Villanova post game thread

[Scoe]

We're a 2nd half team, whatever we do in the 2nd half can we do that to start the game.

 

[RuffRuff]

 

[Mister P]

what was the technical for?

Here’s the video.

 

[BFieldHusky]

I'd rather get off the 8/9 line than give Marquette seeding help. I don't follow this stuff closely enough to know whether a win over Marquette does it. Based on the last couple years with the committee and the Big East I am preparing to be disappointed on Sunday, but a win over St. John's certainly helps more.

Plus I just love the idea of a St. Johns / UConn final on Saturday night.

Need to root for St. Johns tonight. I believe Marquette is still in play for us to get ahead of for seeding.

 

[RuffRuff]

Need to root for St. Johns tonight. I believe Marquette is still in play for us to get ahead of for seeding.

Why not just beat them in the final to jump them? If we both win tonight, committee could have a 7 seed reserved for the winner. So not only are you the BET Champ, you're also the 7 seed champ!

I'm all for Marquette winning - StJ is our kryptonite.

 

[superjohn]

Truth from our guy Sam

And yet you don't come out of that game last night thinking we're gelling?

I feel pretty darn good about this team but opponents get tougher from here on out.

 

[uconnfan68]

It hit the backboard before he blocked it.

I’ll take your word.

 

[tzznandrew]

And yet you don't come out of that game last night thinking we're gelling?

I feel pretty darn good about this team but opponents get tougher from here on out.

Barring getting a 13-16 seed in round 2, every team play going forward is better than Villanova.

Not more talented, of course, but better.

I definitely like what I've been seeing with this team in the last few weeks. Really since the last St. John's pantzing we took.

 

[Mister P]

Would be nice if the refs did their jobs better so they would not need to be yapped at.

I think the most egregious call was called on Solo when came from the weak side to block a layup by Brickus. He had all ball. Coincidentally, we went on our second half run after that foul.


Video showed him dropping an “F” bomb to the official.
“It was calculated,” Hurley said after the Huskies outscored the Wildcats 42-20 in the second half to win 73-56. “I pick up some technical fouls that are not calculated, they’re regrettable. But that was one I wanted. But I’m not sure what type of impact it had, because the free throw discrepancy continued.”

Edit, to be clear, Hurley did not p/u the tech on that Solo play.

 

[boba]

I'd rather get off the 8/9 line than give Marquette seeding help. I don't follow this stuff closely enough to know whether a win over Marquette does it. Based on the last couple years with the committee and the Big East I am preparing to be disappointed on Sunday, but a win over St. John's certainly helps more.

Plus I just love the idea of a St. Johns / UConn final on Saturday night.

As long as the outcome is like 1999, I'd love it too. (Wow that was the last time St. John's was in it?)

 

[BFieldHusky]

Why not just beat them in the final to jump them? If we both win tonight, committee could have a 7 seed reserved for the winner. So not only are you the BET Champ, you're also the 7 seed champ!

I'm all for Marquette winning - StJ is our kryptonite.

If they beat St. Johns tonight, I'm not sure we can jump them. That would help their resume more than us beating Creighton. You would think beating them 3 times would help, but not sure it would.

 

[alphasigko]

Sorry, Ross got 1 min, it was Stewart who got the minutes.

I am not sorry in the least.

 

[RuffRuff]

And yet you don't come out of that game last night thinking we're gelling?

I feel pretty darn good about this team but opponents get tougher from here on out.

If our defense becomes our strength, color me surprised. For whatever reason, Stew becomes Dennis Rodman when he defends Dixon. I do love that, just wondering how replicable that will be. We definitely defended well, but Nova and their hero ball gameplan helped. I'd be much more comfortable if we found the offensive flow we had earlier in the year against teams like Gonzaga, where had Liam being a creator that found the open man. Right now it's so hard to rely on Hass - when you see him live you realize how partial he is physically.

Let's not forget we were losing yesterday through the 9 minute mark of the second half, until the bottom fell out for Nova and they were Neptuned. We have another game to build off tonight against a tourney team, hoping for a crisp well executed game.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If they beat St. Johns tonight, I'm not sure we can jump them. That would help their resume more than us beating Creighton. You would think beating them 3 times would help, but not sure it would.

Don't care. I want St. Johns to lose. I do not want them to have any chance at a BET championship.

 

[RuffRuff]

If they beat St. Johns tonight, I'm not sure we can jump them. That would help their resume more than us beating Creighton. You would think beating them 3 times would help, but not sure it would.

I have a hard time thinking the committee keeps a team we beat 3x ahead of us in the seedings, while beating them in the BET championship on the eve of the bracket release. That just doesn't smell right. I'd much rather roll the dice with the scenario of beating Marquette in the finals than having to play StJ in the finals. I could see a scenario where we both get 7s in that case vs getting a 7 by losing to StJ in the finals.

 

[Scoe]

Playing St Johns in a championship game would be great for us even in defeat. It's all a moot point win tonight then we worry about who we face.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Nice win, ugly game. Nova was 5-32 from the floor outside of Poplar. Nova offense was a bunch of iso and Dixon was absolutely awful forcing up all kinds of low quality shots. They had 5 assists. Our D played well. AK had a really nice game, valuable minutes from Mahaney. Liam looks like he needs a sports therapist. Hass looks broken physically. A nice win but not one that gives you goosebumps around tourney potential. We are going to need Mahaney.

Nova fans can’t wait to find a real coach. Neptune looks like a maitre d on the sideline with the skinny pants, turtle neck and blazer look.

Am I remembering wrong but didn’t Dixon have a post up game at one time? He also didn’t play a lick of defense

 

[Rico444]

Agree.
During one of the networks second half In the Huddle timeouts, Hurley didn’t voice any frustration or urgency but praised the players on how well they were playing, to push Poplar to his left and that they will be fine once they got ‘over the hump’.
The players did just that.

It's so valuable having a coach and players that have won big in March and won't panic in these spots. Although it is a little annoying that once again Danny Hurley couldn't win a close game.

 

[RuffRuff]

Am I remembering wrong but didn’t Dixon have a post up game at one time? He also didn’t play a lick of defense

Yes! He totally abandoned any form of offense other than jacking up jumpers. In the past, when he couldn't hit from outside, he'd typically bring it in and work around the paint. He was god awful on both ends of the floor last night - played losing basketball all over the place. Weird way for him to go out. When he stunk in the first half, thought he might come out and go on a tear in the second (as also had the Nova scoring record on the line), and was even worse. Credit our d for sure, but a lot of that had to do with lot's of bad decision making from him.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Plus I just love the idea of a St. Johns / UConn final on Saturday night.

Excellent point. I was at MSG during that drubbing, and a win over St. John's at The Garden for the Big East crown would be epic.

 

[NickDanger]

You're still on this?

As long as the fallacy keeps being committed I will keep knocking it down!
If one person understands the point and saves themselves ruin at Vegas as a result, I will be happy.

 

[NickDanger]

Stop digging.

Do you think I am incorrect?
If not, why would you call it? “digging.”

 

[NickDanger]

The law of averages says that he will ignore the next reference to the law of averages.

You lose.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

That run we went on in the second half was pretty reminiscent of the runs we would go on last year. Really good to see clutch AK and strong games from Mahaney, Samson, and Stew

THIS. So true. And of the last 5 wins, 4 have been by double digits. Let’s make it 5 tonight!

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Excellent point. I was at MSG during that drubbing, and a win over St. John's at The Garden for the Big East crown would be epic.

Yep, was at both the St Johns semi and Marquette final last year. Obviously St Johns was a more exciting game, but the crowd also was just insane. UConn-Johnnies final at MSG would feed families.