April 8, 2030
The Big East is the nation's best basketball conference, and right now, no other conference comes close.
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2029 Big East Conference Standings
TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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#1 Villanova 16 2 .889 32 3 .914 2 100
#4 West Virginia 16 2 .889 35 4 .897 1 89
#2 Georgetown 16 2 .889 33 4 .892 3 100
Connecticut 10 8 .556 17 14 .548 27 71
#13 Louisville 10 8 .556 22 10 .688 28 88
Notre Dame 10 8 .556 20 13 .606 31 86
St. John's 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 26 71
Providence 9 9 .500 21 11 .656 38 70
South Florida 8 10 .444 20 14 .588 7 64
#25 Pittsburgh 8 10 .444 23 13 .639 11 86
Rutgers 7 11 .389 12 18 .400 116 79
Cincinnati 6 12 .333 15 16 .484 88 65
DePaul 5 13 .278 12 20 .375 69 56
Syracuse 5 13 .278 16 15 .516 67 67
Seton Hall 4 14 .222 10 21 .323 158 55
Marquette 4 14 .222 12 17 .414 105 66
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#1 VILLANOVA TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 16-3 Poll Rank: #1
Season Record: 32-3 Record Vs 51-100: 8-0 RPI Rank: #2
Conference Record: 16-2 Record Vs 101-200: 5-0
Home Record: 13-1 Record Vs 200+: 3-0
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 82.4 1 2 Points 67.5 5 135 Points 14.8 3 4
O.Reb 11.3 4 114 O.Reb 8.4 1 12 O.Reb 3.0 2 19
D.Reb 29.2 2 5 D.Reb 26.3 13 254 D.Reb 2.8 5 28
Rebounds 40.5 3 11 Rebounds 34.7 6 122 Rebounds 5.8 4 16
Assists 19.0 2 4 Assists 14.8 11 325 Assists 4.2 2 9
Steals 7.5 4 34 Steals 5.7 4 141 Steals 1.9 6 37
Blocks 5.1 4 40 Blocks 4.7 12 337 Blocks 0.5 8 109
Turnovers 13.2 3 75 Turnovers 15.7 7 34 Turnovers -2.5 5 37
Fouls 17.1 3 17 Fouls 19.5 8 155 Fouls -2.4 3 33
FG% .468 2 13 FG% .421 4 101 FG% .047 3 16
FT% .668 13 208 FT% .675 4 166 FT% -.007 12 194
3P% .410 1 3 3P% .319 3 74 3P% .091 1 2
PPS 1.31 1 29 PPS 1.14 4 29 PPS .172 3 12
Adj. FG% .542 1 7 Adj. FG% .473 4 75 Adj. FG% .069 3 7
The season ended earlier than I hoped it would, but as I look at these numbers, I realize once again what a great season we had.
I don't usually try to build explosive offensive teams, but that's what happened anyway. Perhaps it's a reflection of the fact that Villanova can attract attention from the most talented players in the country. At Lafayette, I had to shop in a different aisle, especially early in Graham's career. I prioritized defense, looking for players the power conference teams overlooked. Now, I've got a decent shot at almost every top player in the East, and they're not all lockdown defenders.
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#1 VILLANOVA Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Avery Sullivan C 35 34 32.0 16.1 2.8 10.3 2.2 0.5 2.4 1.9 2.2 13.0
Corey Hicks SG 35 35 31.3 16.9 1.3 4.8 2.4 1.6 0.1 2.4 2.7 12.7
Asher Wise SF 35 35 31.0 10.9 1.7 5.3 2.8 1.2 0.2 1.8 2.9 10.7
Lowell Welter PF 32 30 27.3 9.2 2.3 8.4 1.7 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.5 11.3
Blake Norton PG 35 35 25.6 7.7 0.9 2.3 4.9 1.6 0.2 1.6 2.6 11.0
Tony Ezell PF 32 2 19.9 10.4 0.9 4.4 1.5 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.4 8.1
Justice Stafford PG 35 0 17.8 6.3 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.4 0.0 1.7 1.3 5.6
Kris DeMello PF 34 2 8.3 2.8 0.7 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 3.2
Clemens Schwaiger C 23 1 7.6 1.8 0.3 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.0
Peter Segal SG 34 0 4.4 1.8 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3
Joshua Parkin C 12 1 4.0 1.3 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.2
Ronald Verdugo SG 9 0 3.9 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 -0.7
Mark Jones PF 4 0 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 3.5
Darius Pettway SF 7 0 2.0 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.6
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#1 VILLANOVA Totals
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Avery Sullivan C 35 34 1119 562 99 359 76 18 84 68 78 455
Corey Hicks SG 35 35 1094 593 44 169 84 56 3 84 93 444
Asher Wise SF 35 35 1086 381 59 184 98 41 8 64 102 375
Lowell Welter PF 32 30 872 294 75 270 54 13 33 46 79 361
Blake Norton PG 35 35 897 271 30 81 170 56 8 57 91 385
Tony Ezell PF 32 2 638 333 30 140 47 18 14 45 44 258
Justice Stafford PG 35 0 622 222 21 62 108 48 1 60 46 195
Kris DeMello PF 34 2 282 95 23 72 6 6 16 13 22 109
Clemens Schwaiger C 23 1 175 41 8 45 7 1 6 6 20 24
Peter Segal SG 34 0 151 60 2 16 7 4 0 14 18 11
Joshua Parkin C 12 1 48 15 1 8 1 0 5 1 2 14
Ronald Verdugo SG 9 0 35 6 0 7 3 0 0 2 1 -6
Mark Jones PF 4 0 10 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 14
Darius Pettway SF 7 0 14 6 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 -4
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#1 VILLANOVA Shooting
Player Pos Fgm Fga Fg% Ftm Fta Ft% 3pm 3pa 3p% PPS
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Avery Sullivan C 219 460 .476 124 191 .649 0 0 .000 1.22
Corey Hicks SG 193 383 .504 81 98 .827 126 267 .472 1.55
Asher Wise SF 131 306 .428 56 74 .757 63 186 .339 1.25
Lowell Welter PF 105 253 .415 53 94 .564 31 68 .456 1.16
Blake Norton PG 91 201 .453 38 50 .760 51 125 .408 1.35
Tony Ezell PF 130 261 .498 73 125 .584 0 1 .000 1.28
Justice Stafford PG 78 166 .470 27 40 .675 39 103 .379 1.34
Kris DeMello PF 37 74 .500 19 26 .731 2 6 .333 1.28
Clemens Schwaiger C 14 34 .412 13 22 .591 0 0 .000 1.21
Peter Segal SG 20 37 .541 9 19 .474 11 24 .458 1.62
Joshua Parkin C 4 6 .667 7 8 .875 0 0 .000 2.50
Ronald Verdugo SG 3 9 .333 0 3 .000 0 6 .000 0.67
Mark Jones PF 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1.33
Darius Pettway SF 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 0 1 .000 1.20
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