Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 4:55 PM | 3 comments |
 

'Nova on 'Big Monday' three times
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ESPN just announced its schedule of "Big Monday" Big East basketball telecasts for the coming season. Villanova will appear three times. Here's the full schedule, with all games starting at 7:00 p.m.:

January 11: Villanova at Louisville
January 18: Syracuse at Notre Dame
January 25: Georgetown at Syracuse
February 1: Connecticut at Louisville
February 8: Villanova at West Virginia
February 15: Connecticut at Villanova
February 22: West Virginia at Connecticut
March 1: Georgetown at West Virginia

It's stating the obvious, but the people at ESPN and the Big East have a pretty good idea of what they're doing when it comes to picking featured games. I find it notable, though, that neither Villanova-Georgetown game will be on a Monday. Which probably means they'll be weekend games, but I guess we'll find that out soon enough.
Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald @ 4:55 PM  Permalink | File Under: National | | Villanova | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:27 PM, 09/09/2009
    Georgetown considers Syracuse a bigger rival than Villanova - I'm not surprised to see that game on Big Monday.
    — *Callie*
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:09 PM, 09/09/2009
    Man, I hope Tyler King can rebound. Go Nova!
    — RichNC
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:39 PM, 09/09/2009
    thats a shame, georgetown is a catholic school they should be our top rival, too bad weve owned the cuse in recent years that georgetown syracuse game will be weak
    — novacats86


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About Jonathan Tannenwald
I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

I write primarily about the University of Pennsylvania and the Ivy League, but I also cover the other basketball and football teams across the city from time to time. In the spring, you'll find coverage of the Penn Relays here.

In addition to all of that, I write Philly.com's soccer blog, The Goalkeeper.

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