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On this day 4 years ago - Mar 21, 2008

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:14:36 +0000

Villanova came back from a 12 point deficit at half-time to beat Clemson on the road, 75-69. Scottie Reynolds led the team in scoring. He had 21 points, 4 three pointers, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists. K.C. Rivers led Clemson with 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 three pointers, and 2 assists.

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Jared Sullinger from Ohio State Wins StatSheet NCAA Player of the Week - March 12th, 2012

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

With a solid performance that included going up against the #8 team in the nation, Jared Sullinger, a 6-9 sophomore from Ohio State, has won the StatSheet NCAA Player of the Week. Bradley Beal from Florida is the StatSheet NCAA Freshman of the Week and StatSheet's NCAA 6th Man of the Week is Colorado State's Jesse Carr. Sullinger put up an impressive 24 points per game, 60% shooting, and 9 rebounds per game in victories against Purdue and 10th ranked Michigan and a loss to Michigan State.

Sullinger led scoring (30) and rebounding (12) for the Buckeyes in an 88-71 win against Purdue. He then led the team in scoring (24) and rebounding (6) in a huge 77-55 victory over Michigan. Lastly, Sullinger led scoring (18) and rebounding (9) in a 68-64 loss to Michigan State.

This is the first StatSheet NCAA Player of the Week award for Jared Sullinger. However, he has been named a runner-up once and received an honorable mention. The runner-up this week is junior Jordan Henriquez-Roberts from Kansas State. Honorable mention goes to senior Rob Jones from Saint Mary's.

StatSheet NCAA Freshman of the Week: Florida's Bradley Beal

Bradley Beal played an average of 37 minutes starting both games for the Gators. In a hard-fought 66-63 win over Alabama, Beal led scoring and rebounding with 16 and 7, respectively. In a 74-71 loss to Kentucky, he led rebounding with 8 and also had 5 assists.

Beal has won the StatSheet NCAA Freshman of the Week an astounding 3 times. The runner-up is Anthony Davis from Kentucky. Honorable mention goes to Andre Hollins from Minnesota.

StatSheet NCAA 6th Man of the Week: Colorado State's Jesse Carr

Junior Jesse Carr averaged 31 minutes over two games for the Rams. In a big 81-60 win over TCU, Carr chalked up 7 rebounds and 9 assists. Then in a 79-69 loss to San Diego State, he contributed 17 points and 2 assists.

This is the first time this season Carr has won the StatSheet NCAA 6th Man of the Week award. David Pellom, a junior forward from George Washington, is runner-up. Dave Barnett, a senior guard/forward from Buffalo, wins honorable mention.

Weekly Leaders

Scoring: Mitchell Watt, Buffalo: 32 PPG
Rebounding: Omondi Amoke, Cal State Fullerton: 21 RPG
Assists: Jeremiah Ostrowski, Hawaii: 11 APG
Blocked Shots: Jake Cohen, Davidson: 7 BPG
Free Throws: Steven Idlet, Tulsa: 14 PPG
Three Pointers: Akeem Ellis, Coppin State: 6 TPG
Steals: Arsalan Kazemi, Rice: 5 SPG

Syracuse Leads Four Big East Teams at #2 in AP Poll: Mar 12th, 2012

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Four Big East teams land in this week's AP Top 25 poll. They are Syracuse at #2, Marquette (#11), Georgetown (#15), and Louisville (#17). One Big East team fell out of the poll this week. Notre Dame had been ranked #23.

Syracuse stays put at #2 following a week that began with a win on the road over Connecticut, 58-55. After that came an upset loss on the road against Cincinnati, 71-68.

Marquette moves down two places after a loss to Louisville, 84-71. Georgetown moves down two spots after a win against Pittsburgh, 64-52 and a loss to Cincinnati, 72-70. Louisville enters the poll at #17 after wins against Cincinnati, 50-44, then-23rd ranked Notre Dame, 64-50, and then-9th ranked Marquette. Notre Dame drops out of the poll after a win against South Florida, 57-53 and a loss to Louisville.

Kentucky holds steady at the top for the seventh week in a row.

Joining Louisville as a newcomer, Vanderbilt enters the Top 25 at #20 with a win on the road over Georgia, 63-41, a win on the road over Ole Miss, 65-53, and an upset win on the road over 1st ranked Kentucky, 71-64. New Mexico comes in at #21 with wins against then-18th ranked San Diego State, 68-59, then-20th ranked UNLV, 72-67, and Air Force, 79-64. Saint Mary's also enters the Top 25 at #24. Temple drops out of the Top 25 this week with an upset loss on the road to Massachusetts, 77-71. Gonzaga and Iowa State also drop out this week.

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AP Top 25
1.	Kentucky	32-2
2.	Syracuse	31-2
3.	Missouri	30-4
4.	UNC	29-5
5.	MSU	27-7
6.	Kansas	27-6
7.	OSU	27-7
8.	Duke	27-6
9.	Baylor	27-7
10.	FSU	24-9
11.	MARQ	25-7
12.	MURRAY	30-1
13.	Michigan	24-9
14.	WISC	24-9
15.	GTOWN	23-8
16.	Indiana	25-8
17.	Lville	26-9
18.	WSU	26-5
19.	CREI	28-5
20.	Vandy	24-10
21.	Lobos	27-6
22.	SDSU	26-7
23.	UNLV	26-8
24.	SMC	27-5
25.	Florida	23-10
Poll in Motion

AP Top 25 By Conference

Conf	Top 25 Teams	Conf Teams	Pct in Top 25
Big Ten	5	12	41.7%
Big East	4	16	25.0%
SEC	3	12	25.0%
ACC	3	12	25.0%
Big 12	3	10	30.0%
Mountain West	3	8	37.5%
Missouri Valley	2	10	20.0%
Ohio Valley	1	11	9.1%
West Coast	1	9	11.1%

Villanova Loses to South Florida 56-47 in Big East Tournament

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:45:00 +0000

14th-seeded Villanova sees its tournament run come to a close with a 56-47 loss to sixth-seeded South Florida.

Villanova wraps up the regular season and conference tournament with a 13-19 overall record and a 5-13 record and 13th place regular season finish in the Big East.

Mouphtaou Yarou led the scoring for Villanova and put up 20 points on 61% shooting. Maalik Wayns, James Bell, and Maurice Sutton also added nine, six, and four points, respectively.

The Bulls were fueled by Anthony Collins who scored 17 points. Also contributing were Victor Rudd with 13 points, Hugh Robertson with eight, and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick with six.

Grade	Player	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B+	Anthony Collins	36	17	2	4	1	1	7
B	Victor Rudd	24	13	6	0	2	0	2
B	R. Anderson Jr.	28	3	3	1	1	1	0
B-	T. Fitzpatrick	23	6	4	1	0	0	1
B-	Jawanza Poland	21	6	4	1	1	0	2
C	Hugh Robertson	36	8	4	0	0	1	3
C	A. Gilchrist	28	3	6	0	0	1	2
-	Blake Nash	4	0	0	1	0	0	0

Grade	Player	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Maalik Wayns	37	9	4	5	3	0	3
B	Mouphtaou Yarou	33	20	2	0	0	0	1
B-	James Bell	20	6	3	0	1	0	1
C+	Maurice Sutton	27	4	5	0	1	2	1
C	Ty Johnson	20	2	0	2	1	0	0
C-	Dominic Cheek	29	4	3	0	1	0	1
C-	Markus Kennedy	9	0	2	0	2	0	1
D	J. Pinkston	24	2	4	0	0	0	3

Villanova Game Notes:

This was the 3rd foul out of the season for James Bell
Mouphtaou Yarou has 4 straight double-digit point games.
Villanova has lost 83% of the time this season (1-5) after recording 10 or fewer free throws made.
Mouphtaou Yarou set a career high with a 100% three point percentage.
The Wildcats have lost 100% of the time this season (0-5) after having a field goal percentage of 34.0% or worse.

South Florida Game Notes:

Anthony Collins has led the team in scoring 6 times in 32 games this season.
Victor Rudd has led the team in rebounding 6 times in 32 games this season.
Anthony Collins accounted for 30.3% of the team's points.

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Villanova vs South Florida: Recap Notes

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:44:00 +0000

Villanova Game Notes:

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 0:20 left to go.
Villanova has lost 100% of the time this season (0-6) after recording 3 or fewer three pointers.
The Wildcats have lost 100% of the time this season (0-5) after having a field goal percentage of 34.0% or worse.
Villanova has lost 92% of the time this season (1-13) after recording 25 or fewer rebounds.
The Wildcats have lost 84% of the time this season (3-16) after shooting a field goal percentage of 34.0% or worse.
Villanova has lost 83% of the time this season (1-5) after recording 10 or fewer free throws made.
Villanova set season lows for three pointers and free throws made.
Mouphtaou Yarou accounted for 42.5% of the team's points.
Mouphtaou Yarou has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 32 games this season.
This marks the 3rd 20-point game of Mouphtaou Yarou's career.
Mouphtaou Yarou has 4 straight double-digit point games.
Mouphtaou Yarou set a career high with a 100% three point percentage.
This was the 1st foul out of the season for Maurice Sutton
This was the 3rd foul out of the season for James Bell
James Bell set a career high with a 100% three point percentage and a 100% field goal percentage.

South Florida Game Notes:

Anthony Collins accounted for 30.3% of the team's points.
Anthony Collins has led the team in scoring 6 times in 32 games this season.
Victor Rudd has led the team in rebounding 6 times in 32 games this season.

Villanova vs South Florida: Boxscore

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:43:00 +0000

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	S	MIN	PTS	FG	FG%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
M. Wayns	*	37	9	3-14	21	3-7	42	0-7	0	3-4	75	2	2	4	5	3	0	3	3
M. Yarou	*	33	20	8-13	61	7-12	58	1-1	100	3-5	60	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4
D. Cheek	*	29	4	0-6	0	0-4	0	0-2	0	4-4	100	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	2
M. Sutton	*	27	4	2-4	50	2-4	50	0-0		0-1	0	4	1	5	0	1	2	1	5
J. Pinkston	*	24	2	1-3	33	1-2	50	0-1	0	0-2	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	3
J. Bell		20	6	2-2	100	0-0	0	2-2	100	0-0		1	2	3	0	1	0	1	5
T. Johnson		20	2	1-3	33	1-1	100	0-2	0	0-0		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
M. Kennedy		9	0	0-4	0	0-4	0	0-0		0-0		1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2
D. Hilliard		1	0	0-1	0	0-0	0	0-1	0	0-0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova		200	47	17-50	34	14-34	41	3-16	18	10-16	62	10	15	25	7	9	2	12	26
	S	MIN	PTS	FG	FG%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
USF		200	56	16-38	42	14-28	50	2-10	20	22-29	75	11	26	37	8	5	4	18	16
A. Collins	*	36	17	4-7	57	3-5	60	1-2	50	8-10	80	0	2	2	4	1	1	7	2
H. Robertson	*	36	8	4-6	66	4-5	80	0-1	0	0-0		0	4	4	0	0	1	3	0
A. Gilchrist	*	28	3	1-5	20	1-5	20	0-0		1-3	33	2	4	6	0	0	1	2	4
R. Anderson Jr.	*	28	3	1-2	50	1-2	50	0-0		1-2	50	2	1	3	1	1	1	0	4
V. Rudd	*	24	13	4-9	44	3-6	50	1-3	33	4-5	80	0	6	6	0	2	0	2	2
T. Fitzpatrick		23	6	0-1	0	0-0	0	0-1	0	6-6	100	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	2
J. Poland		21	6	2-7	28	2-5	40	0-2	0	2-3	66	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	2
B. Nash		4	0	0-1	0	0-0	0	0-1	0	0-0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	S	MIN	PTS	FG	FG%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF

Referees

	Since 1996				2011-2012
	Gms	FPG	Techs	DQs	Gms	FPG	Techs	DQs	Primary Confs
Michael Stephens	686	35.9	191	552	84	34.0	19	59	Big East, SEC, ACC
Gary Prager	486	35.6	151	330	57	36.2	15	51	Big East, A-10, MAAC
Earl Walton	680	37.9	192	588	82	37.3	20	68	Big East, MAAC, A-10

Fouls: South Florida 16, Villanova 26, Total 42
DQs: South Florida 0, Villanova 2, Total 2
Technical Fouls: South Florida 0, Villanova 0, Total 0

On this day 15 years ago - Mar 07, 1997

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:26:11 +0000

Two players poured it on against Providence in a 73-63 win. Tim Thomas had 21 points and Alvin Williams had 22 points in the winning effort.

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Updated: Villanova (13-18) Squares Off With South Florida (19-12)

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:42:50 +0000

You can bet that Madison Square Garden will be rocking on Wednesday as South Florida goes up against Villanova in the Big East Conference Tourney. It gets started at 9:00 EST and it will be televised on ESPN.

Villanova is in 13th place in the conference, South Florida is in 4th place. South Florida currently sits at #43 in the RPI, allowing Villanova a much-needed opportunity to boost its 0-13 record against RPI Top 50 teams. The Wildcats stand at 13-18 overall as well as 6-13 in the Big East. Meanwhile, the Bulls have a record of 19-12 including 12-6 in the conference.

In terms of team stats, Villanova has an advantage in a single area, scoring, where the Wildcats outperform the Bulls, 71 pts/game to 59 pts/game.

Villanova has seen South Florida already this season, and lost 65-51 on February 15th. The Wildcats went 1-1 against the Bulls last year. In four years, the Villanova record against South Florida is 4-3.

StatSmack! Villanova is better than South Florida

Keep filling up on cupcakes. Villanova has a stronger schedule than South Florida this season (SOS Rank: #4 vs #23).
AP voters think more highly of Villanova and have put us in the AP Top 25 more often over the past 10 years than South Florida (94 vs 0).
Dominic Cheek is ranked 10th in the Big East in three pointers
Kids want to come here. Since 1998 Villanova has recruited more Top 50 high school players than South Florida (12 vs 1).

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Villanova Destroys Rutgers 70-49 in Big East Tournament

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:25:00 +0000

14th-seeded Villanova advances to the next round of the Big East tournament with a 70-49 upset of 11th-seeded Rutgers. Villanova started slow, and found itself behind 34-30 at halftime but pulled ahead and then pulled away in the second half.

The Wildcats were led by a game high from Maalik Wayns with 28 points. The Wildcats also got solid performances from Mouphtaou Yarou with 13 points, Ty Johnson with seven, and JayVaughn Pinkston who had six.

Rutgers closes the book on the regular season and conference tournament with a 14-18 overall record as well as a 6-12 record and 11th place regular season finish in the Big East.

Eli Carter led the scoring for Rutgers and registered 23 points. Dane Miller, Myles Mack, and Jerome Seagears also contributed with seven, six, and six points, respectively.

Grade	Player	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Maalik Wayns	37	28	6	4	1	0	4
A+	Mouphtaou Yarou	34	13	12	0	2	2	0
B	James Bell	24	6	4	1	2	0	0
B	Dominic Cheek	30	2	5	1	1	0	0
B	Ty Johnson	26	7	4	1	1	0	1
C+	Maurice Sutton	23	6	2	1	0	1	1
C	J. Pinkston	21	6	4	0	2	1	7
C	Markus Kennedy	5	2	2	0	0	0	1

Grade	Player	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Eli Carter	35	23	3	1	3	0	3
C+	Dane Miller	28	7	5	2	2	0	2
C	Myles Mack	28	6	0	3	0	0	1
C	Mike Poole	25	3	5	0	0	0	0
D+	Jerome Seagears	26	6	3	1	0	0	4
D+	Gilvydas Biruta	22	4	1	0	0	1	1
D+	Kadeem Jack	14	0	3	0	1	0	1
-	Greg Lewis	10	0	2	2	0	0	2
-	Austin Johnson	8	0	1	0	0	0	0

Villanova Game Notes:

Maalik Wayns has 3 straight double-digit point games.
The Wildcats have won 100% of the time this season (6-0) after recording 22 or more free throws made.
Maalik Wayns accounted for 40.0% of the team's points.
This is the 1st win of the season where the Wildcats came back after being down at half-time.
Mouphtaou Yarou recorded a double-double. It was his 9th this season and 14th of his career.

Rutgers Game Notes:

Eli Carter accounted for 46.9% of the team's points.
Eli Carter has 5 straight double-digit point games.
Eli Carter has led the team in scoring 15 times in 32 games this season.
This was the 1st foul out of the season for Kadeem Jack.
Rutgers lost and did not cover the spread.

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Villanova vs Rutgers: Recap Notes

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:24:00 +0000

Villanova Game Notes:

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 2:06 left to go.
Villanova beat the spread by 19.0 points. That makes the 9th time this season the Wildcats have beat the spread.
This was the 5th blowout win this season (a win by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, Villanova has been on the winning end of 32 blowout games.
The Wildcats have won 100% of the time this season (6-0) after recording 22 or more free throws made.
Villanova has won 83% of the time this season (5-1) when opponents record 9 or fewer free throws made.
This is the 1st win of the season where the Wildcats came back after being down at half-time.
Maalik Wayns accounted for 40.0% of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Mouphtaou Yarou and Maalik Wayns) accounted for 41.8% of the rebounds.
Maalik Wayns has led the team in scoring in 19 out of 31 games this season.
Mouphtaou Yarou has led the team in rebounding in 19 out of 31 games this season.
This marks the 17th 20-point game of Maalik Wayns's career.
Maalik Wayns has 3 straight double-digit point games.
Mouphtaou Yarou recorded the 22nd double digit rebound game of his career.
Mouphtaou Yarou has 3 straight double-digit point games.
Mouphtaou Yarou recorded a double-double. It was his 9th this season and 14th of his career.

Rutgers Game Notes:

Rutgers lost and did not cover the spread.
This was the 3rd blowout loss this season (a loss by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, Rutgers has been on the losing end of 26 blowout games.
Eli Carter accounted for 46.9% of the team's points.
Eli Carter has led the team in scoring 15 times in 32 games this season.
Dane Miller has led the team in rebounding 16 times in 32 games this season.
This marks the 5th 20-point game of Eli Carter's career.
Eli Carter has 5 straight double-digit point games.
This was the 1st foul out of the season for Kadeem Jack.