started 30/31 games. Moore averaged 12.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.1 steals.
All-CAA Third Team Selection
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Fan base has gone toxic and is now quitting. Not great.
Posted attendance for tonight's Villanova-VCU game: 1,763
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Every Arena in the greater Philadelphia area is a home game for Villanova, even when it is on the other school’s campus. Got it.
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This is such a key point. I don’t think Jay would have had an easy go with this roster either. Jay won with Collin Gillespie, who played 5 years for Jay. He had years to learn from the coach/system. Learned from guys who had 3-4 years in the system…
Coach Wright came on the podcast and preached patience. He talked about the struggles of my early years and compared them to this years team. We are in a new era of CBB and we have to build a culture that fits in with today..
At the end of the day it’s all a marathon we have to
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That was always a pretty garbage take.
2016 Stephen A Smith: "Villanova doesn't have a real NBA prospect on this squad"
Skip Bayless: "No, they don't, mm-mm"
2016 Wildcats = 7 NBA players:
—Jalen Brunson
—Mikal Bridges
—Josh Hart
—Donte DiVincenzo
—Eric Paschall
—Ryan Arcidiacono
—Daniel Ochefu
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Jay Wright lost to Penn, and Columbia. The last time Nova lost to Penn they won the Big East reg season, BET, and made the Tournament. Let’s see how they do against Maryland at home, and in the Bahamas.
We win 2 games against American and LeMoyne and all of a sudden analyst are saying we are a final 4 team and y’all soaked it right up. We lose to Penn and now the season is over because of your expectations 😂. Come back down to earth and let’s take this season 1 game at a time
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@elonmusk
@RiaRevealed
I don’t get it… verified means verified. Why do people treat it like it’s some type of noblility. Verified should mean you are who you say you are, even if you are a Plebeian. What is the utility of limiting to the Patricians?
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Can someone please request never playing Sweet Caroline at a home game ever again?
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Justin Moore in 2022. Donte Divincenzo 2018. Josh Hart 2016, Randy Foye in 2006… Jay Wright era Villanova guards were all great at snagging rebounds.
Has there ever been a smaller player that gets more CLUTCH rebounds than Cam Spencer?
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A ballsy take this early in his career. Everyone who said the exact same thing about Jay Wright in 2003 are currently pretending that they always knew he was a Hall of Famer.
@HoopsWeiss
Can’t believe Villanova brought in a unsuccessful couch like Neptune never ever will he be a great coach
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If you’ve got a scoop, go ahead and scoop it.
I am not going to say much but a dream sitaution could happen for Villanova. Whether this happens or not i will let you know when this process is all over.
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Villanova picked up its traditional win at Delaware. Happy Thanksgiving folks. Enjoy the bye week
@NovaFootball
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You already knew about the new library, but did you catch the Stadium Renovation? Or indoor practice facility reference?
It is a really nice plan; we’ll see how much of it gets done (and when), but knowing that some of these things are “on the to do list” is important.
Villanova University has unveiled its new Campus Master Plan—developed with input from students, faculty, staff and community partners—which outlines the exciting vision for Villanova’s campus.
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HEY… Look at that… MAYBE VILLANOVA FOOTBALL GAMES SHOULDN’T BE ON
@flosports
?!
Most-Viewed
#FCS
Postseason Games From 2023-24 Season (TV Ratings):
1. Nova at SDSU (1.85M; ESPN)
2. Celebration Bowl (1.51M; ABC)
3. NDSU at SD (1.09M; ABC)
4. FCS National Championship (1.04M; ABC)
5. NDSU at Montana (790K; ESPN2)
6. Furman at Montana (679K; ESPN2)
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By this logic, Jay Wright would have been fired multiple times before he ever won a championship. I’d argue it took Jay until 2013 to really figure out how he wanted to build a roster… and now the rules have changed
@chrisjjlane
Perhaps. But it’s the chef who buys the ingredients. Kyle did the shopping but he just doesn’t seem able to make the dinner
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The Wildcat has landed... Rollie is in Houston. We repeat, Rollie is in Houston. via
@VUhoops
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Every Villanova fan watching that had a huge sigh of relief. This aspect of Villanova basketball definitely won’t be changing in the portal era.
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Villanova really needed that today. Got the win over a good Big 12 program, and got the talented freshmen involved. Great effort from Coach Neptune and his squad.
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The Knicks have an opportunity to do something hilarious here…
The Denver Nuggets are not expected to extend qualifying offers to Collin Gillespie or Braxton Key ahead of tomorrow's deadline, league sources tell
@DenverGazette
.
Looks like there will be three new two-way players in Denver this season.
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Villanova Women are still marching at Hinkle. One more game this season, and maybe some WBIT hardware to add to the trophy case?
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"Their grades ranked in the top 10 nationally." "The Wildcats have graduated every four-year player"
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The waiting is the hardest part. Clearly Villanova has to change something. Nova Twitter is pretty vocal about the change they want… there should be some type of change, but what will it be? May have to wait until after the NIT to find out…
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Part of those roots under Jay was player development and juniors and seniors leading the way after sticking around for 3-4 years. That’s what’s disappointing.
We just lost a fan favorite in Hausen for sure I know you guys love him.. we also just freed up space and only lost 7 pts and 3rebs to the portal so far. They will be replaced with higher level guys. We need to get back to our roots. We need guards that can shoot, make plays, and
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Last tweet of the night: BUILD THE ARENA. It is time. 10,000 seats or bust!
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Two things: (1) Big East schools play a tough non-conf, which makes the league look good on KenPom, but means less 40+pt beatdowns for NET; and (2) DePaul and Georgetown were the two worst Power conference teams (DePaul by miles).
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I'd make a big deal about every recruit being listed as a PF, but come on guys... Positionless basketball is the Villanova way for decades now; so who cares. They're all just basketball players.
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It’s Baker Dunleavy’s time to shine…
Opening day of the transfer portal is already going crazy. Any thoughts on what type of players we should target?
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Tanoh Kpassagnon was invited to attend the NFL Combine. His draft stock has been improving a lot.
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In two seasons. Only one at Nova. Lots of coaches have losing records at the start. Neptune was .500 in his first two seasons.
And he’s currently above .500 at Villanova.
Let’s wait until we have a larger sample to judge his career.
@Brian_Ewart
The coach has never had a winning season & There is little indication that the trend is changing. DESPITE having the talent to be a top team in the country. So this year is make or break. Argument to be made that with no resume he never should have gotten the ‘Nova job
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Based on what we are seeing at G-League camp,
@markarmstr0ng1
has a real chance. If he keeps performing well, and puts in work, maybe he could be like Kyle Lowry and get better as a pro.
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Villanova has some local businesses that could do this as well. 26 Fortune 1000 companies in Philly metro; 6 in Memphis.. food for thought,
@friendsofnova
/
@BakerDunleavy
?
FedEx is committing $25 million over the next five years to Memphis’ NIL efforts. The brand is making a huge financial commitment to its hometown university.
FedEx’s investment guarantees Memphis can compete in the NIL landscape.
via
@PeteNakos_
:
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Let me remind you that when
@VUCoachJWright
recruited Darrun Hilliard, people were scratching their heads and wondering why...
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Those were the days. If you were at the top/back of that giant rickety bleacher section, it felt like an earthquake…
Wait wait wait so you’re telling me THIS is what the Nova student section used to look like??? No wonder they were unbeatable then😭
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Jay is not going to Louisville, or anywhere. He’s not getting the itch again this year or next. He’ll always be welcome at the Davis Center at practice if he gets a little itch to scratch.
When Jay Wright retired at 60, many figured he would get the itch to coach again. But Wright doesn’t miss it at all.
“I’m done.”
Story on Wright enjoying life post-coaching.
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#NovaFB
running back
@its_kevsworld_2
& OT Vince Kowalski worked out for the Eagles today
http://t.co/iNGZwcr5o4
http://t.co/10IxPSAQVK
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Reminder that the poles were greased by Villanova earlier in the day. And this kid is wearing boat shoes.
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Neptune went from 0-3 recruits in this class. All of these guys have some great upside. He’s taking on program guys who will hopefully help build and maintain the culture.
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He’s has 2 seasons as a head coach (this one isn’t over), and was .500 in both. Jay was at .345 through two seasons as a HC; so he was a “.345 coach at best?” or maybe coaches can get better?
@Brian_Ewart
@ItsScottieTime
He does have a track record though. He’s a 500 coach at best which for a program like Villanova now is unacceptable
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100% this. Give him at least a couple of seasons. IMHO Jay would’ve struggled this season too.
Jay Wright didn’t get it cooking until Year 4. Just a reminder for all you trigger-happy fans.
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Nice shirt.
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The NCAA increased the # of assistant coaches a basketball program can have by 2 in January 2023. Those two cannot recruit off campus. Villanova has not yet taken advantage of those slots.
Yes, Villanova is adding another coach to its staff. This is not because anyone has left.
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I fully expect that a Villanova win on Sunday would bust more brackets than any other 2-seed on the first weekend, ever.
@sacketology
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@ARayfor3
Villanova’s defense has been good all year, but hit a whole new gear in this tournament.
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Shout out to
@JoshHart_3
@BigSmoove_2
@Darryl_XLV
-- still one of the best senior classes ever for
#NovaMBB
. ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
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This movement chaos ends if the schools just pay the kids directly and sign them to multi-year contracts. Let’s negotiate. As long as NIL is some third party thing that can’t be tied to their actual athletic performance, chaos will continue.
What is happening here? Bama makes a Final Four, Oats is a top name for the Kentucky job, says no and stays loyal to Bama, and then 3 starters + a key bench player (maybe even more, I’m not sure) enter the portal?? This is getting out of hand
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Villanova basketball hired a head coach who is younger than me. I have never felt older than I do this morning.
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Burton was a scorer at Richmond, but I think what makes him interesting for Villanova is his ability to defend and rebound as well. Those are going to be the key to consistent success. When you do those things well you generally have a tournament-caliber resume.
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@Smoove2you_
I remember two things, the most beautiful shot I’ve ever seen, and
@Philb_5
leading all scorers with 20pt off the bench.
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Did you know that Andy Talley is the winningest coach actively coaching in Division I football right now?
#12500forTalley
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