Final Four - Villanova vs Oklahoma game thread

[Xudash]

GO NOVA!!!

[Barley]

Good luck to all the Nova fans out there. We at the HolyLand offer our full support to Jay Wright and the Wildcats as they battle for the right to play for a national championship on Monday.

I haven't been this excited for a game in a while. Pizza is ordered & drinks are cold. Let's go nova!

[ecasadoSBU]

Almost tip off. Rooting for Villanova Hard!!!!!!!!! lets gooo

[mel ott]

C'mon Nova! Keep rollin. Still a lot of non believers on the national stage. I'll take the bookies over the pundits.

[Bill Marsh]

from a numbers thing, there's 2 big things....
1- turnovers. Nova protects the ball, and Oklahoma forces fewer turnovers- than the other way.
Nova- 16.3% turnovers- #58, Oklahoma forces 17.7% turnovers #202.
Oklahoma- 18.0% turnovers- #176. Nova forces 20.5% turnovers- #45.
2- getting to the line... both teams are in the 245-262 range in getting to the line, while both teams are in the 28-53 range in allowing teams to get to the line. Especially huge of course for Nova given how good they are at shooting free throws.

It's funny, I think a tight whistle helps Nova tonight. They have 8 guys who play more than 40% of the minutes. Oklahoma has only 5- but then 2 guys at 30% and another at 21%.

Let's not forget Villanova's 2nd best interest country FT%, which is even higher the tournament.

[ecasadoSBU]

So far so good. I like what I see. Nova being ferocious with the defense, getting the turnovers, and gotten so offensive rebounds.

[Barley]

Blistering shooting. Hopefully we can keep it up.

[kmacker69]

There you go Nova, play tough on both ends!

[marquette]

Keep it up Nova! Playing well.

[ecasadoSBU]

LETS GO CATS!!! UNREAL RUN RIGHT NOW!!!