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Yes, Kansas was the runaway No. 1 choice in the preseason Top 25. And sure, the Jayhawks had two players on the preseason All-America team.

Kentucky's John Wall lets out a yell after dunking the ball during the first half of an NCAA exhibition college basketball game against Clarion in Lexington, Ky., Friday, Nov.

Villanova Coach: Jay Wright AP preseason rank: Last year: 30-8, 13-5 BE, won four games in NCAAs vs.

Jermaine Dixon drives on Villanova's Scottie Reynolds in the NCAA East Region final in Boston last season.

Villanova scored the first points of the Big East basketball season Wednesday, collecting 10 of 16 first-place votes from the conference's coaches to earn the target as the preseason favorite.

Coming off an NCAA Final Four appearance, Villanova is receiving all kinds of love from the preseason prognosticators, including the coaches in the Big East Conference yesterday.

John Thompson's team disappointed big time last season, and yet is picked fifth this year by the Big East coaches.

19, Antonio Pena A fourth birth in the Final Four for the Villanova Wildcats last season ended against the eventual National Champion North Carolina Tar Heels by the score of 83-69. A birth in theA Final FourA for the team was great, but their sights are set even higher coming into the 2009-2010 season.

For the first time in 24 years, college basketball practice will begin in Philadelphia with one of the City Six teams coming off a Final Four appearance.

Scottie Reynolds hopes to lead the Villanova Wildcats back to the Final Four this year when it tips off in Indianapolis.

The Washington Wizards, who will open play in the NBA Summer League today, released Dwayne Anderson , Ryan Ayers , Jimmy Baron , James Lang , Alex Ruoff and Diamon Simpson .

Well, the 16-team format for the Big East Conference men's basketball tournament seems primed for change after only one season.

The first round of last night's NBA draft had the potential to include multiple players with Washington connections, although only Clinton native Ty Lawson heard his name among the first 30 players. But once NBA Commissioner David Stern handed the reins to deputy commissioner Adam Silver in the second round, local players quickly came off the board.

The first was Villanova forward Dante Cunningham, a Silver Spring native who attended Potomac High. Cunningham was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 33rd overall selection. Georgetown forward DaJuan Summers was selected by the Detroit Pistons two picks later. Summers was immediately followed by Pittsburgh swingman Sam Young, a Clinton native who attended Friendly High before finishing his prep career at Hargrave Military Academy. Young went to the Memphis Grizzlies with the 36th overall pick.

Larry Brown coached Austin Daye's father, Darren, at UCLA. Now it appears Brown will be joined in the NBA next season by the second generation Daye.

If you like what you read here, check out Ballin is a Habit. Good news for Villanova today, as point guard Scottie Reynolds has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft.

Men's basketball team reaches Final Four Most wins in a single-season in school history.

After amassing the most wins in school history and being part of the first 'Nova team since 1985 to advance to the Final Four, the senior basketball players talk about their time as Villanova Wildcats David Cassilo Issue date: 4/30/09 Section: Sports More wins than any other class in school history.

Jeremy Tyler , a 6-foot-11 basketball star who is still in 11th grade, has dropped out of high school in San Diego to play professionally in Europe, the New York Times reported yesterday.

Villanova enters tonight's semifinal against North Carolina with more victories as a lower seed in the NCAA Tournament than any other school.