http://www.villanovawildcatstickets.net Just another GreatSeats Blogs weblog Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:30:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Bud L. Ellis From the heights of the top 10 and talk of the Final Four, the downward spiral that has been the past two months for the Villanova Wildcats finally crashed to the ground on Friday. Playing in their NCAA tournament opener, the Wildcats led for most of ... /2011/03/18/wildcats-descent-concludes-with-narrow-loss-in-ncaas/ By Bud L. Ellis At one time this season, the Villanova Wildcats looked like a legitimate Final Four contender. Playing in the toughest conference in the land, the Wildcats had run out to a 16-1 start to their season and were ranked in the top 10 in the nation. That ... /2011/03/14/once-promising-season-turns-ugly-as-wildcats-limp-into-ncaas/ The Villanova Wildcats blew a 16-point halftime lead in a stunning, 70-69 loss to the South Florida Bulls.   Villanova came out flat and fell behind early, but they completely took control of the game in the final minutes of the first half.   The second half was a different story, as the Wildcats couldn't ... /2011/03/14/villanova-falls-to-south-florida-70-69/ By Bud L. Ellis Up 16 points at halftime in their Big East tournament opener on Tuesday, the Villanova Wildcats looked to be in good shape. Then everything fell apart for a team that has plunged from No. 6 in the nation to a five-game losing streak at the worst ... /2011/03/09/wildcats-blow-big-lead-head-home-early-from-big-east-tourney/ The Villanova Wildcats continued their free-fall in a 60-50 loss to the host Pittsburgh Panthers.   The Wildcats have stumbled down the second half of the Big East schedule, finishing 9-9 in conference play.   It certainly didn't help matters that the team was forced to play without its best player, Corey Stokes.   Corey Fisher turned in another ... /2011/03/08/villanova-falls-to-pittsburgh-60-50/ By Bud L. Ellis The Villanova Wildcats are ranked No. 19 in the nation this week, but all is not well. A look at the recent results shows why. The Wildcats have lost three games in a row and five of their past seven, as the regular season draws to ... /2011/03/04/late-season-struggles-hurting-villanova/ The Villanova Wildcats dropped their second straight game in an 81-68 loss to the scorching hot St. John's Red Storm.   Villanova's guards aren't playing quite as well as in previous years and they don't have much of a low-post presence.   The result is that Villanova has trouble scoring for periods of time ... /2011/03/02/villanova-falls-to-st-johns-81-68/ By Bud L. Ellis   The Villanova Wildcats looked like a contender for the national championship just five weeks ago.   My, how things turned south in a hurry. The final step down for the Wildcats came Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Providence, R.I. The second seed in the ... /2010/03/23/villanova-ends-season-with-another-loss/ In the always dangerous Big East, the hardest part about losing one game is getting right back on your feet and not having those losses begin compiling. (Ask Georgetown, circa last year, about how quickly that can happen.) Villanova’s now on its first two-game losing streak in 70 games, after ... /2010/02/22/%e2%80%98nova-loses-second-straight-falls-70-65-to-pitt/