Nova -4.5 v Miami, Thursday 7:10 pm

[ecasadoSBU]

Best of luck to Nova. A very exciting team to watch. Go get them!!

[billyjack]

Good luck Villanova!!!
I think you match up well with Miami (Fla)...!

[stever20]

Ken Pom's 4 factors....
1st set- Miami offense vs Nova Defense
Effective FG%: 54.0 30 46.3 31
Turnover %: 16.4 64 20.4 47
Off. Reb. %: 30.2 159 28.7 123
FTA/FGA: 41.1 69 30.9 56

2nd set- Villanova offense vs Miami defense:
Effective FG%: 55.1 15 47.7 71
Turnover %: 16.4 67 17.5 212
Off. Reb. %: 28.4 218 29.2 138
FTA/FGA: 33.8 252 28.9 35

so looking at this. 3 things really stand out...
rebounding. both teams are pretty average at rebounding. Which one can rebound better(it seems like that always is a big question, doesn't it?)
getting to the line. Miami has a pretty big advantage season long at getting to the line. Will that continue tonight?
turnovers. both teams protect the ball at darn close to the same clip- #64 vs #67. But season long, Nova has forced way more turnovers than Miami. Will that continue tonight?

[HugeFan]

Gameday

I know the St. John's fans are tooting against Nova, but I like that the other 8 teams are showing support.

[anXUfan]

Rooting pretty damned hard for Nova.

[handdownmandown]

Jay Williams was on Mike and Mike and the three of them spent a segment blowing the ACC, including repping Miami.

I would love to see all of them lose.

[NJRedman]

Gameday

I know the St. John's fans are tooting against Nova, but I like that the other 8 teams are showing support.

So NovaBall, you just decided to stop pretending you were someone else?

[SJUBBALL]

St John's are 100% supporting nova. I've butted heads with NovaBall/HugeFan a ton of times on this site but I have respect for nova and want them to win

[sju88grad]

St John's are 100% supporting nova. I've butted heads with NovaBall/HugeFan a ton of times on this site but I have respect for nova and want them to win

Ditto. I don't understand the whole SJU vs. Nova nonsense.....then again, I block NovaBall from my feed so that could be why.....I have several close friends that went to Nova and I want nothing more than to see them advance, especially at the expense of an ACC member.....Go 'Cats!!!

[admin]

Got a good feeling that in 2 hours Nova will have punched their ticket to the Elite Eight.