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Palatine said:
Dixon was 6 for 14. He was more involved than Sanogo but was not more effective or efficient.

Not Adama's best game. But the way the game was played, Sanogo was taken away from the basket and not in a position to rebound. On offense, they clogged the middle and let us shoot threes. We made 9 of 30. If we make our usual 34%, it a double digit win.
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Dixon was only 1-5 from three, so 5 of 9 from two.

UConn has 2 very good centers, but Dixon outplayed them tonight.
 
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Was it loud at the game? It sounded like the first 30 minutes of the GTown game on the tv.
 
Zissou said:
Dixon was only 1-5 from three, so 5 of 9 from two.

UConn has 2 very good centers, but Dixon outplayed them tonight.
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Adama was 3-6. 0-1 from three. So 3-5 from two.

It was more how the game was played that Dixon being really good. It seems that way, but we guarded the three point line (Nova was 5-22) and left Dixon basically one on one.
 
ihatepants said:
Lol at the Nova fans thinking UConn is a fraud after this game. Talk about sour grapes.

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I swear I saw Jay Wright on the sideline last year when we beat them.
 
ihatepants said:
Lol at the Nova fans thinking UConn is a fraud after this game. Talk about sour grapes.

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this is what losers say when they try to convince themselves of a false reality. the window for nova closed with jay's retirement. that program, over time, will regress back to mediocrity. they are right about jay though, who was a phenomonal coach and did a great job.
 
Palatine said:
Adama was 3-6. 0-1 from three. So 3-5 from two.

It was more how the game was played that Dixon being really good. It seems that way, but we guarded the three point line (Nova was 5-22) and left Dixon basically one on one.
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You also knew that if they can’t get a three, they were going to try and back Hawkins or someone his size down. That’s their entire offense
 
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Let’s be honest. Nova was gifted 10-14 pts by the refs ignoring travels, calling phantom fouls (Sanogo one was the worst), and letting Nova do their usual backdowns and swallowing the whistle on some obvious offensive fouls.

This game should have been a 15-18 pt cakewalk with a fair whistle. A 22-26 pt win if we shot at our usual %.

Regardless, a nice grinder win with diverse contributions from our deep bench.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
Let’s be honest. Nova was gifted 10-14 pts by the refs ignoring travels, calling phantom fouls (Sanogo one was the worst), and letting Nova do their usual backdowns and swallowing the whistle on some obvious offensive fouls.

This game should have been a 15-18 pt cakewalk with a fair whistle. A 22-26 pt win if we shot at our usual %.

Regardless, a nice grinder win with diverse contributions from our deep bench.
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You think the refs were worth 10-14 points?! No idea what game you were watching.
 
Palatine said:
Dixon was 6 for 14. He was more involved than Sanogo but was not more effective or efficient.

Not Adama's best game. But the way the game was played, Sanogo was taken away from the basket and not in a position to rebound. On offense, they clogged the middle and let us shoot threes. We made 9 of 30. If we make our usual 34%, it a double digit win.
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Not only was Dixon jacking up 3's, Slater and he had to bring the ball up the court many times because Nova didn't have any guards who could move the ball against UConn's D.
 
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WrenchFan69 said:
This Archidiacano is probably the worst player I've ever seen play more than 20 minutes per game for Nova. I don't know a single thing he does well at this level
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He really seems like he should be on 'cuse playing for the nose picker.
 
You can see the passing of the baton in this game. Villanova is an old, slow team that couldn't handle UConn's athleticism. Diarra and the press changed the game. FYI: the average age of the Villanova points scored was 22 years old! Uconn average aged points scored was just over 20 years. Villanova has no recruiting class coming in, will lose Daniels, Slater, Moore and Whitmore. No idea if Dixon comes back, he probably will.

They had a week to prepare for what is perhaps one of two chances the rest of the year to get a true statement win (right now Villanova is not even a bubble team), did a lot of things right, saw Uconn shoot poorly, and yet never were ever really in the game in the second half. Dixon played great but got tired, as is expected.

Whitmore has to be asking himself why he decided to go to Villanova. He gets to hang out with a bunch of 22 year olds who play back to the basket and at a mind-numbingly slow pace. It was a bad decision for him and he looks miserable.

Uconn is better with Clingan on the court. As he gets more time, he will play more and Uconn will be better for it. Loved Hurley going to press, it was obvious they needed to speed up the game and not get lulled into the muck. Diarra was great, Karaban was great.Hawk was great in first half, but forced a lot in 2H. Sanogo really struggled but the pass to Jackson forced them to defend him different and he was able to get a couple of key looks later.

Good win, learned something about themselves this game. FT shooting was generally great, which will be key. At Xavier will be a tougher game on paper, they move the ball well on O, but not sure they match up well with UConn.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
You think the refs were worth 10-14 points?! No idea what game you were watching.
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Yep. 3pts for the phantom call on Sanogo, there were at least 3 plays where a travel was not called, and Nova eventually scored. One time was a 3. I’m up to 10 already. Shall I continue?

Mind you, I’m not one to harp on the refs. But they were quite bad.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
Yep. 3pts for the phantom call on Sanogo, there were at least 3 plays where a travel was not called, and Nova eventually scored. One time was a 3. I’m up to 10 already. Shall I continue?

Mind you, I’m not one to harp on the refs. But they were quite bad.
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There were some missed calls the other way as well (alleyne grabbing his guy after getting toasted on a back cut is the most blatant coming to mind). Theres zero chance they were worth double digit points.
 
Adama was very underwhelming. Apart from his lack of scoring (partly due to great denial from Nova) he had 1 whole rebound in 25 mins. He has not been rebounding well this year, down almost 2 per game from last year. Dixon seems to win the majority of matchups against him.

Games like this have become somewhat common for Adama, he and the team need to work better to get him more involved. Opens up our entire playbook.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
Adama was very underwhelming. Apart from his lack of scoring (partly due to great denial from Nova) he had 1 whole rebound in 25 mins. He has not been rebounding well this year, down almost 2 per game from last year. Dixon seems to win the majority of matchups against him.

Games like this have become somewhat common for Adama, he and the team need to work better to get him more involved. Opens up our entire playbook.
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Nova said we’re going to dent Sanogo everything and let whoever else try and beat us
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Games like this have become somewhat common for Adama, he and the team need to work better to get him more involved. Opens up our entire playbook.
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Nah, Adama has to work at not sucking so bad. My buddy asked if he was sick. I'm thinking he's predisastered and that's bad news for Xavier.
 
Loved the Diarra sub. What disappointed me with Sanogo was that he started to sacrifice the 'flow' of the offense to try to get going. I know he was struggling and it happens. Guys have bad nights. It just seemed he started to force it a few times. He was also given the ball in some bad spots.
Still, I thik Hurley nees to sit Jackson down and tell him the next time he gets a stupid 'T' he sitting for a half. It's tough to do in conference play especially, but it just needs to stop. It killed the momentum his 3 just gave them and it put himin fou trouble later.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
This Archidiacano is probably the worst player I've ever seen play more than 20 minutes per game for Nova. I don't know a single thing he does well at this level
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If not for his brother he would never have even gotten a look from Jay Wright when recruiting. He was a 2 star according to 247. It is pretty mind blowing that he's starting and getting this many minutes.
 
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