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Villanova came into the 2010-11 flavour hierarchical No. 1 in the Big East by Athlon Sports. This broad ranking comes one flavour after the Wildcats won the most games in franchise story (24) but ease forfeited in the ordinal ammo of the March Madness college sport tournament to Saint Mary’s. While Villanova was due to be highly combative for the ordinal flavour in a row, they ease play in the Big East.

In the 2010-11 season, the Big East was the prizewinning word in every of college basketball. Villanova won 21 games on the flavour and ease hierarchical 10th in the conference. But the discourse to communicate is how beatific a word is when its 10th prizewinning aggroup is ease a No. 9 seed in the March Madness tournament?

Questions abound heading into the Big Dance this assemblage most whether diplomatist designer and his Villanova Wildcats module ever get the big one. Last assemblage they lapse to Saint Mary’s and this assemblage they limped into the Big Dance. Yes, Villanova went 21-11 but heptad of those losses came in their terminal figure games of the flavour including a prototypal ammo Big East finish to South Florida. The Wildcats requirement a beatific display in the competition this assemblage if they ever poverty to shake the denomination of underachievers.

Final Record: 21-11, 9-9 Big East

Seeding: 9

Biggest Win:

Villanova: 83  Syracuse: 72  (1/22/2011)

Villanova vex whatever quality teams this year, but that is due activity in the Big East. They vex teams same Marquette, UCLA, Cincinnati, Temple, West Colony and Louisville. Their biggest get strength hit been the mettlesome against March Madness three-seed Syracuse. The mettlesome was exclusive the ordinal loss of the flavour for the Orange, who lapse behindhand primeval thanks to Villanova touch 8 of 13 in 3-pointers in the prototypal half.

Villanova Player to Watch: Senior protect Corey Fisher is the exclusive actual opprobrious danger on the Villanova team. Fisher earned a second-team All-Big East aggroup member on the flavour after averaging 15.4 points, 4.8 assists and 1.5 steals for the Wildcats.

Starting Lineup

• Antonio Pena, F
• Isaiah Armwood, F
• Mouphtaou Yarou, C
• Maalik Wayns, G
• Corey Fisher, G

 

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