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Villanova Wildcats
The school's current mascot is the Wildcat,
although previous school mascots included the "Day Hops" and the
"Pelicans". Sports teams participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the
Big East Conference, except for football, which plays as part of
Division I-AA's Atlantic Ten Conference. The Wildcats are also part of
the Philadelphia Big 5, the traditional Philadelphia-area basketball
rivalry.
Villanova is a member of the Big East Conference, and is also a member
of the informal league of Philadelphia-area schools known as the Big
Five, along with Penn, Temple, St. Joseph's and LaSalle. Situated on the
Main Line, Villanova is the only one of the five technically outside of
the city limits. As of the conclusion of the 2006 college basketball
season, however, they remain the last Philadelphia-based sports team to
win a major championship of any kind. (Among major league teams, the
1983 Philadelphia 76ers have that dubious distinction.
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