Villanova - Final Four

[stever20]

someone on the AAC board on the CSN site was pretty funny....
You think nova could beat Kansas in football, I do.

I have to admit- I was kind of sort of thinking the same thing....

The AAC board was pretty funny. A few folks actually pretty supportive. But then your clowns with their F Nova stuff. Including you know who....

[HugeFan]

YEAR THREE AND WE GOT A TEAM IN THE THIRD WEEKEND

BOOM

[stever20]

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Doug Gottlieb ‏@GottliebShow · 56m56 minutes ago
#KU fans complaining about officiating seem to forget -1)4th on Jenkins 2) every game at the Phog... Ever 3)was tight all night

[JohnW22]

someone on the AAC board on the CSN site was pretty funny....
You think nova could beat Kansas in football, I do.

I have to admit- I was kind of sort of thinking the same thing....

The AAC board was pretty funny. A few folks actually pretty supportive. But then your clowns with their F Nova stuff. Including you know who....

Show them the Kenpom stats that back up Nova Stever!! Come on Stever show that Big East pride

[Xudash]

Good stuff from Mike DeCourcy:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is a triumph for Villanova basketball, obviously. The Wildcats bore the majority of the load in this circumstance, the majority of the pressure and the expectation and the criticism. This Final Four belongs to them. Just not exclusively.

It belongs in some small way to Philadelphia, a city that has remained devoted to its basketball community, the Big Five, for longer than many similar towns would have bothered.

It belongs to those who understand the appeal of football but don’t believe it is the only collegiate athletic endeavor worthy of interest and attention.

And it belongs to all of Villanova’s brothers and sisters in the Big East. The new Big East. The commissioner of that conference, Val Ackerman, was courtside Saturday night at KFC Yum! Center, a couple rows behind the Wildcats’ bench and one behind Danny Gavitt, whose father founded the league that now is populated exclusively by private schools — that do not field BCS football team — from Providence to Omaha. The Big East people wanted this badly, believing it to be an essential affirmation of their new brand.

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basket ... h-regional

Though it will provide entertainment and banter throughout the offseason, I've never heard a door slam so loudly on conference expansion than the one that slammed tonight. Never will Nova be questioned again
And what a statement that was made by Nova, for Nova and for the BIG EAST.

[stever20]

someone on the AAC board on the CSN site was pretty funny....
You think nova could beat Kansas in football, I do.

I have to admit- I was kind of sort of thinking the same thing....

The AAC board was pretty funny. A few folks actually pretty supportive. But then your clowns with their F Nova stuff. Including you know who....

Show me the Kenpom stats that back up Nova Stever!! Come on Stever show that Big East pride

well like I posted earlier- Nova was actually favored by KP. Kansas was favored on Thursday but after last night- Nova became the favorite....

The stat of the night was turnovers. Nova forced turnovers on 24.6% of poss. tonight. Only 2 games vs WVU were they worse..... Last team that Nova turned over like that that was good was Xavier on NYE.

Oh and you'll love this. Nova is a 3 point favorite by KP. 75-72 with a 62% chance of winning.

[PorthosPA]

Yesterday, the kid ringing me out at my grocery store saw my Xavier hat and asked about my bracket, which was just his way of opening a conversation about how he has Nova winning it all. We both gushed about Villanova's tourney success this year up to that point. He told me his friends all laughed at him for having Nova, which is, in a way, the national landscape concerning the Big East. Well who is laughing now? Congrats again Nova! I just wish Xavier had been able to join you in the final 4, but there's always next year.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Really appreciate all the kind words from our BIG EAST brethren. It's us (as a conference) against the world. Hopefully in some small way this validates that we ALL are on the right track.

I know one thing... Jay Wright is going to use this week to talk up our conference on a national level every chance he gets. And it will at least make those fans, who once called Nova chokers and our conference weak, take a second look at all of us and admit we're collectively pretty damn good.

[stever20]

Really appreciate all the kind words from our BIG EAST brethren. It's us (as a conference) against the world. Hopefully in some small way this validates that we ALL are on the right track.

I know one thing... Jay Wright is going to use this week to talk up our conference on a national level every chance he gets. And it will at least make those fans, who once called Nova chokers and our conference weak, take a second look at all of us and admit we're collectively pretty damn good.

gumby- I think you nailed it when we were talking like 2-3 weeks ago about Nova not getting the east region being a good thing for them. It really seems to have played to fruition.....

[HugeFan]

How many my years did it take the original big east to put a team in the final four?

We are ahead of schedule boys. We are ahead of schedule!