Villanova Review 2024

[OmahaGuy]

Nova enters the offseason with Kyle Neptunes seat getting warmer. Let’s review!

OUT
*Justin Moore (out of eligibility)
*Hakim Hart (out of eligibility)
*Tyler Burton (out of eligibility)
*Lance Ware (transferring to Texas-Arlington)
*Brendan Hausen (transferred to Kansas State)
*Mark Armstrong (going pro)
*TJ Bamba (transferred to Oregon)
*Trey Patterson (transferred to Rice)

STAY
*Jordan Longino
*Eric Dixon

IN
*Tyler Perkins (transfer from Penn)
*Jhamir Brickus (transfer from La Salle)
*Enoch Boakye (transfer from Fresno State)
*Wooga Poplar (transfer from Miami)
*Matthew Hodge
*Josiah Moseley
*Malcolm Thomas
*Aleksandar Gavalyugov

My 0.02
You’ve got an AA-type player in Moore. One of the best stretch big guys (another AA-type IMO) in Dixon. A Big Ten experienced guard/wing in Hart. 2 of the better players in the portal last season in Bamba and Burton. You’ve also got other talented guards or wings such as Armstrong, Hausen and Longino. Also a transfer in Ware who came from freaking Kentucky. That’s an absolute BOAT LOAD of talent. And not only do you miss the NCAA tournament (again). You also weren’t really that close and lost in the first round of the NIT—at home—to a VCU team that finished 5th place in the A-10. All of that talent…….wasted. Absolutely wasted. If your team has lots of talent but they’re underachieving, it’s on the coaching. Kyle Neptune has simply not shown he can be a good coach in this league. Even though he’s still working with a lot of Jay Wright recruits. Yes, he’ll get some nice wins every now and then (largely thanks to the talent) like a win over Creighton in Omaha or winning the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament by beating Texas Tech, UNC and Memphis. But they lost to their local counterparts such as Penn, Drexel and St Joes. That had to have really stung.

Neptune will get at least 1 more year and the AD has even said he’s staying. He’ll get another year to prove people like me and other doubters wrong. If he can’t make it back to the NCAA tournament, time to hand him his walking papers

[OmahaGuy]

Hausen is in the portal

[Omaha1]

Hausen is in the portal

Reportedly to UConn if you believe the rumors.

[OmahaGuy]

Dixon is off to the NBA

[OmahaGuy]

Dixon is off to the NBA

Correction: It appears he’s gonna maintain his collegiate eligibility. But I’d be shocked if he returned to Nova. In his statement, he sure didn’t sound like someone who wants to return to college. He would’ve mentioned that if he did. We’ll see I guess

[Nukem2]

Dixon is off to the NBA

Correction: It appears he’s gonna maintain his collegiate eligibility. But I’d be shocked if he returned to Nova. In his statement, he sure didn’t sound like someone who wants to return to college. He would’ve mentioned that if he did. We’ll see I guess

Yeah. Dixon would be in his 6th year of school if he were to return as he redshirted as a frosh and has played 4 seasons.

[Omaha1]

TJ Bamba in the portal.

[Husky_U]

Watching what's happening to Nova is triggering my post-2014 Ollie PTSD. The longer they take to make the change, the tougher it will be to get back to the top. Totally unacceptable given the Nova standard.

[EMT]

Can some Nova fans add some perspective on these portals?

[stever20]

Saw Nova gonna play a neutral site game with Virginia in Baltimore next year.