The Villanova Wildcats are the athletic teams of The Villanova University. The sports teams of the University participate in the NCAA Division I and in the Big East Conference, except for football and lacrosse. Football and Men's Lacrosse teams play in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Women's lacrosse team plays in the Patriot League. The Wildcats are also part of the Philadelphia Big 5, the traditional Philadelphia-area basketball rivalry.
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The official mascot of the team as the name suggests is the wildcat. The team colors are UNH Blue and white. Blue is a dark blue matching Pantone color 288. The first live mascot of the University was called "Mazie". It was a cat that was captured by a farmer in Meredith, New Hampshire. Maizie made her first appearance at the year 1927 Homecoming game and passed away in the year 1929.
There are 21 varsity sports at the University, 25 sport clubs and 23 different Intramural sports. Both men and women teams compete at the NCAA Division I level. But in football, there is an exception. It competes in the second tier of Division I, the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). The Villanova Wildcats came in at No. 17 in the fifth annual pre-season AnyGivenSaturday.com (AGS) poll of the NCAA Division I Football Subdivision (FCS) released on Tuesday, May 27 2008.