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1. Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti's decision to keep Mike Rice even after the coach's suspension and $50,000 fine made no sense. The two years remaining on Rice's contract -- with one year in the soon-to-be-named conference before entering th...

LOS ANGELES--Let the coaching search begin. Ben Howland and Dan Guerrero have said their piece to each other and to the public through press conferences and now a job thought to be among the most prestigious in all of college sports is open. Ju...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams picked up his 700th career victory when North Carolina defeated Villanova 78-71 at the Sprint Center on Friday. But after the game, Williams said he was equally as proud of another number. ...

NEW YORK -- The Big Apple didn't get to see its hometown team play in the Big East quarterfinals Thursday night. Louisville versus Villanova was a pretty darn good consolation prize. No, the game wasn't a nailbiter. In fact, it was all but over...

PHILADELPHIA -- Jay Wright was sitting at J.D. McGillicuddy's doing his radio show Monday night when the Villanova coach glanced up at one of the television screens in the restaurant. He looked right in time to see the most popular graphic of the ...

Villanova 60, No. 17 Marquette 56

Tulsa 74, UTEP 70

1. Gonzaga coach Mark Few said on the ESPNU college basketball podcast that Florida coach Billy Donovan called him the day after the Zags lost to Butler. He told Few to tell his team "make sure Butler doesn't beat you twice." It was good advice. Gonz...

Andy Katz and Seth Greenberg talk to Gonzaga head coach Mark Few , Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall and Villanova head coach Jay Wright....

While fans are busy clamoring for Villanova to receive Top 25 votes and envisioning happily busy March days once more, Jay Wright isn't quite there. The Villanova coach has been on his team's bandwagon all season, convinced that the Wildcats were ...

NEW YORK -- Officials Brian O'Connell and Bo Boroski huddled around the monitor. They asked for more replays of a trap on Purdue's D.J. Byrd and the subsequent raised elbow that sent Villanova's Darrun Hilliard flailing back onto the court. The two...

For the second year in a row, Jay Wright has added pieces to the long-term Villanova basketball puzzle. Wednesday afternoon 6-foot-4 small forward Josh Hart (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) offered his pledge to Wright, joining fellow D.C. stand...

1. Villanova's Jay Wright, Notre Dame's Mike Brey and Pitt's Jamie Dixon all said this past week that UConn coach Jim Calhoun was a mentor to them when they got into the Big East. They mentioned how Calhoun essentially indoctrinated them into the lea...

They never waivered. The Villanova Wildcats watched No. 70 Kris Jenkins (Washington, D.C./Gonzaga) last spring, saw him erupt over the winter and then sustain a summer-ending injury in June. Through it all, Jay Wright and his staff were locked on the...

ESPN 100 power forward Kris Jenkins (Washington, D.C./Gonzaga College) has made a commitment to Villanova and head coach Jay Wright. Gonzaga head coach Steve Turner confirmed the news to ESPN.com. Jenkins chose the Wildcats over Miami (Fla.), Cle...

Dana O'Neil broke the story on Friday night. By Saturday, it was all over. Newly hired Villanova assistant coach Doug Martin was just-as-newly fired after a school investigation -- and Dana's background work -- revealed Martin had included massive in...