Big East opponents set

The Big East released the slate of conference opponents for each men's basketball team today. Dates are not set yet, but Villanova will play 18 conference games in 2008-2009, nine away and nine at home.

Villanova will face 13 conference teams once and three teams twice, once each home and away. The Wildcats will take on Marquette, Providence, and Syracuse in the home-and-away series next year.

Villanova's home games are Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's and Syracuse.

The Wildcats face away games at Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Seton Hall, South Florida, Syracuse, and West Virginia.

Dates and locations remain to be scheduled, but it seems safe to assume that a few of Villanova's Big East home games will be slated for the Wachovia Center. The Louisville and Georgetown games might be good candidates for the Wachovia games.

According to the press release on Villanova.com, "the complete Villanova schedule, with dates, sites, and non-conference opponent information will be released in September."