Villanova

In a few words--It is a basketball school.

very solid academics, great campus, great area, much improved program

One thing to take note of is that the field is off campus about 15 minutes away. It is a very nice facility, although I know I would prefer an on-campus field.

Villanova is an absolutely beautiful campus and a great academic reputation. I do know one of the boys in the incoming recruiting class, and he's top-notch. However, I have to agree with the above post....I am amazed at how far from campus the field is located. The traffic is horrible too....makes the drive seem even further than it probably actually is.

BEENTHERE

That is not so---in fact until recently track was the big sport at 'Nova--hoops left when Rollie left

Baseball is on the upswing

on phila main line.

Last I heard, they did build an on campus stadium, or one much closer than the park near the old Vet.

If you have not been to nova you can not comment on the situation. It is a great campus and as everyone else has said the baseball program is only getting better. You would be foolish to not like 'nova.

I think there are two main issues to consider -- (1) Do you like the coach (2) What's the situation at your position? How many guys are ahead of you? How soon will you play?

If you like the coach, and you are playing, you will not mind the drive to the ball field off campus! If you don't like your coach and you're not playing, you'll be miserable wherever you go.

To All

Coach Godri recruited my son to New Mexico State University 10 years plus ago--

He is one of the finest gentlemen I know in the college baseball world--- I cannot say more than that-- add in the new facility and the 'Nova Aura how bad can it be ???????????

What if you are playing and you dont like your coach.

As Earl Weaver used to say regarding Jim Palmer-- We don't have to be friends. We don't have to have dinner --all he has to do is go to the mound every 4th day and win his 20 plus games

A Big East Conference Baseball Team.

Typically ranks 160-175 out of 290+ DI Teams.

Strength of Schedule about 245 out 290+ D1 Teams.

Iterative Stength Rating (team quality for D1 baseball) is ~200 out of 290+.

2007 RPI ranking (for NCAA Post Season Play)
125 / 290.

2006 RPI ranking 182 / 293.

2005 RPI ranking 126 / 290.

First year Hitting/1b Coach is a class act
(and also played in one of the early Bear Classic
HS Showcase for Our National Pastime, at the Univ of Maryland)

cheers
Bear

Hey Bear,

Is there a place where those stats are located for all teams, D-1 and D-2? Or, did you compile all that on your own?

I don't eval DII as much. (Not a DII in Maryland)

If there's DII (or two of interest,
I will get back to you in separate emme.

DII M&D's are ...more sensitive than DI's,
(at least on this web site) so I prefer
to go off-line.

Regards

Floridafan,
For D-1 info, go to www.boydsworld.com.

A non statistical analysis:

Nova is a second tier Big East program. Typically they play over .500 ball by beating up on the local A10, Patriot League and Ivy teams in non-conference games.

It's a big park where the wind usually blows in from left. It's a pitchers park. Aside from the wind there's a lot of foul territory in play. A player told my son the coach loves left handed hitters and outfielders who can run the gaps given the nature of the park.

There have been rumors of an on campus or near campus facility to be built. I've never heard anyone confirm the rumors. The most recent information I've heard is they only fund six rides.

"The Stadium is adding lights soon" - 2004 post

Hasn't happened.

quote:

Originally posted by PABBfan:
www.boydsworld.com.

Nation Boyd (his real name) performes excellent analysis of college baseball (and probably epitimizes that service since it's free).

However, Boyd does not rank DII-DIII-others, only DI. He does write back if emailed and effectively collaborates.

Of course all material published on Boyd's World, is copyrighted by Boyd Nation, so reproduction directly from his site of an entire list without permission is prohibited (and according to Boyd, 'just plain tacky'). I agree.

cheers

postscript: When did the Big East become a two tier Baseball Conference?

Nova is a second tier team in the conference. I'd like to see them improve. But only funding six rides is a statement on their commitment to winning the conference.

His name is Boyd Nation.

Academics are good. Academically, ranks slightly below UNC, Vandy, but still very good academics. Have not seen the campus, but have reports that is is very pretty and kids like it a lot. Baseball is on the rise (don't know anything about field location), and their basketball is good too, but being in the Big East conference, basketball gets overshadowed by Georgetown and Pitt.

Nova is Jesuit, and the Jesuits are world renowned for excellence in education. I would probably rank it in the mix for Jesuit education as follows:

1. Georgetown
2. Boston College
3. Notre Dame
4. Villanova
etc.

ND is not Jesuit

Hmm -thought it was. Roman Catholic though. Thought it was Jesuit. Nonetheless, I rank the educations the same.

You know what - Villanova is not Jesuit either! It is Roman Catholic though also, and I still rank the educations the same. Geesh!

I thought nova is Jesuit....

Nope - it's Augustinian!

List of Jesuit Universites

Boston College
Canisius College
College of the Holy Cross
Creighton University
University of Detroit Mercy
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Gonzaga University
John Carroll University
Le Moyne College
Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University
Regis University
Rockhurst University
Saint Joseph's University
Saint Louis University
Saint Peter's College
University of San Francisco
Santa Clara University
University of Scranton
Seattle University
Spring Hill College
Wheeling Jesuit University
Xavier University

Thank you for that!

Camp mentioned in this post:

http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/f...697008226#1697008226