Posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 2:59 PM | 39 comments |
 

'Nova gets commitment from top NYC player
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Villanova’s basketball program has landed another prized recruit for next year’s class.

Today, the Wildcats received a verbal commitment from 6-6, 235-pound power forward Jayvaughn Pinkston, who averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds last season for Bishop Loughlin High in Brooklyn. Many consider him to be the best prospect coming out of New York.

As of 2 weeks ago, he was supposedly headed to Tennessee, but changed his mind when another New Yorker who plays that position, Tobias Harris, signed with the Volunteers. Other schools that had offered him a scholarship were Marquette, St. John’s and Seton Hall. He can’t officially sign until April, which means Villanova isn’t allowed to comment until then.

The Wildcats already have signed James Bell, a shooting guard/small forward from Florida, and Markus Kennedy, a 6-10 center from the Philadelphia area who is spending this season at a prep school in Massachusetts.
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:19 PM, 12/03/2009
    I AM SORRY INQUIRER/DAILY NEWS BUT IS VILLANOVA THE ONLY TEAM IN TOWN OR DID ALL OF THE WRITERS GRADUATE FROM THERE. TEMPLE AND VILLANOVA ARE BOTH IN FOOTBALL BOWL MATTERS YET ALL WE HERE IS ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN BASKETBALL THERE ARE 6 TEAMS IN PHILY NOT ONE!! VILLANOVA IS RANKED AND TEMPLE IS NOT BUT THEY ARE STILL 5-2. WHEN THE OWLS BEAT THEW WILDCATS ON 1/2 WILL TEMPLE AT LEAST GET A WAY TO GO. BY THE WAY PENN WON THE IVY LEAGUE AS I KNOW YOU WEREN'T WATCHING!!
    — hrlevine
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:28 PM, 12/03/2009
    You serious Temple beating NOVA wake up that will NEVER EVER happen this year....sorry buddy
    — The Hammer
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:45 PM, 12/03/2009
    Yo Mr. Temple Owls, if you could have gone anywhere, why didn't you go to the best school in the Region, instead of complaining how great they are. Boo-hoo, noone likes your Temple teams. Nova football is outstanding .... again. Nova Mens hoops is outstanding .... again. Nova's women won the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships. And the rest of the teams in the area are ...... nice!!!!! Go Wildcats. By the way, Nova will CRUSH Temple on 12/13/09. It's good to be Wildcat!!!
    — RJM16
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:53 PM, 12/03/2009
    Are you a Temple Grad ?? get over it , this is the best city team since St Joes with West and Nelson,, be glad for them,,, plus Temple beating Nova this year 4get it
    — phillyroni
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:02 PM, 12/03/2009
    hrlevine, quit complaining. When Temple or SJU or any of the other area schools sign a top recruit, they'll get some ink...and no, Temple isn't going to beat Villanova on 1/2, 2/2. 3/2, or 15/2. Don't be silly. Temple has a good coach and a nice, young squad, but they won't sniff Villanova. Oh, and Ivy League football doesn't matter....just letting you know. They don't participate in the FCS (1-AA) playoffs, so nobody cares. At least the Ivy League hoops champ goes to the tourney.
    — Billy The Kid
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:20 PM, 12/03/2009
    If Temple can suit up Aaron McKie, Eddie Jones, Rick Brunson, Mark Macon, and Marc Jackson (in there prime, of course)... they MIGHT have a shot. Sorry, Bill Cosby, aka - "hrlevine"... no shot at beating the 'Cats this year.
    — dgreils
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:24 PM, 12/03/2009
    Caps makes your argument stronger!
    — psalveso
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:43 PM, 12/03/2009
    the owls play Kansas on 1/2, not Nova... i know, because i'll be there...ROCK CHALK... but you think they don't report when Temple gets a recruit? seriously man, but you have to expect more coverage for a top 5 team nationally....
    — jim715
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:04 PM, 12/03/2009
    If memory serves me correct, Villanova already proved who has the best football team in the region... 9/3/09 Temple 27-24 9/19/09 Penn 14-3 11/21/09 Delaware 30-12
    — NovaOMFS
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:19 PM, 12/03/2009
    villanova does enough to tease you, with the resources and riches they have a NCAA championship banner should have been hanging the last five years..Billy Donovan would be the best coach for Nova, Jay is good but he is only interested in being good......not great... Getting to a final four is good.......not great. Need to recruit big men, enough of the 6'2 slashers and 6'8 forwards who are stuck in between a big man and a forward....once again, good, not great...We need a couple 6'11/ seven foote types to jam the middle and alter shots!!
    — eagles2010
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:36 PM, 12/03/2009
    Usually I would laugh at the thought of Temple beating Nova, but IF it were to happen ONCE in the next 10 years, this year would probably be the best chance at that happening. My reasons for saying this include a combination of Nova probably being ranked a bit to high at this point, the losses of Redding and Mouf, the frontcourt mismatches, Temple having an extra day to prepare and how far Fran Dunphy's team has come defensively since he took over. Now I REPEAT, I am not guaranteeing a victory, I just think that this year is a bit of a crossroads for Nova. BTW Jay Wright is doing everything right at Nova and now he has two 6'10ers to work with, no way Donovan would do a better job with what Jay has to work with.
    — nickj
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:38 PM, 12/03/2009
    oh and did someone really bring up women's xc? c'mon son! unless you are on the team or your kid is on the team, don't embarrass yourself.
    — nickj
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:58 PM, 12/03/2009
    How can you root for Nova? None of the players are from around here..
    — Leron


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