02 February 2009

Villanova rises in polls after Cincy win

posted by Pete @ LetsGoNova.com
2/02/2009 07:13:00 PM

Villanova used a furious second-half effort to soundly defeat Cincinnati on Sunday, and the Wildcats were rewarded with a boost in the national top-25 polls.

The new ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll rates Villanova at #16, and the updated AP poll ranks the 'Cats at #17.

Next up for Villanova is a road game with a hot Providence team on Wednesday.

Labels: 2008-2009, Big East, Cincinnati, polls, Providence, rankings, top 25

4 Comments:

At 8:04 PM, February 02, 2009, Anonymous said...: This game could go either way without any surprises. Providence is a good, experienced team who can play with anybody and will most likely get an NCAA bid. Dante just needs to set the tone and be a force early and Stokes needs to light it up for once.
At 8:47 PM, February 02, 2009, Anonymous said...: I have not seen Providence play yet this year (only BE team I've somehow avoided), but I don't think anyone NEEDS to do anything for Nova. Except for Cunningham who is as reliable as they come. Outside of him, who knows and who cares who contributes big. Redding, Anderson, Stokes, Fisher, Reynolds (wow, Reynolds just naturally came to mind last out of those guys). I'd like to see Fish with 5+ dishes and an alley-oop for entertainment sake though.
At 8:26 AM, February 03, 2009, Anonymous said...: Yeah, I have still not seen an alley-oop live, so they should throw them more often.
At 2:26 PM, February 04, 2009, Anonymous said...: good read about the villanova squad on philly.com

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/columnists/20090204_Dick_Jerardi___V__is_for_a_Villanova_team_that_is_very_tough_to_beat.html

this guy seems to think nova overachieves through will and that jay wright has everyone buying into the system...its tough to argue