It’s July, and we’ve got college basketball on the brain, which is more or less what happens to you when you have a college basketball blog. Anyway, a blog called Bleacher Report takes a stab at some early rankings for the 2009-10 season, and checking in right there at No. 2 is none other than Your Villanova Wildcats. But BR is not alone in its lofty assessment of the Main Liners: ESPN’s Andy Katz recently offered his own take, and he has Jay Wright’s boys positioned solidly at No. 4.

Clearly, ‘Nova’s got as good a returning backcourt as any team in the nation. And the losses of Dante Cunningham and Dwayne Anderson up front will be tempered by the arrival of a recruiting class that includes big men Isaiah Armwood and Mouphtaou Yarou, plus the eligibility of Duke transfer Taylor King. And with enormous graduation/NBA hits being felt at UConn, Louisville, Pitt and Syracuse, we can’t see how the ‘Cats won’t win the Big East. Only four-plus months to go until ‘Nova tips off in the Puerto Rico Tipoff on Nov. 19.

In other summertime ‘Nova news, rising junior point guard Corey Fisher has made the U.S. team that’s competing at the World University Games in Serbia beginning Thursday. And according to Katz (click and scroll to the second item), Fisher was the U.S.’s “most consistent player” in its first two exhibition games.

Meanwhile, the gang at VUhoops.com is taking a look at all of ‘Nova’s recruits for the coming season, and its most recent installment is on Armwood.

Links: Bleacher Report’s summer Top 25 [Bleacher Report]
Any Katz’s summer Top 25 [ESPN.com]
Katz’s blog [ESPN.com]
A look at Isaiah Armwood [VUhoops.com]