Hawkins and Karaban had their offense going when other guys did not. Slater, Dixon and Daniela carried Villanova. Hawkins and Karaban had about 60% of our points. But, late hoops by Sanogo and Jackson were key. Diarra needs to work on his foul shooting to be in games late.
Is anyone tired of the refs letting Nova dig in their shoulders on post up moves?
The game was definitely played at Villanova’s pace. They boxed out better than any team we have played against. They rebound well. We nearly matched their good foul shooting and got leads in transition and loss them in the High Hedge World.
Andre hits a 3 after missing several shots but a foolish T takes the possible momentum away. He’s got to be smarter than that and this is a recent Act 2 with talking trash to the opponents bench. Chief’s advice is when you make a shot, act like you have been there before and will be there again. Let your game doing the talking first, then if you talk a little trash know where to do it.
Not to bring up the high hedge again, but it materially negatively impacted the game again. Sanogo’s foul on a three point shot 23 feet away from the basket and then the first half bench time of your top player is an ingredient you want. In the second half he picked up a reach in 2/ feet from the hoop.
Villanova loves to post up in the half court, the perfect opportunity for a double Big but we were not comfortable trying it.
Another game where we play better with full court pressure led by Diarra, who’s game changing energy immediately jump off the page when Jim Calhoun watched practice. The added benefit is it makes the high hedge a non factor.
Is anyone tired of the refs letting Nova dig in their shoulders on post up moves?
The game was definitely played at Villanova’s pace. They boxed out better than any team we have played against. They rebound well. We nearly matched their good foul shooting and got leads in transition and loss them in the High Hedge World.
Andre hits a 3 after missing several shots but a foolish T takes the possible momentum away. He’s got to be smarter than that and this is a recent Act 2 with talking trash to the opponents bench. Chief’s advice is when you make a shot, act like you have been there before and will be there again. Let your game doing the talking first, then if you talk a little trash know where to do it.
Not to bring up the high hedge again, but it materially negatively impacted the game again. Sanogo’s foul on a three point shot 23 feet away from the basket and then the first half bench time of your top player is an ingredient you want. In the second half he picked up a reach in 2/ feet from the hoop.
Villanova loves to post up in the half court, the perfect opportunity for a double Big but we were not comfortable trying it.
Another game where we play better with full court pressure led by Diarra, who’s game changing energy immediately jump off the page when Jim Calhoun watched practice. The added benefit is it makes the high hedge a non factor.
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