NEW YORK -- This was the day when it became clear that the last generation of great Villanova players is gone once and for all.
The three players that accompanied Jay Wright on the mini-dais were Shane Clark, Dante Cunningham and Scottie Reynolds.
No Curtis Sumpter, no Mike Nardi, no Randy Foye. Clark and Cunningham were freshmen on that 2005-06 team that came so close to the Final Four.
In fact, there are no seniors at all on the roster listed in the conference media guide handed out today.
If you needed any more evidence of why Villanova is looking for new team leaders, there it is.
Wright addressed the subject at some length today. He also talked about how Scottie Reynolds' time with the Pan Am Games team will help him this season, the depth in the Big East this year, and the scheduling problems he faces with an 18-game conference slate.
Finding time for Big 5 games is indeed one of those problems.
Read the story I wrote for the main Philly.com site here, then listen to Wright's remarks in full here.
