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Villanova AD says embattled coach Kyle Neptune will return next season after two straight NITs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Neptune will return for a third season at Villanova, where he succeeded Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright and followed with two straight seasons in the NIT. Neptune is 35-33 in two years with the Wildcats and has lost the opening game of the NIT each year. The...
Division I's longest-tenured coach leads Oakland back to March Madness after 12-year absence
Greg Kampe accepted his first head coaching job years before Tom Izzo, Mark Few, Roy Williams or Jay Wright ran their own programs. And while Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim were winning national championships, Kampe was putting his signature on Oakland...
Tyler Kolek scores career-best 32 points to lead No. 9 Marquette past Villanova 85-80
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — The Villanova hype man shouted into the microphone moments before tipoff that it was time for fans — Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright among them — to get pumped. “We’ve got a top-10 team in the building Nova Nation,” he bellowed to mild applause. ...
