Nova ThoughtZ™

[RichZ]

1. Samson draws first blood, and Stewart hit his first attempt from 3!
2. Stewart scored 10 of our first 14 pts.
3. Nowell got some minutes early, and then again in the 2nd half.
4. Mahaney two 3 point attempts in his 1st 3 minutes. Missed both badly. Ended up playing 13 minutes and other than 0 of 2 from the field, his contribution was limited to 2 dimes.
5. In our big man comparison, Samson ended up with 21 minutes to Reed's 19. They each scored 6 points, and Samson had 2 TOs to Reed's 3. Reed had 2 blocks, Samson none, but he had 4 boards to Reed's 3, and Samson did have a dime and one fewer TOs than Tarris. They broke down pretty evenly last night, but going forward, I think we really need to get more than 12 points and 7 boards from the center position.
6. Late in the first half, Nova scored 7 pts in a row while we went from 5:11 to 1:57 without a score. Diarras missed layup at 1:57 was his first shot attempt of the game. But it drew a foul, and his 2 FTs were UConn's only points in the last 5:11 of the half, while Nova scored 11, to go from 2 down to 9 up.
7. Our guards -- Diarra, Ball, Mahaney and Nowell were 0 for 10 from the field in the 1st half.
8. Then Diarra scores our first 4 points of the 2nd half.
9. Midway through the 2nd half, we made a valiant comeback from double digits down to trailing by one, but right in the middle of it the refs decided that anyone guarding Dixon is fouling him. Three consecutive drives to the rim, three trips to the foul line.
10. Diarra and Ball really came alive in the 2nd half.
11. Following a truly great comeback from a 34-46 deficit to 66-67 at 1:20, we just ran out of steam.
12. Down one. 23 seconds left, our ball.
13. Never thought I'd see Alex miss both FTs in a situation like that.
14. Negatives from the game -- We lost. The scoring drought at the end of the first half, and the one early in the 2nd half. Or was that one scoring drought that spanned half time?
15. Positives from the game -- the abovementioned comeback, even thought it fell short. Also 32 boards to nova's 23, and 23 dimes to nova's 11.

 

[Inyatkin]

Negatives: Donny Marshall continually talking about "Villanova basketball"

 

[AllHusky]

Explained to my wife that Donny has a Benedict Arnold streak in him

 

[jibsey]

Donny loves his Huskies but that broadcast is national and also to the Nova fan base. 1- He has to compliment both sides. 2- He has to fill up air space with verbiage.
Don’t understand how this gets missed. He and Sims are a likable team.

 

[RichZ]

Negatives: Donny Marshall continually talking about "Villanova basketball"

I actually had a similar thought during the game and wrote it down, but decided against including it.

 

[RuffRuff]

Donny loves his Huskies but that broadcast is national and also to the Nova fan base. 1- He has to compliment both sides. 2- He has to fill up air space with verbiage.
Don’t understand how this gets missed. He and Sims are a likable team.

Or you can tune him out and focus on the game, barely hear the guy. Maybe that’s a talent you develop after being married for so long . Who cares what he says.