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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 2673035, member: 93"] Good summary points in [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/sports/ncaa-championship-villanova-michigan.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront']today's NYT write-up[/URL]: "Beilein and his Villanova counterpart, Jay Wright, might not have imagined the way that offense would evolve when they first crossed paths, in tiny high school gyms in upstate New York in 1984 — Wright as a first-time assistant at the University of Rochester, Beilein a 41-year-old journeyman coach at Division II LeMoyne College. But they reached this pinnacle by largely ignoring the blue-chip prospects eager to rush through to the N.B.A. Instead, they brought the N.B.A. style to college. Wright, in particular, loaded his lineup with talented shooters of all sizes, reminding scouts of a successful franchise at the next level: the Golden State Warriors. His team set an N.C.A.A. record for 3-pointers this season, and the Wildcats’ 18 baskets from beyond the arc in their win Saturday over Kansas were by far the most in a Final Four game. 'They present problems that most college teams can never present,' the ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla said. [B]'The go-to guy on this team is the open man.'[/B]" [/QUOTE]