Villanova Post Game Thread

[RuffRuff]

Ugly but another one in the win column.

Get well soon, Braylon!!!

Stocking the shelves with ugly wins. It seems to be this teams identity. Will it translate to March?

Solo looks himself after Braylon goes out - made some huge buckets.

Credit it Nova for a tough showing. Willard can coach.

 

[TroyHall98]

Love the effort on the boards in the late second half and overtime in addition to the lock down defense.

 

[EastConn'er]

This team. Should've had 3 easy games but we like to make it difficult on ourselves.

 

[HooperScooper]

Phew! Happy to get that win. Solo came up huge.

What's different about the offense now? Just doesn't look the same as earlier in the season.

 

[All4Fans]

Do we still want to bench Solo?

 

[Class of 09]

Can’t tell if it’s a good or bad thing that this squad knows they’re still likely going to win despite playing poorly for 3/4 of the game.

 

[UCann]

Another absolutely pathetic home crowd - no energy in the building until the very end.

 

[Dibbie]

OK grinding and winning ugly is this team’s trademark. I’m done looking for 20 point wins.

 

[SCNCHuskie]

It was a nice 20 point victory for UConn (if you count all the missed easy shots).



Thankfully Alex Karaban got to the Hartford Civic Center in time for the second half to save the day. Ball starting to get back to form, and what a big overtime three. Another steady game for Demary, 7 assists only 1 turnover. What a tip for Reed in the last minute of regulation. Hopefully, Mullins is OK! Next.

 

[UConNick]

Typical James Breeding disasterclass.

O’Connell is horrid and deserves all the crap we give him, but Breeding is legitimately the worse ref

 

[rashadray11]

Alex Karaban. Build the statue. A winner.

 

[Mister P]

Tough, gritty wins against conference teams and tough, gritty wins in our OOC games. Makes us a tough out as the season progresses.
Hope Braylon’s okay and back soon.

 

[Nameless]

We shot like crap overall, but it was really nice to see Solo shooting it well from deep. Loved seeing how pumped he was when he hit that 3 to put us up by 2 in OT. Hopefully that snaps him out of this season long slump.

Awesome block by Jayden to help us get to OT.

That was probably our C+ game at best and we still picked up a borderline Q1 win.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

This team will definitely be ready for a March dogfight.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Lewis may be my least favorite Big East player. He is so phenomenally selfish that I don't know how anyone plays with him without losing it. In the second half alone, there have been half a dozen times where Brennan screened for Lewis, then slipped to the hoop uncovered and Lewis didn't pass it. That drove me crazy as a player and when I was coaching.

I posted that about Acaden Lewis on 12/19/25.

 

[Scottobot]

8 point margin, he bungled the close game stat

yeah the can’t win close games trolls will say this doesn’t count

 

[blkknight1]

So many missed bunnies early.

Gotta say that Silas dive on the floor in OT was the game winning play. After that 3 right off the top by nova and a miss by UConn things could have gone south but that hustle play right there was game changing.

 

[JeannoCT]

Happy for Solo.

 

[Conndog]

Might not have the firepower to win it all, but it is very tough to beat UConn. So glad for Ball! Hope Mullins will be okay and miss as little time as possible.

 

[Travelman6]

Didn't have to be that stressful but a win is a win. I think they'll slip up soon but I think it'll be the wake up call they need.

 

[geohusky]

Record certainly deserving of number 2 ranking, eye test not sure

 

[REB1094]

I have to say it again. This team tries so hard to lose, yet always somehow finds a way to win

Welcome back Solo! Great shooting and he finishes with a game high 24

Karaban was absolutely invisible for about 30 minutes. Then he took over

I don’t even know what to think of the offense. We are getting wide open threes for shooters and we are getting to the hoop for layups. That means the offense is working. But then we miss them all. I truly don’t know what conclusions to make from that

just because I have to give my opinion on it, what the heck was that last play in regulation???

But at the end of the day, a win that raises my blood pressure to dangerous levels still counts in the W column. Let’s go Huskies and stay warm!

 

[RuffRuff]

Might not have the firepower to win it all, but it is very tough to beat UConn. So glad for Ball! Hope Mullins will be okay and miss as little time as possible.

How much time do you miss for a concussion? They get hit a lot harder in the NFL and come back in a week typically.

 

[Samoo]

Dan Hurley can't win blowouts...

 

[Scottobot]

I thought it was an exciting game to watch. Solo Ball and Karaban were heroic. Demary played great in Overtime. Team is getting a lot of practice in close games.

Rebounding and not being able to finish at rime is killing them. Seemed like. 1/3 of Nova points were after offensive rebounds.

Missed wide open layup by Smith was egregious