St Johns will beat Nova tonight

[superjohn]

Champagnie with the airball three and then the cheap foul to end it. Rough for him and the Johnnies. Just a rough season for him and the Johnnies all around.

 

[jleves]

Garbage call for sure - but that's what you draw up for your last shot out of the timeout off a make???

 

[EnochRoot]

LOL 2.5 seconds left and you choose to heave a beyond half court shot.

genius.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Dude panicked and threw up a horrible shot. Had time to get much closer.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Well. I wanted st John's. But these 3 teams are the types we really need to beat to prove where we are.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Refs bailed out Nova. Smh. In St John’s own arena too.

 

[Mr. French]

dang. Tough L.

That kid clearly had another dribble and/or pass and he wasn't supposed to panic and shoot from half court lol he had almost 3 seconds.

But they were up 17, good call by OP but they choked it away.

 

[Husky Alien]

Nova dodged the

 

[Hi-Low]

Garbage call for sure - but that's what you draw up for your last shot out of the timeout off a make???

Don't think Anderson wanted the shot up that early...could have gotten closer but game ended with foul call pretty much.

 

[metsfan2323]

I hate that the ref decided that great game on a nickel/dimer foul. Should have been a play on. So irritated right now..

 

[alphasigko]

dang. Tough L.

That kid clearly had another dribble and/or pass and he wasn't supposed to panic and shoot from half court lol he had almost 3 seconds.

But they were up 17, good call by OP but they choked it away.

Yep, they were TO machine in the middle of the 2nd half.... That killed them

 

[Stinger92860]

dang. Tough L.

That kid clearly had another dribble and/or pass and he wasn't supposed to panic and shoot from half court lol he had almost 3 seconds.

But they were up 17, good call by OP but they choked it away.

They had 2,8 after the basket, probably 1.8 left when he shot, but yea he could have had 2 more dribbles.

 

[connVA]

It was all right there for the Johnnies but they blew it with three empty possessions, including the shot clock violation, the air ball, and the panic heave at the end. Stark contrast between one team that knows how to win and one that doesn’t. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how much better we’d do in the same situation.

 

[Bobol]

I hate that the ref decided that great game on a nickel/dimer foul. Should have been a play on. So irritated right now..

There were also 2 questionable calls against Posh that limited his playing time.

The bottom line is that, much like Duke, Villanova will always get the late game call from the referee which frequently determines the game’s outcome.

 

[metsfan2323]

There were also 2 questionable calls against Posh that limited his playing time.

I agree, the 3 foul on Posh was also BS and that changed the game. Same ref made that call and the call with 2 seconds left. Same freaking ref.

 

[connVA]

I hate that the ref decided that great game on a nickel/dimer foul. Should have been a play on. So irritated right now..

There were plenty of questionable calls in the game but that didn’t appear to be one of them. Champagnie’s arms were extending diagonally into the shooter’s space. Easy call.

 

[metsfan2323]

There were plenty of questionable calls in the game but that didn’t appear to be one of them. Champagnie’s arms were extending diagonally into the shooter’s space. Easy call.

as the Nova player was jumping into him. Play on. The defenders hands never touched any part of the shooters body. BTW when a player jumps into a defender the defenders hands will almost always go down as the defender instinctively tries to balance himself.

 

[CL82]

OP jinxed it.

 

[gsmooth]

There were also 2 questionable calls against Posh that limited his playing time.

The bottom line is that, much like Duke, Villanova will always get the late game call from the referee which frequently determines the game’s outcome.

The 2nd foul called on Posh at the end of the first half was BS. That was an offensive foul on Slater as he charged into Posh. That call had dramatic effect on the game
. When Posh had to sit when he got the 3rd foul that is when Nova got on their run

 

[connVA]

as the Nova player was jumping into him. Play on. The defenders hands never touched any part of the shooters body. BTW when a player jumps into a defender the defenders hands will almost always go down as the defender instinctively tries to balance himself.

Ref was going to call something and wasn’t going to be offensive with Champagnie not stationary

 

[HooperScooper]

$25
Getting 7 but I think they win anyway

Well you were almost right. But congrats on winning the bet.

 

[Zissou]

Close. Advance.

 

[T-Squared]

Milk

 

[HuskyHawk]

There were plenty of questionable calls in the game but that didn’t appear to be one of them. Champagnie’s arms were extending diagonally into the shooter’s space. Easy call.

It was an easy foul call. Not debatable in the slightest. St. Johns needed him to hit the wide open 3 he airballed a minute or two earlier. I don't see any room for St. Johns to gripe about the refs. They got several offensive fouls called on Nova that Nova almost always gets away with.

 

[connVA]

It was an easy foul call. Not debatable in the slightest. St. Johns needed him to hit the wide open 3 he airballed a minute or two earlier. I don't see any room for St. Johns to gripe about the refs. They got several offensive fouls called on Nova that Nova almost always gets away with.

The difference between the two teams down the stretch was stark. St. John’s (especially Champagnie) panicked while Villanova was clinical. They fully expected they would come back and win, adjusted where they needed to, and methodically executed their game plan to a tee without the slightest bit of panic. Really impressive stuff.

 

[Kathy]

The difference between the two teams down the stretch was stark. St. John’s (especially Champagnie) panicked while Villanova was clinical. They fully expected they would come back and win, adjusted where they needed to, and methodically executed their game plan to a tee without the slightest bit of panic. Really impressive stuff.

Can't beat the experience of having already been there. The Nova players know how to win in those situations. They stay calm and run their stuff.

 

[Get a Job]

The difference between the two teams down the stretch was stark. St. John’s (especially Champagnie) panicked while Villanova was clinical. They fully expected they would come back and win, adjusted where they needed to, and methodically executed their game plan to a tee without the slightest bit of panic. Really impressive stuff.

I don't ever recall a team display that quality to the extent that Villanova does this year. It's impressive. I noticed a bit of that confidence from Providence yesterday, too, to a lesser extent.

UConn has developed basically the opposite MO. As Hurley said, we are maniacal. It seems to me that we do sometimes switch into calm take-care-of-business mode near the end of games, and the opponent almost always makes a run.