Villanova Basketball: 2008 In Review

A Calendar Year-End Review for basketball is tough because it encompasses multiple seasons, but here are the highlights (and lowlights) for Villanova Basketball's 2008 calendar year...

• Villanova entered 2008 at #17 in the AP Poll and #16 in the USA Today/ESPN Poll with a 10-1 Record
• January 23 through February 4th saw the Wildcats lose 5 straight games to Rutgers, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse and St. Joe's (PA)
• Andrew Ott transfers to Penn State
• February 11th... Corey Stokes gets whistled for a questionable foul call 90 feet away from the basket with .1 seconds in a tie game at Georgetown.
• 'Nova wins 5 of last 7 in the Regular Season to secure the #8 seed in the Big East Tournament.
• Wildcats beat Syracuse and lose to Georgetown at MSG during the Big East Tournament.
  

Scottie Reynolds scores 1,000 points in his first 2 years

VU finishes the Regular Season 20-12 (9-9 Conference)

Get tabbed with the #12 Seed in the NCAA Tournament

Defeat Clemson and Siena in the NCAA Tournament making it to the Sweet 16 in 3 of the last four years- a feat only matched by UNC, Memphis, West Virginia, and UCLA.

Scottie Reynolds scores 1,000th point as a Wildcat against Clemson

Lose to eventual National Champion Kansas

Finish the 2007-08 season with a 24-13 record and ranked #24 in the AP Poll

April 13- Taylor King transfers to Villanova

April 20- Malcolm Grant transfers to Miami

May 20- Maurice Sutton commits to Villanova

July 1- Isaiah Armwood commits

July 16- Rafal Bigus ('99) signs with Politechnika Poznan

July 31- James Bell ('10) commits

August 25- Mouphtaou Yarou commits

'Nova ranked #24 in the Pre-Season AP Poll

Casiem Drummond transfers to Marist

December 12- Dominic Cheek commits

Finish 2008 with a record of 12-1 and ranked #15

Not a bad 2008. Did we miss anything? What were your favorite highlights?

2008 in Photos...

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