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Scottie Reynolds' game-winning shot against Pitt in the Elite Eight lifted Villanova to the Final Four last season.

Brandyn Harvey made a one-handed grab of Chris Whitney 's fourth-down pass for a 29-yard touchdown with 59 seconds left and Villanova stunned Richmond 21-20 on Saturday night.

OUTLOOK: The Big East Conference makes and the rest of the basketball world takes should be the theme for this league as it enters the 2009-10 campaign.

Villanova football coach Andy Talley is in his 25th season at the helm of the Wildcats, just won his 200th game and figures he's entitled to buck convention.

Villanova's basketball team will unofficially begin its season Thursday at the Wachovia Center with a 7 o'clock scrimmage against Kutztown, which is ranked as high as 16th in several preseason Division II polls.

Six months after North Carolina cut down the nets in Detroit, it's time to welcome back the sound of basketballs bouncing, sneakers squeaking and nets swishing to hardwoods across the country.

National eyes will turn toward Tuscaloosa and Happy Valley, but for compelling college football matchups Saturday, you won't beat Villanova-at-Richmond. National title contenders.

Coach: Jay Wright Last season's record: 30-8 Spotlight player Scottie Reynolds has been a 15-point scorer from the moment he walked onto the Villanova campus.

The University of Rhode Island managed only 151 yards of total offense and was routed, 36-7, by Villanova on Saturday.

Scottie Reynolds passed up his chance to jump to the NBA. Jay Wright never seriously considered bolting the Wildcats for the Philadelphia 76ers head coaching vacancy.

Just days after tying the South Jersey record for career passing touchdowns, St.

It was some time between the end of commissioner John Marinatto's speech and the horde of TV cameras, radio microphones and persistent questions that Jay Wright realized he was atop the new Big East.

Members of Villanova's football family, young and old, smile at the sight of the 66-year-old man.

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

NEW YORK _ 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 on Wednesday.

Matt Szczur ran for a touchdown and threw for one to lead Villanova to a 36-7 victory over Rhode Island on Saturday, giving coach Andy Talley his 200th career victory.

Acharf Yacoubou drives down the court during a game last season. The Long Island Lutheran guard has committed to play for Jay Wright 's Villanova Wildcats .

It was toward the end of last season and Da'Sean Butler was talking about the respect - or perhaps the lack thereof - generally accorded West Virginia's basketball team.

WILDCATS NO. 1 -- Fresh off last season's Final Four appearance and sparked by the return of senior guards Scottie Reynolds and Reggie Redding and junior Corey Stokes, the Villanova Wildcats were handed the bull's-eye as the team to beat in the 2009-10 Big East preseason poll.

'New' was the buzzword during Wednesday's Big East Conference men's basketball media day.