St. John’s guard Shamorie Ponds has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Villanova forward Omari Spellman has been selected BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Ponds averaged 32.0 points against a pair of teams ranked in the top six nationally. Spellman helped lead the Wildcats to a 2-0 week…
Xavier University freshman forward Naji Marshall has been named BIG EAST Conference Freshman of the Week after averaging 11.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game for Xavier’s two games this past week…
Canisius will join Charleston, Florida State, LSU, Memphis, Oklahoma State, UAB and Villanova in the AdvoCare Invitational field. This will mark the first time the Griffs have participated in this Thanksgiving-holiday event…
Butler’s Kelan Martin has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week and Marquette’s Jamal Cain has been tabbed BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Martin led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 week, which included a win over No. 1 Villanova. Cain averaged 12.5 points in a 1-1 week for the Golden Eagles…
Then Nigel Hayes finished a layup. Koenig knocked down a jumper. Hayes fed Koenig for three, and Happ scored in the lane for a 59-58 Wisconsin edge. Less than 90 seconds later Koenig hit again from behind the arc…
Nigel Hayes has recorded three straight double-doubles. Bronson Koenig notched a program record for three pointers last time out. But if top-seeded Villanova is to advance to the Sweet 16, the Wildcats will need to take away the Wisconsin Badgers inside threat of Ethan Happ…
Five scored in double figures, and top-seeded Villanova defeated the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, 76-56 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional at the Key Bank Center, Thursday…
Coming out of a timeout, Jalen Brunson scored before the buzzer, and the No. 1-seed Villanova Wildcats took a 30-29 lead over the No. 16-seed Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers in the opening round of NCAA Tournament’s East Region at Key Bank Center, Thursday…
Among their first eight opponents, three (then-No. 20 West Virginia, then-No.20 Iowa State and then No.-25 Michigan) were ranked and two more (Minnesota and Arkansas) have also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Add in a contest against Patriot League champ Bucknell and it can be said the Mount wasn’t ducking anyone before entering Northeast Conference play…
Allonzo Trier knocked down four consecutive free throws to end the game, following five straight misses by Arizona, to help the Wildcats beat the Oregon Ducks and earn himself Most Outstanding Player for the tournament…