![]() None of them are superstars - Kyle Lowry is now 35 years old and playing the final chapter of his career - but they're all valued members of their respective rosters. Medcalf: Per RealGM, there are eight former Villanova players in the NBA. Nearly a decade later, Wright has found the right mix between highly touted prospects and guys who fit the Villanova culture. ![]() ![]() He brought in Ryan Arcidiacono and Daniel Ochefu the following fall and signed Kris Jenkins and Josh Hart shortly after. Wright knew after the 2011-12 season he had to get back to finding guys that fit the culture he helped build. But as Jay Wright once told me, "I got sloppy." The five-star prospects Villanova was chasing weren't the type of players that helped bring success to the Main Line earlier in Wright's tenure, and things took a downturn on the court. The Wildcats were making deep runs in the NCAA tournament and backing it up by landing five-star prospects. There was a stretch about 15 years ago when it looked like Villanova was going to start dominating the league on the recruiting trail. Sales Pitch discussion - Which ACC coach would you want your kid to choose?.It's really hard to beat Wright and the Wildcats on the trail now. Georgetown lost its grip on that area around the time Villanova was rising in power - and the Wildcats have taken advantage. Moreover, they've completely owned the fertile D.C.-Maryland-Virginia recruiting area. The Wildcats rarely recruit transfers, they rarely use all their available scholarships and they have been one of the few high-major programs who voluntarily redshirt freshmen on occasion. What elements have been key to the Wildcats' ability to get so far out in front of the rest of the league over the past decade?īorzello: There are a few things that separate Villanova on the recruiting trail - aside from the national titles and pipeline of NBA draft picks. Villanova remains the Big East's gold standard in terms of its ability to construct a championship-level roster. After seeing the results of our survey, 's writing team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Joe Lunardi debated some of the finer details within the Big East recruiting landscape, including how Villanova became the model for every other Big East program, who's the league coach who merits more appreciation than he gets, and who most fits the description "sleeping giant" within the conference.įollow this link to read what anonymous coaches said about recruiting in the ACC, and the Big East. ESPN continued its Sales Pitch (ESPN+) series this week, examining the men's college basketball programs in the Big East that have the most and fewest advantages in enticing recruits and transfers to campus.
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