2023 Quarterfinal: #8 Villanova @ #1 South Dakota State

[Gangtackle11]

Back to Cubby’s !!

[Pards Rule]

Hey now, Villanova is only a football school in the Philadelphia city limits. VU basketball is still undefeated this season against teams not located in Philadelphia!


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Chip do you mean because they play in the city at Palestra because they are in Villanova, PA outside city limits

[Wolffan]

Interestingly, Villanova’s star defensive lineman Jake Reichert played for Holy Cross last year in their valiant effort (tied at 21 after three quarters) versus eventual National Champion South Dakota State. Lots of experience on Nova’s squad but they’ll need terrific QB play (think Sluka last year) to keep it close.

[CHIP72]

I hope its Saturday, early afternoon when it’s like 39/40 degrees out, weather not a factor.
Villanova will put up a good fight. I think SDSU wins though. A close game would be great

It looks like this game will start at 12 PM ET (11 AM CT) and be televised on ESPN.

[CHIP72]

Chip do you mean because they play in the city at Palestra because they are in Villanova, PA outside city limits

Villanova is still a basketball school in Villanova, PA because VU basketball is undefeated so far this season against teams located outside the Philadelphia city limits.

[Professor Chaos]

Just announced that this game will be the 11AM CT kickoff on Saturday 12/9 on ESPN. That's typically a nice slot in terms of ratings since it usually follows ESPN College Gameday and the only FBS game that day will be Army/Navy which doesn't kickoff until mid-afternoon - should average 1-2M viewers.

[Sader87]

This will actually be Reichert's third trip to Brookings in the last 4 years. Twice with HC and this year with Nova....he's playing as a grad student for Nova this year.

[Ivytalk]

SDSU wins but Nova is no pushover. SDSU probably wins by 18 or so

I agree. SDSU pulls away in second half.

[caribbeanhen]

This will actually be Reichert's third trip to Brookings in the last 4 years. Twice with HC and this year with Nova....he's playing as a grad student for Nova this year.

The Bunnies better be ready when the figure out Villanova is better than last years Holy Cross

[NY Crusader 2010]

Haha, SDSU has always kind of been the basketball school of the Dakotas. But compared to Villanova, not so much!

When I was in Brookings, I was impressed with the level of pride the fans had for the Women's Basketball team. IIRC they made it really far in the Ladies' NIT a couple years ago, may have won it. I can't remember, but I think they played Columbia in one of the later rounds. Both SDSU and NDSU have been fairly strong Men's programs in the Summit League since going DI.