Villanova Post Game Thread

[WhereistheDove?]

Hopefully Braylon isn’t out too long. Definitely concerned with the offensive production in the minutes behind him.

 

[HCCForever]

I’m happy to see that Ball returned to form offensively shooting 40% from three. Had tough time with backdown play on D.

Hope Mullins is back quickly.

 

[Conndog]

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

They were nervous; it kept looking like UConn was going to lose it until they didn’t

 

[Chosen]

Silas definitely has to get the game ball. He saved us with that turnover at the beginning of OT. He also made two key freethrows. Good job Silas.

Also I hope Braylon is ok.

Refs were against us especially with Tarris' 5th foul.

Good win UConn.

 

[bendm]

silver lining to Mullins leaving the game was Solo busting out of his slump in a big way. hopefully that's the end of that and hopefully Mullins only misses the PC game out of precaution, back for Creighton on 1/31.

 

[RuffRuff]

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!

This group doesn't instill a lot of confidence visually - the offense at this point in the season is supremely clunky. I saw one set where 5 guys were in the lane in OT. The spacing and rotations, actions seem non existent at times. I honestly don't know what to think. We have some quality wins early, but this is not a team that looks like a NC, at all. Does it have more to to do peak, or is his what it is, that is the question.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Best part of the game:

Solo is back!

Worst part of the game:

The refs were horrendous.

Two of the fouls called on Reed should have been on Brennan. There were two additional fouls on Brennan (including a moving screen on the three very late in regulation) that were not called.

We got the W and showed a tremendous amount of fortitude. Hope Mullins doesn't miss any time.

 

[blkknight1]

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.

Honestly depends on the person. Some can get them and be fine the next day other get them and it can linger for months.

 

[boog204]

Things I learned in the chat:

Karaban is both terrible and very good.

Reed is lazy. (I would like to see anyone on this board try to defend Duke Brennan)

 

[Gutter King]

This is a good win. Villanova is a good, solid tourney team.

Silas is incredible on defense and had the play of the game with the strip, dive, assist to Reed. Just such a key piece to our NC hopes.

If this ugly game gets Solo going, then I will take it 100/100 times. Pulling the ball out late was great to see, but just glad he got some confidence. Now we need two in a row.

We left 8 points from layups in the first half alone. It's pure torture.

Thought we gace it away when Ross missed two FTs and then Reed shuffled. These guys just know how to grind these things out.

Not a high IQ game from Reed. What bothered me the most is when you see your guard getting backed down from the 3pt line, you should be preparing yourself to provide help there.

Anyway, another uneven game where the whole team wasn't firing at the same time, and hopefully Braylon is Ok.

 

[All4Fans]

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

No games are easy. They are not robots

 

[Marat]

Winners win ! That's all

 

[bjc42]

busting out

pause

 

[FfldCntyFan]

This group doesn't instill a lot of confidence visually - the offense at this point in the season is supremely clunky. I saw one set where 5 guys were in the lane in OT. The spacing and rotations, actions seem non existent at times. I honestly don't know what to think. We have some quality wins early, but this is not a team that looks like a NC, at all. Does it have more to to do peak, or is his what it is, that is the question.

Not every team can be Michigan,.....

Or Arizona,.......

Or whoever is the current flavor of the month.

 

[HooperScooper]

I don’t even care to comment on the game. Is Braylon ok?

I'm sure he's fine. Didn't look like he got hit that hard. Might have to go through concussion protocol and be out for the next game.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

The shooting wasn’t great today but I also can’t remember a game where we’ve had more threes that went halfway down and out.

 

[Umami Zen]

Quad 1 gut-check win. Nova is a Tournament team that will be a tough out with their three point shooters. Nice to see Solo back. Silas is a closer. AK showing some leadership in second half/OT. Hustle player of the game for me. Ross-disruptive and showing alot of effort. Next.

Stay safe Yarders for the next 72 hrs or so.

 

[RuffRuff]

This is a good win. Villanova is a good, solid tourney team.

Silas is incredible on defense and had the play of the game with the strip, dive, assist to Reed. Just such a key piece to our NC hopes.

If this ugly game gets Solo going, then I will take it 100/100 times. Pulling the ball out late was great to see, but just glad he got some confidence. Now we need two in a row.

We left 8 points from laypus in the first half alone. It's pure torture.

Thought we gace it away when Ross missed two FTs and then Reed shuffled. These guys just know how to grind these things out.

Not a high IQ game from Reed. What bothered me the most is when you see your guard getting backed down from the 3pt line, you should be preparing yourself to provide help there.

Anyway, another uneven game where the whole team wasn't firing at the same time, and hopefully Braylon is Ok.

I think what gets Solo going is not sharing the floor with Mullins and knowing he's the guy. That's a hard role to share. Let's not forget that our wins against BYU, Illinois and Florida were all without Braylon. Those are wins over the best teams we've played. Braylon was huge in the Kansas win.

 

[boog204]

These gutty wins are very important in the long run. Would also like to see us play offense that’s not offensive. And if the bench could give us some production that would nice as well. Miss the days of having a guy come off the bench and give you some instant offense.

 

[HCCForever]

So.... Solo Ball is NOT the problem.

Based on this game, any issues are when Solo and Mullins play together. Hopefully they can resolve this when Braylon is back.

 

[alexd]

Hurley proving, once again, that he can win close games.

We won by eight. Not a close game. 😂

 

[GAlawyer]

Our bench wasn’t great again today but I do think that our depth wears other teams down.

If our identity is toughness, resilience, and winning, I’ll take it. Though I miss pretty offense.

 

[RuffRuff]

Not every team can be Michigan,.....

Or Arizona,.......

Or whoever is the current flavor of the month.

Yeah sorry, they looked amazing. Clicking on all cylinders. Another effortless win. Offense looked like a Ferrari. Let me know if that helps.

Nova a good team, but that was a home game after a number of close wins against bad teams. GTwon beat PC at PC today. NC caliber teams have a close win from time to time, but they don't eek out a series of games against lesser competition.

Nova solid but not a second weekend team.

 

[Palatine]

Hurley runs a beautiful offense. Our players need to start executing it. They did when it counted.

An ugly game always looks pretty in the W/L column.

Jayden Ross was huge on the defense end. That's why Hurley had him in at the end.

 

[Class of 09]

We need Malachi to play like he did in the non con slate