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Friday, March 19

9:57, TNT – #12 Winthrop vs. #5 Villanova – Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Dana Jacobson
Farmers Coliseum
Line: Villanova -6/141

This is the only Big East team playing on Friday. How does Jay decide to divide up the PG minutes?

Winthrop is a solid rebounding team. Wildcats must board.

MUPanther wrote:Winthrop is a solid rebounding team. Wildcats must board.

Some of these low major conferences are so hard to gauge. Are they a good rebounding team or just the tallest midget in a conference with underwhelming talent? We held our own going up against the front lines of UConn, PC, G'town, Marq. and Texas. Can you imagine what the rebounding #'s of UConn would look like if they played in the same conference? Yikes. So I'm not overly worried about their rebounding #'s based on their SOS.

They apparently play a bit like a CU / SJU mix with far less talent. They like to pressure on D and they like to play fast on O. If they hit 3's and we don't, we can certainly get clipped. Otherwise I'm hoping for slow but effective execution in a game where we control the pace. If that happens we win by 10+ IMO. I think JRE and Jermaine S. have big games. Can't imagine they've played against guys that big and quick at all this season.

ArmyVet wrote:This is the only Big East team playing on Friday. How does Jay decide to divide up the PG minutes?

No idea, but our only PG is Arcidiacono. Some nova fans would prefer have Jay try to manage without a PG, but I think it's more likely to see 30 minutes of little Arch.

PG or no PG, Nova has no business losing this game. Not with a week to prepare and top 50 recruits coming off the bench.

Nova and Jays are popular upset picks by the so-called experts. Both teams should be playing with a chip on their shoulders. Let’s show them a couple of BigEast ass-whooping.

cu blujs wrote:Nova and Jays are popular upset picks by the so-called experts. Both teams should be playing with a chip on their shoulders. Let’s show them a couple of BigEast ass-whooping.

I second that.

Let them have it.

Okay, all righty then. It's Solidarity Time. I cannot cotton all of the vehement disrespect the
pundits and so-called experts are slinging our way. The gall of those imposters!

Although still suffering from my bout with CCS (Championship Choke Syndrome), I have mustered
enough energy to say... Let's git it Big East! Kick Ass!

#LetsGoNova #RollDamnRadnorites!

Who's their PG? Gumby? Novachap?

Very popular upset pick and probably warranted with Nova's injuries. But I expect Jay Wright to have this team absolutely gearing to go and deliver a beat-down. Gimme Nova +20.

DudeAnon wrote:Very popular upset pick and probably warranted with Nova's injuries. But I expect Jay Wright to have this team absolutely gearing to go and deliver a beat-down. Gimme Nova +20.

That’s how I see it.

Nova knows how to function under bright lights.