I will tell you mine.
1. I live within 3 miles of the campus
2. was a season ticket holder for many years
3. a lot of Pennsylvania residents live in metro Philadelphia.
4. It has a decent size undergrad population which follows closely
( circa 6,500) -- it has the most fans of any of the Big Five schools
5. They have won THREE national championships-- as you know 2 in the last what 4 years; 6 times in the final four; all time winning % .648--13 best
6. The coaches that have run that team (since Al Severance) have been generally nice people ( Jack Kraft and the current coach in particular)
7. don't hold me as to the exact stat-- Villanova something like 7th most wins of all-time
- NCAA National Championships – 3
- NCAA Championship Game appearances - 4
- NCAA Final Four – 6
- NCAA Elite Eight – 14
- NCAA Sweet Sixteen – 18
- NCAA Tournament Appearances – 38
- National Coach of the Year – 2
- Conference Regular Season Championships – 11
- All-Americans – 20
- Weeks Ranked as AP #1 Team – 19
- 30-Win Seasons – 5
- Philadelphia Big 5 Championships – 25
- Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year – 20
- Winning Seasons – 78
and I went to Penn.