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Big Game Against Nova

There are a lot of posters claiming UConn is a lot better than Villanova. We will circle back to this thread in February.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
They have a lot of top tier college scorers, and they are getting annihilated.

I hope you are right that UConn is a lot better than Villanova. We will find out soon.
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They do not have a lot of top tier college scorers. Have we been watching the same team? It's all system. I didn't say we were a lot better than Nova. Do put that on me lol
 
bendm said:
serious question- do duke fans root for UNC so it helps their SOS when they play? does michigan root for michigan state? or do they hope their rivals lose every game? growing up i certainly rooted for Cuse to lose every game so why do i now find myself always rooting for other BE teams unless we're playing them? it doesnt feel like we have a hated rival anymore and i think it is b/c of a collective BE inferiority complex.
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I've rooted for every Big East team out of conference my whole life. I was a Cuse fan when they played for the title, I was a Nova fan when they played in their title games, I was a Seton Hall fan when they played for the title.
 
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This is hard to watch. Complete domination.

I really want to beat this Nova team. I'm not sure it's gonna be easy as it looks.
 
awfuldan said:
This is hard to watch. Complete domination.

I really want to beat this Nova team. I'm not sure it's gonna be easy as it looks.
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Not easy. Jay Wright is great. But Auburn is better
 
I think the UConn team that played Auburn would have a shot against Baylor.
 
AntG168 said:
They do not have a lot of top tier college scorers. Have we been watching the same team? It's all system. I didn't say we were a lot better than Nova. Do put that on me lol
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So Villanova sucks and are a pretender, but they are still better, or worse, than UConn? I am having trouble following your logic. I will put you down for a UConn sweep of Nova by 10 points in both games. I am rooting for you.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
So Villanova sucks and are a pretender, but they are still better, or worse, than UConn? I am having trouble following your logic. I will put you down for a UConn sweep of Nova by 10 points in both games. I am rooting for you.
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no on said nova sucks. They aren't the 6th best team.
 
Gillespie airballed a wide open three. Seems that could happen to anyone, I guess.
 
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I do not recall anyone on this thread stating that we are better than Nova. Though we are on par with them.
 
Akinjo would’ve fit nicely into one of those 2 wide open schollies we have this season.

Although Gaffney probably wouldn’t have liked that.
 
AntG168 said:
Who's the NBA talent on NOVA you need to double team?
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You don't need to double anyone, everything they do revolves around getting a good look from three. They pump fake and swing it around constantly. When they get it in the middle inside the foul line it's not to score near the hoop, it's to kick it out for a three..


Justin Moore is their best player, Samuels is good, and Gillespie makes them go. They have nothing down low other than undersized Dixon and he's average at best. The whole thing about beating them is staying disciplined. UConn is a lot more athletic and bigger than them, the only question is do we stay disciplined.

Nova is better than they look today, Baylor is the best team in the country and they've rattled Nova since the start but this Nova team is nothing like past Nova teams in terms of talent.
 
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If UConn had this same performance, this board would be on full meltdown mode. Yet, Nova is legit. With 27 at the under 4. The BE is WIDE open
 
AntG168 said:
no on said nova sucks. They aren't the 6th best team.
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Probably not far from that, we would probably be around #5 if we were healthy. It's a really weak year around college basketball.
 
The BE will be a dog fight this season. But we are going to be incredibly difficult to beat at home. I don’t think teams are necessarily seasoned for these conference road environments yet. Teams with elite defenses will be hard to beat at home.
 
This game leaves a nice lil brown stain on the BE success in non-conference play so far.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
I got blasted the other day for saying Nova has spit the bit and not represented the conference well in high-profile OOC games.

Well...
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You got blasted because outside of this year, you’re wrong! Lol
 
This is what it must've been like for non-UConn fans to watch the 2011 NC vs Butler.
 
Didn't we lose by 33 to Louisville in 2014. Of course, we also beat #1 that year.
 
Why is anyone fouling at this point. Nova fouls a guy on a wide open dunk with less than a minute and down 20
 
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