Friday’s Arizin: Jon Rothstein’s Takeaways from Villanova’s practice stop (Sept. 23)

Happy Friday!

College basketball personality and CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein had a little Philadelphia Big 5 practice tour on Thursday, and he started things off on the Main Line at Villanova.

Rothstein had a private inside look, and while there are only so many things to takeaway from and pack into 280-character tweets, here are some nuggets to get the chatter going.

Would like to share and put them all here for any Twitter-less folks or those that aren’t too keen on social media:

There’s still more than a month away until the 2022-23 season tips off and feel free to put in as much stock as you would like into Rothstein’s observations, but there’s no doubt they’ll get the chatter going and raise some intrigue ahead of the Oct. 6 Blue-White Scrimmage, which will be the first public look at the team, then, the Nov. 7 season-opener.

...and here’s some quick Friday fun:

And, now, here are your daily links:

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