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Neptune's Hot Seat: Wildcats Coach Faces Uncertain Future

Villanova coach Kyle Neptune is in his third season on the hot seat after consecutive NIT bids. He has faced challenges with the Wildcats' performance, but he has shown signs of improvement in recent seasons. The Wildcats open the season against Lafayette and play Virginia and new coach Ron Sanchez on Nov. 15. They participate with Philadelphia's five other D-I …

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9 months ago

Villanova AD says embattled coach Kyle Neptune will return next season after two straight NITs

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Neptune will return for a third season at Villanova, where he succeeded Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright and followed with two straight seasons in the NIT. The smattering of fans who remained to the end chanted “Fire Neptune!” Villanova athletic director Mark Jackson told The Associated Press on Thursday that while he understood the disappointment surrounding …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Burton and Bamba lead No. 21 Villanova to 57-40 rout of Maryland

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! VILLANOVA, Pa. — Tyler Burton scored 10 of his 15 points in Villanova’s dominant first half, and the 21st-ranked Wildcats rolled to a 57-40 victory over cold-shooting Maryland on Friday night. “I loved our effort and intensity, especially at the start of the game,” Villanova …

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2 years ago

Jay Wright at ease leaving Nova after ‘fighting it’ as coach

Associated Press

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Jay Wright settled in a booth at the restaurant across the street from the basketball gym he called home for two decades and the cheerful waitress quizzed him at lunch if he had dined here before. “So much of what I know, and how I’ve learned the game, how I see the game, how I’ve learned to …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Villanova is just not Villanova right now

New York Times

PORTLAND, Ore. — Villanova doesn’t have a crisis, but it does have a problem, and it goes something “We’re in a spot where right now where we define ourselves completely different than everybody else,” first-year coach Kyle Neptune said after a third loss before the end of November, an 81-79 overtime wringer against Iowa State at the PK Invitational, and …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Villanova moves on from Wright with former assistant Neptune

Associated Press

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Jay Wright famously mouthed “bang” after Kris Jenkins won the 2016 national championship on a buzzer beater. Wright went back to the catchphrase well this month in his latest motivational video --- “just when you think you know what’s going to happen, bang” -- for the Philadelphia Union. “I try and beg him to come around,” Villanova …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Creighton picked to win Big East for 1st time; Xavier 2nd

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NEW YORK — For the first time since joining the Big East in 2013, Creighton is the preseason choice to win the conference. “I think, in this year with the transfer portal, it gets more difficult to predict preseason conference rankings and national rankings because you just don’t know how transfers are going to fit in.” Xavier, which received two …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Wright resigns as Villanova coach, Neptune takes over

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Jay Wright shocked college basketball Wednesday night with his immediate resignation at Villanova, the Big East program he led to two national championships and four Final Fours in a Hall of Fame career. Villanova won its first national title under Wright in 2016 on Kris Jenkins’ buzzer-beater and decimated the NCAA Tournament field in 2018, winning every game …

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Neptune's Hot Seat: Wildcats Coach Faces Uncertain Future

Villanova AD says embattled coach Kyle Neptune will return next season after two straight NITs

Burton and Bamba lead No. 21 Villanova to 57-40 rout of Maryland

Jay Wright at ease leaving Nova after ‘fighting it’ as coach

Villanova is just not Villanova right now

Villanova moves on from Wright with former assistant Neptune

Creighton picked to win Big East for 1st time; Xavier 2nd

Wright resigns as Villanova coach, Neptune takes over