Basketball: La Salle With Big Challenge at #17 Pitt
The Explorers are in Western Pennsylvania to match up with the perennial Big East power, the University of Pittsburgh, after a win over JMU.
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The Explorers are in Western Pennsylvania to match up with the perennial Big East power, the University of Pittsburgh, after a win over JMU.
The Villanova Wildcats and the Penn Quakers both open their 2011-2012 college basketball seasons tonight.
Commissioner John Marinatto declined to give specifics of the Big East's plan after meeting with the league's presidents this morning in South Philadelphia.
The Temple University women's basketball team battles Notre Dame tonight in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament.
The recent struggles of the Villanova Wildcats have led to their being knocked out of the Associated Press Top 25 listing for the first time this season. But the Big 5 is still represented, as Temple has returned to the poll at #24.
Notre Dame's Ben Hansbrough was the lone unanimous selection to the All-Big East team on Sunday. Villanova's Corey Fisher was selected to the second team, while Corey Stokes was chosen for the third team.
Ashton Gibbs had 18 points and No. 4 Pittsburgh clinched the outright conference title, using a big second half to beat No. 19 Villanova 60-50 on Saturday.
As they prepare to battle Notre Dame in another critical Big East match-up, the Villanova Wildcats have dropped four spots in the new AP Top 25 men's basketball poll.
Dwight Hardy scored a career-high 34 points and No. 23 St. John's proved it doesn't need to play at the program's second home to beat a ranked team with an 81-68 win over No. 15 Villanova on Saturday.
Corey Fisher scored a career-high 34 points, nailing the tying 3-pointer near the end of regulation, and No. 15 Villanova beat DePaul 77-75 in overtime Saturday.
Maalik Wayns game-tying three-point attempt swished through the net -- a tick after the final buzzer and No. 4 Pittsburgh escaped with a 57-54 win over No. 9 Villanova on Saturday night.
Maalik Wayns scored 17 points and Corey Fisher had 16 to help Villanova pull away late in a sluggish game, beating No. 25 West Virginia 66-50 on Saturday.
Austin Freeman scored 10 of Georgetown's final 12 points -- he had an assist on the other two -- and finished with 30 in a 69-66 victory over No. 8 Villanova on Saturday.
The Wildcats fell to 17-3 for the season with that surprising 83-68 loss at Providence on Wednesday night.
Guards Maalik Wayns and Corey Fisher combined to hit 6 of 7 shots from beyond the arc in the first half, giving No. 7 Villanova a big lead, and the Wildcats held on to beat third-ranked Syracuse 83-72 in a raucous Carrier Dome on Saturday.
The Huskies' Kemba Walker stands in the way of No. 7 Villanova escaping Storrs, Connecticut with its biggest road win of the season. Jay Wright's Wildcats have won 11 straight games entering Monday's matchup at No. 10 ranked UConn.
Corey Fisher scored eight of his 17 points during a sensational run that helped No. 7 Villanova avoid an upset and win its 11th straight game, 74-66 over Maryland on Saturday.
Corey Fisher got it started and Maalik Wayns finished the job. Fisher scored 20 of his 21 points in the first half and Wayns had 13 of his 15 in the second, and No. 7 Villanova beat No. 24 Cincinnati 72-61 on Sunday, handing the Bearcats their first loss of the season.
Corey Stokes scored 23 points, Corey Fisher had 19 and No. 8 Villanova won its seventh straight game, 81-65 over Rutgers on Sunday.
Corey Fisher scored 21 points and Maalik Wayns had 14 to lead No. 10 Villanova to its fourth straight win, 78-59 over Delaware on Saturday night.
