Just like all college basketball programs with a strong legacy, Villanova has had plenty of trivia questions asked about them. For some diehard fans of the Wildcats, answers to such trivia questions come to them easily.  For those not so close to the program, but who still consider themselves fans, here are five pieces of Villanova basketball trivia that you must instill in your noggin. Begin Slideshow

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is not going to be a happy camper if Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel doesn't face serious reprecussions at the end of his ongoing saga with the NCAA.  It's not that Bryant has anything against the reigning Heisman winner—he just wants to see some semblance of consistency from the NCAA and their rules. No matter how much he may take issue with them. Per Clarence Hill and the Star-Telegram: Hell yeah, ...

Recruiting season is in full swing and John Calipari and the Kentucky basketball program hasn't missed a beat in four years.  After building arguably the greatest recruiting class in the class of 2013, many people wondered what Calipari and the Wildcats would be able to do the following year.  Kentucky already has offers to the top four players in the 2014 class and with Big Blue Madness just two months away, and the list is expected to ...

It's not quite David versus Goliath, or for that matter, Buster Douglas versus Mike Tyson, but when Pitt hosts Florida State on September 2nd, the Seminoles will be the toughest opening game opponent for Pitt since Notre Dame in 2005. Pitt fans certainly remember that game, the college head coaching debuts for Dave Wannstedt and Charlie Weis, in which the Irish steamrolled the Panthers 42-21.  Some Pitt fans are already lamenting the fact that Pitt opens ...

There will be 124 college football teams vying for the last chapter of the BCS and its National Championship Game—and just two will make it. After the first weekend of games in late August, the next 16 weeks will send the circus there and back as teams jockey for position in the polls. But even the system has its faults. Not since 2004 has there been an undefeated team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference fail to make ...

Washington standout tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins' status is up in the air for the Huskies' season-opening clash against Boise State after suffering a broken pinkie that will require surgery. According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke to reporters after Tuesday's practice and disclosed Seferian-Jenkins' injury. He underwent tests after suffering the injury during Monday's practice session and sat out a scrimmage on Tuesday. "He'll be out for some amount of time," Sarkisian said. "He came ...

Some college basketball players are easy to identify before the season tips off, but for every no-brainer like Cody Zeller, there’s a surprise like Kelly Olynyk waiting in the wings. Just as Olynyk went from unknown to first-team All-American a season ago, there will be plenty of lesser-known names who will make huge jumps in performance in 2013-14. One such star in the making had his own year in the spotlight preempted by Olynyk’s greatness. Gonzaga ...

When Georgia takes the field against Clemson on August 31, it will be national affair because ESPN’s College GameDay will be at the Clemson campus to get the college football nation ready for that game and the rest of the college football season. This is not the first time the Bulldogs have been part of College GameDay, and if the Bulldogs win against the Tigers, College GameDay could make their way to Athens next week for ...

An omen that college football is upon us is the releasing of preseason polls, and the 2013 USA Today Coaches Poll is now out. Each top-25 program has at least one "must-get" recruit that it has to land this fall. Whether the recruit is a local prospect, has a close tie to the program or fills a desperate position of need, every preseason top-25 has one prospect circled and highlighted on its recruiting board. The defending champs ...

It's the most depressing time of the year for college hoops fans. It's almost impossible to get your hoops fix in August. The camps are finished. AAU ball is coming to a halt. Football is all the rage.  So if a fan or TV station captures a few dunks and puts some beats behind it, creating what the kids call a mixtape, we'll take it.  These are the best 10 videos we could find from the summer ...