Villanova Post Game Thread

[BigErnMcCracken]

You left out his great decision making under duress pretty much beat us destroying great defensive stands turning stops into points.
We haven’t seen anything simalar since Bazz ‘s senior year.
Cole a great kid but really a combo guard
We saw Khalid as confident our opponents saw that as smug.
I suspect the difference between confidence and smugness is the name on the shirt .

Smug is not a word I’d use to describe El Amin.

 

[businesslawyer]

Hurley CANNOT allow Gaff to be our starting guard next season. We need an Al Durham type transfer. If not, at that point you just do what Creighton did this season and run with the kids(meaning start Diggins)

Good God. What evidence do you have that Diggins will be a better point guard next year than Gaffney? When the Martians had you on their spaceship did you see it in your head?

By the way, I don’t in any way rule out the possibility that Diggins will be our starting point next year. I just can’t imagine how anyone could be sure of it.

 

[Deleted at users request]

There's no chance Gaffney is our starting point guard next year and it's weird you think the team would be better with Gaffney as the starting point guard.

I don’t see who else would be. I hope that when Gaffney is forced into that lead guard role he can play more like freshman year Gaffney or NCAA tournament Gaffney. He’s played pretty well recently. I think outside of Andre he’s the best passer on the team.

I think having a lineup of more skilled guys in general makes us better. Everyone in that lineup is better at getting their own shot and beating their guys off the dribble.

 

[Deleted at users request]

I don’t see Akok starting next year as he barely got any time this year

It’ll be between him and Samson, I just put Akok in there because seniority.

 

[UConnSwag11]

It’ll be between him and Samson, I just put Akok in there because seniority.

I think he can be a really good player. Idk if him not playing is due to injuries or Hurley moving on. But we could’ve used him or developed Johnson through the season

 

[MTBingNinja]

Right. And Gillespie has multiple skills. It wasn’t like they stopped him. He just did different things. It was a case of pick your poison with him. They doubled him to shut down his scoring and he went to pure point guard mode and found the open man. He had 10 assists and a couple of guys missed or he might have had 12-13.

The patience, fortitude and sense of control Gillespie had around the hoop was another difference maker

 

[bendm]

Gaffney
Hawkins
Jackson
Akok
Sanogo

#NIT

 

[AzHusky]

Gillespie is a fifth year player.

 

[Deleted at users request]

I think he can be a really good player. Idk if him not playing is due to injuries or Hurley moving on. But we could’ve used him or developed Johnson through the season

Hurley seems to always cut his lineup to about 8 trusted guys. Maybe he didn’t make the cut? Idk. He has to get tougher on the boards. Johnson just didn’t look ready in the minutes he got. They’ll have a big summer ahead of them. They both can fit better next to Sanogo than Whaley. But neither will be better to spell Sanogo than Whaley.