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V for Villanova. V for Victory. V for (NCAA)VIOLATIONS. Another fine future Villanova student athlete. He's only 23?
Where are you WISEONE ? Ironing your pink sweater vest for work today?
Why doesnt this suprise me? They always have an answer. They are slippery, but they cheat and have been cheating for years. LaSalle, Temple, Saint Joe's, Penn and Drexel all follow the rules. Nova has had success on the court, but don't be fooled. From handing out phone cards, to trying out recruits and everyting in between, they have always pushed the envelope. What goes around comes around and their's is coming.
You guys need to get over your inferiority complexes. He's 19: Do you know any 25 year olds who have grown 2 inches and 40lbs in the period of one year. I doubt it, it is medically improbable.
And on the "phone card" scandal, you do a little research on that to understand what happened. The athletic department was not at fault. There was a land line access code that was stolen and used by many students not just athletes. Villanova was not caught, their own investigation showed that basketball players were involved and went to the NCAA. These land lines don't even exist anymore. And the players involved weren't even Jay's recruits.
'Nova better get this cleared up before the opener. If later data surfaces that proves Yarou is indeed 25 years old, the Wildcats could be forced to forfeit any victories in which he played. Whether he's 19 or 25, it's paramount that a determination be made immediately. Surely everyone at 'Nova realizes this.
Math: just another of Villanova's prize-winning undergraduate courses...
Let's keep it real. The NCAA is a fraud! They make millions off these student/athletes and don't give a darn about competition...The BCS a money making scam, if they we're so concerned about true sportsmanship, we'd had a football playoff by now.
SoCal, You mean nova's investigation didn't show any wrong doing? What a shocker! They did provide phone access and the players capitalized but that is just a small example of their routine, systemic cheating. It continues today. For example, if a player struggles in the classroom, he get to take his test with his tutor. It is what it is. Pound your chest all you want about inferiority complexes, but all the other schools could benefit by cheating. Temple and Saint Joe's are right there with Nova in all time Big 5 wins and Big 5 Championships so there is no need to feel inferior. LaSalle has won a National Championship and has probably had the best 3 players the city has ever seen - Tom Gola (never Big 5), Ken Durrett and Lionel Simmons.
If Villanova was USC, Memphis, Louisville or Kentucky; this would immediately be swept under the rug. At those schools it's perfectly legal to pay off kids, falsify SATS, and cover up coaching scandals.
thomashenry, so you are trying to say St Joe's runs a clean program? Delonte West stayed academically eligible for two years and Jameer Nelson went there for 8 academic semesters and 4 summer sessions and is still without a degree. This is a typical JoeJ article, short on facts, long on inuendo.
ReclinerGM has a great post about how Jay Wright and Nova are about to join basketball's elite for a long time. Yarou is a big reason for that...
http://www.reclinergm.com/jay-wright-and-villanova-primed-to-join-the-elite/
thomashenry: "Temple and Saint Joe's are right there with Nova in all time Big 5 wins and Big 5 Championships so there is no need to feel inferior. LaSalle has won a National Championship and has probably had the best 3 players the city has ever seen - Tom Gola (never Big 5), Ken Durrett and Lionel Simmons."
You and I both know that athletics are all about "what have you done for me lately" and recently Villanova has been the premier men's basketball program in the Philadelphia area. In the past five seasons Villanova has either won or shared the Big 5 title, and in the next few years the Wildcats will probably overtake Temple and SJU for the lead. Also, Big 5 success is completely secondary to the NCAA tournament success when it comes to determining which programs are the best, and Villanova has been excellent in the NCAAs since 2005 (1 Final Four-2009, 1 Elite Eight-2006, and 2 Sweet Sixteens-2005, 2008) while none of the other Big 5 schools have done a thing since 2004 (Also, Villanova leads all other Big 5 schools in all-time NCAA tournament appearances, Final Fours, wins, and winning percentage). Oh, and La Salle may have won a title in 1954 but the Explorers haven't been to the NCAAs since 1992 (and they haven't even been to the NIT since 1991!). Face it, the rest of the Big 5 is actually the Little 4 when compared to Villanova, and it is going to be that way for the foreseeable future with the Wildcats benefiting from being a member of the Big East and the recruiting and television advantages that comes with that.
