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Happy March Madness, 'Nova Nation! For the lucky few of you who can get away from work, enjoy today. I know I sure will.
Great article from Bob Ford about the junior class and how loose they are, which is in stark contrast to the current Senior class. Wright knows he's in for a big change next year - but is that necessarily a bad thing? Arch and Chef have meant a lot to this program and leading it back to the elite, but a change in style of leadership doesn't mean a fall is coming.
Maybe it's the change needed to get over the hump.
And now, the "news."
Why Nova's junior class exudes confidence | Philly.com
The three juniors who have stepped into leading roles for Villanova this season - Josh Hart, Kris Jenkins and Darryl Reynolds - represent a confident, easygoing class that has 91 good reasons to be confident.
March Madness: No. 15 UNC Asheville aims to make NCAA tournament history vs. Villanova | NCAA.com
UNC Asheville is hungry for an upset.
Josh Hart looking to lead Villanova to March glory | Washington Post
Villanova hasn't made the Sweet 16 since 2009, but statistics suggest they could make it back this season and their junior star will be at the forefront of it all.
Villanova hoping to break through to second weekend of NCAA tournament | SI Campus Rush
Villanova hasn't made the Sweet 16 since 2009, but statistics suggest they could make it back this season.
Big East’s Burning Questions: NCAA Tournament Edition | Rush The Court
People desperately wanted to craft the three-point shooting storyline around this year’s Villanova team but it simply hasn’t held up.
Accessible Kasich impresses students at Villanova | PhillyVoice
Some 600 people, mostly students, crammed into the Connelly Center to hear Gov. John Kasich. The crowd included a contingent of Kasich supporters, but many seemingly came in search of an alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump and uber-conservative Ted Cruz.
SEC hires former Big East commissioner to bolster NCAA Tournament prospects | The Tennessean
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said Tuesday that Tranghese will serve as special adviser to the commissioner for men’s basketball. The move came two days after the league got only three teams into the NCAA Tournament, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.
Cal harassment scandal: Head coach knew about problems with assistant | San Francisco Chronicle
The head coach of UC Berkeley’s men’s basketball team acknowledged he knew that a female reporter was having a problem with his assistant coach two months before the athletic department alerted university officials to the possibility the woman was being sexually harassed, emails obtained by The Chronicle show.