The Full 40 - A Villanova Basketball Podcast

Oh, the things we do for Villanova Basketball. On this episode, Chris and Rob cannot stay on topic for very long and swing from tangent to tangent, sometimes going on tangents of tangents, all with the purported goal of recapping the La Salle game and previewing Temple and St Joe's matchups. - Chris' prowess at a bachelor party - When Villanova Basketball takes priority over normal life - La Salle...

Looks like a holiday tournament is just what this team needed! Chris and I are reunited in person, reducing our editing time and increasing our output quality, just like the Cats. In this episode, we'll cover: - Reactions from the weekend - The continued case of the mystery point guard - Looking ahead to La Salle - The Hart Monitor (all hail, the great Arch) - Big East look ahead (spoiler, still n...

It's the overdue Thanksgiving episode! We spend the first half of the podcast giving thanks despite the rough start and after a word from Nova Insider we get back to it and discuss playing time for the freshmen, especially Jahvon Quinerly, and whip around the team to discuss what exactly is going on. As a heads up, the episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 21st - prior to the Orlando Advocar...

Welp, there it is. Yep, first loss of the year. Luckily it was just the secret scrimmage (or so we're telling ourselves) Drown your sorrow, look ahead, and find out why we're still going to kansas for the upcoming game. Spoiler - it's because we already bought tickets. And check out our special guest! In this episode: - Dealing with an unexpected loss - JQ and CG - who needs more burn? - Special g...

Ladies and gents, the season is back, and Villanova is yet again undefeated! Since we're a whole 6 days into the season, we're going to spend some time overreacting to what we've seen so far. In this episode, we'll cover: - Reactions to our first two games - The Yet to be Named Segment on Saddiq Bey (spoiler - we really like him) - Championship rematch - looking forward to the Michigan game - Why...

Hoops Mania was on Friday and guess what... we're excited... unlike some of the students. After a short recap about what the podcast is all about... we hit on the following: - Tribute to SeanDon '1:15 - The re-opening of the Pavilion aka "The Finn" '3:00 - Indulging the "No Performer" Non-Controversial "Controversy" '15:10 - Highlights from Hoops Mania '25:25 - Jay Wright's Blue & White Lies, Phil...

Ladies and Gents, It's september, so that must mean it's back to school season! After our long summer break, we're back bringing you the latest as we count do to our title defense. Man, it feels great to type that. Anyway, in this episode we cover: - Recruiting update - 5* Bryan "I didn't pick Duke" Antoine - Eric Paschall's red hot summer - Schedule breakdown (can't wait for those Quinnipiac Bobc...

Welp folks, you waited, and your patience has been rewarded. We're back for our sophomore season on the Full 40. The season is over, the draft is done, and we know who is on the team for next year. In this episode, we'll cover: - NBA draft - NBA summer league preview for our guys - The 2018-19 roster - Hart Monitor - Jay wright impressions Keep listening - we promise we'll be back for more episode...

Welp, with the season in the books, it's time to take a look back at some of our favorite (and least favorite) moments of the season. For our contribution to awards season, we're going to give out our end of season awards, now known as "The 40s". Other topics we'll cover in this episode: - Hart Monitor - The Wooden and Big 5 awards - The 40s Keep listening in the coming weeks, as we have more cont...

NATTY CHAMPS. BOOM. BANG. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. Yeah, we’re gonna spend an hour gloating because what else should we be doing? In this episode: - Intro - THE GAME - 5’ - Media reaction to Nova - 25’ - The celebration - 30’ - Championship merch - 37’ - White House visit? - 39’ - Wooden awards - 47’ - Hart monitor - 48’ Just because the basketball season is over doesn't mean our podcast is - we're g...

HERE WE GOOOOOOO!!! What a day to be a Wildcat! In honor of our beatdown on Kansas, we're recording live from the team hotel in San Antonio. That means no production value, no intro, lots of background noise, and plenty of people asking if we work there (obviously not). But we also have tons of great Nova content, so check out what we have in this episode: - Game recap - Sights and sounds of San A...

Part 2 - here we goooooo. Alright, we'll finally get into the upcoming games in this episode - here's what you'll find - Thanking Sister Jean - 1' - Some San Antonio activities - 3' - Kansas game preview - 9' - Potential Final preview - 28' We'll keep the podcast going after the season, so keep tuning in!

FINAL FOUR!!! Part 1 of a special 2 part episode (yes, we talk that long). Get pumped for the weekend with some easy listening. In this episode we’ll cover: - Gloating about how good our team is - 1’ - Jalen & Mikal all Americans - 10’ - Our sweet 16 / elite 8 games - 16’ - Impressions of boston - 26’ - Looking ahead to San Antonio (the city) - 34’ When you’re done with that one, check out part 2!

Let’s Gooooooo mountaineers! Maybe not; definitely not. Just had to get that out of my system. If you haven’t heard, we have a big game against our old foes from Appalachia on Friday night. Primetime television. Get excited, fans, because we at The Full 40 are pretty excited. Here’s what you’ll get in this episode: Unveiling of Villanova’s new ‘Mikal’ Bridge in its glory - 1' Taking a moment to gr...

SWEET SIXTEEN HERE WE COME! Ok guys, we’re back in the good graces of the basketball gods and right back where we belong in the second weekend of the tournament. We’ll be back to two episodes this week and will do a full preview of our sweet 16 opponent later in the week. In the meantime, in this episode you’ll find: A quick take on the biggest upset in tournament history (thank god it wasn’t us!)...

Yeahhhhh, it's really that time of the year! Tournament time - the best (or worst) month of the year. We're bringing you two episodes this week - in this one, we'll cover: - The Selection show debacle - Nova's draw and our chances to make the FF - Everyone else in the big east and their outlook Tune in later this week for our in depth preview of Nova's opponents this week! And bear with us - we re...

Welp, looks like it's BET time! Have a listen to this commercial-free preview of the BET and get our critical thoughts on all the important things you need to know about the conference tournament landscape and what it means for Nova. In this episode: - BET tournament preview - 1' - Quick thoughts on mascots and other critical things - 16.5' - Conversation around the NCAA #1 seeds - 24.5' - Other c...

Well we beat Georgetown again, so what else is new? The regular season is over, so we'll take a look back on some of our favorite moments while also realizing that we've managed to screw a lot up in just six episodes already. NOTE: Big East Tourney preview coming later this week. In this episode: - Our Friday experience at the Big Ten Tournament and what we learned about MSG - 1' - GTown game / ga...

Winning (and a few drinks) makes this podcast a lot more fun - check out our thoughts on: - The best PG in the big east (#Kyron) - Our last game - What Fr. Peter is thinking right now - The Big Ten's attempt to take over NYC - New NIT rules - last #hartmonitor of the season Enjoy - it's a fun one (or so we think) - follow us on itunes!

Well, here we are again. #strugglecity after another unexpected loss. We'll try to drown our sorrows with this therapy session and start to look ahead to the upcoming week. In better news, at least Nova wasn't really the focus of the FBI probe! In this episode: - 2': Game recap - 13': Looking ahead to the week and our chances for the big east title - 23': How will the rest of the big east play out...

What a thrilling game! Ok, so maybe the Depaul game wasn't as exciting as Xavier, but plenty to celebrate with the return of Phil Booth and senior night. We don't have any scholarship seniors, so we'll give a senior night toast to Jalen and Mikal, since they're probably leaving this year anyway! In this episode, we'll cover: - Depaul recap (1.5') - Player improvements we want to see before the tou...

We're clearly excited about the Xavier win (maybe too much so), and hopefully you are too. Check out the game recap and lots of great content: - Game recap (1.5') - Hart monitor / Lowry's NBA All star game check in (22.5') - Looking ahead to Nova's upcoming week (33') - Around the big east this week (44') Hit us up on twitter / IG and email with questions, comments, and the content you want to see...

Our second episode, and already dealing with a loss. Topics include: - Intro & show overview - 1' - Mailbag (yes, after only one show)! - 2.5' - Coping with the Providence loss - 7.5' - Game recap & #Kyron update - 10' - Jahvon Quinerly commitment & the Jelly fam - 27.5' - How's that working out for you: A retrospective on Pitt's move to the ACC (spoiler, it hasn't worked out well) - 39'

"We got back to playing a full 40 minutes of Villanova Basketball", said every Nova player ever. That's music to our ears, and now we've got a podcast for yours. Introducing The Full 40 Minutes with Chris and Rob, a not-so serious podcast about all things related to Villanova Basketball.