Nova Game

[HooperScooper]

If you had a nice $750K home near the Villanova campus would you want a bar like that in the neighborhood?

The median home price in that area is about $1.4 million so it might be almost doubly hard to have a bar like that around there.

 

[HooperScooper]

We are officially dogs tonight. Villanova has moved to -1.5 favorites

Bettors must have been reading the Boneyard the last 24 hours.

 

[IndyLives]

We've dominated Villanova both recently and lifetime head to head. We've lost only 1 Big East game in over a year. We are 3 point favorites, and Danny never loses close games. We are invincible!

 

[UCFan1513]

I just don’t understand how we are favorites in this away game with McNeeley out and Nova playing so well.

Dan Hurley vs. Kyle Neptune

 

[RuffRuff]

I don't have a great feeling about tonight....we need to jump on them early and push the lead to 12-15 by halftime or we may just be in for a really long night. We're bound to drop a game our two without McNeeley and this is very likely one of them. Hopefully we can pull one out.

Things to consider - they're coming off a 44 point beat down of DePaul at home. We are coming off a scare to a bad team at home. We're coming off our first adjustment game without McNeeley, so have the chance to marinate on that and make adjustments in practice. We have a much better coach, and with oppositional game tape halfway through the season, have the advantage at exploiting matchups. Students are out, so may be quiet.

Hassan should frustrate Brickus.
6'5" Poplar has rebounded the ball well averaging around 7 boards a game. He'll be a tough matchup given how poor we defend at the 2/3. Need to keep him off the glass.
Need to disrupt Dixon, keep him under 20, inside the 3 pt line. I'm actually wondering if Samson and his agility/length might be the best play, and to let AK guard their 5 when he's in. The guy really hasn't had an off night all year to this point, maybe he's due. His really big nights are a product of him taking more shots, as he shoots well in higher or lower volume. I would say play deny, but we don't have the players to do that, so disrupt it is. His numbers are truly amazing.

Huskies find a way - win by 5.

 

[Scot-e]

Things to consider - they're coming off a 44 point beat down of DePaul at home. We are coming off a scare to a bad team at home. We're coming off our first adjustment game without McNeeley, so have the chance to marinate on that and make adjustments in practice. We have a much better coach, and with oppositional game tape halfway through the season, have the advantage at exploiting matchups. Students are out, so may be quiet.

Hassan should frustrate Brickus.
6'5" Poplar has rebounded the ball well averaging around 7 boards a game. He'll be a tough matchup given how poor we defend at the 2/3. Need to keep him off the glass.
Need to disrupt Dixon, keep him under 20, inside the 3 pt line. I'm actually wondering if Samson and his agility/length might be the best play, and to let AK guard their 5 when he's in. The guy really hasn't had an off night all year to this point, maybe he's due. His really big nights are a product of him taking more shots, as he shoots well in higher or lower volume. I would say play deny, but we don't have the players to do that, so disrupt it is. His numbers are truly amazing.

Huskies find a way - win by 5.

DOOMED!!!

 

[6Nattys4Us]

Nova also tends to foul more then get fouled (enigmatic of our stay on our 50th state).

Goals should be to go often to Johnson and Reed, Jr. and Karaban to get the harm and the bucket - ideally 1-2 on Dixon in the first half. Poplar as well - basically see which is guarding our guys and work that - combining that with wearing them out with long offensive sets will produce a better 2nd half.