Villanova Post Game Thread

[aceboon]

Interesting postgame interview with Hurley on TNT, says he's done a bad job managing the bench the past couple of weeks and mentioned Stew specifically compared to how he was playing in the non conf.

 

[superjohn]

Hurley says he thinks he's mismanaged the bench the past couple of weeks. Love hearing that, we need them to be confident and reliable. Makes us a totally different team.

 

[navery12]

I've decided Jaylin Stewart and Jayden Ross are one person. 30 minutes and 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks. And good defense from both. Will take that every night from the pair

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Very nice bounce back win. Defense did a better job overall.

Clean up the unforced turnovers, just a little more consistently tenacious on the boards (we gave up 3-4 rebounds Nova had no excuse getting to), and cut with purpose on inbounds, and we’re REALLY cooking again.

 

[Fishy]

Great game. No notes.

 

[Scottobot]

Where is everyone?? We just won!

The trolls that start click bait threads only come out after losses or bad games

 

[DW1361]

Hurley just admitted that he has mismanaged the bench. Nice to see the bench step up. We won’t go very far without those four guys!!!

 

[WhereistheDove?]

This game really highlighted one of Reibe’s best traits…. He has otherworldly hands for a big. He saves so many iffy or bad entry passes. Can’t think of another freshman big I’ve watched that has hands like that.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

This game really highlighted one of Reibe’s best traits…. He has otherworldly hands for a big. He saves so many iffy or bad entry passes. Can’t think of another freshman big I’ve watched that has hands like that.

Just wait until he remembers he’s 7’ and can dunk. Then he’s gonna get real nasty!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Hurley just admitted that he has mismanaged the bench. Nice to see the bench step up. We won’t go very far without those four guys!!!

It's a good way to take the heat off the players.

Bench players played loose tonight.

Riebe had a couple of moves and scores that most freshmen seven footers can't do.

 

[mike012]

Good game. Now we need dunk city on St johns and rough them up a bit before we send them back to NY with a loss.

 

[housekeys]

I’m greedy, didn’t like losing the final 5 minutes by 11

The refs took over. Rather obvious how "unbalanced" the whistle was.

 

[superjohn]

This game really highlighted one of Reibe’s best traits…. He has otherworldly hands for a big. He saves so many iffy or bad entry passes. Can’t think of another freshman big I’ve watched that has hands like that.

Yep, he's going to be a great one. You can't teach his hands and ability around the rim. His outside game is real too.

 

[husky8273]

Karaban leading scorer!!

 

[Gutter King]

A note about Malachi: what is the point of other players moving/hard cutting when he's at the 3pt line? The manner in which he dribbles there will never allow us to cash in on off ball action. Long crossovers, high pounds, eyes looking away, etc. You can't ask the team to run the stuff when you decide to engage randomly. Everything when he is on the court is adlibbed. He can make some things happen for sure, but generally disables our offense.

 

[gsmooth]

What a difference playing defense and limiting the easy drives to the basket make.

Yup. If they did this against Creighton they win by at least 10. Hopefully they keep improving their defense.

 

[Tommyboy]

Great response. Loved seeing the bench make a huge impact

 

[willie99]

We looked like a team again

Thank you Creighton 😊

 

[HooperScooper]

Was that better? Good production from the bench. Good rebounding and better defense. On to the Red Stain.

 

[phillionaire]

Nice to see a great response on the road

 

[Doctor Hoop]

That was, I think, the UConn team we all thought we’d see all season after Florida. And Illinois. And BYU. And even Arizona. The bench showed the kind of depth we thought we would have. AK played great on both ends. And Reibe and Reed are a two headed monster.

 

[NewBlood]

More Ross for defense. He had 3 blocks and forced two turnovers. Let Solo keep Mullins fresh, get Jayden in as a starter

 

[blkknight1]

Only complaints about this game is the looseness with the ball by Silas. Can’t be that loose with the ball against good teams. But also can we have someone in the backcourt to to an outlet for Silas so he doesn’t have to struggle bringing the ball up?

Also liked how tonight they made an effort to get the ball to the basket and they were coming off curls in the mid range where they had the option to pull up there or keep going. Also the limited number of 3s taken was a good thing. I think that this team falls in love with the 3pt shot and it hurts them. Team hit their free throws which was most definitely a welcome sight as well.

 

[yungdowork]

To get a big road win vs a good team despite Silas having a rough game is absolutely huge. Really balanced night offensively, bench stepped up. Reibe, Ross, Stewart and Malachi all gave us quality minutes at important moments in the game

 

[Leebo]

Very nice to not be sweating in the last 3 minutes

 

[superjohn]

More Ross for defense. He had 3 blocks and forced two turnovers. Let Solo keep Mullins fresh, get Jayden in as a starter

He was great on D. He bit hard on that one pump fake where the guy made the jumper at the end of the shot clock and that was it, just great defense and timely defensive plays which ignited us.

 

[ArizonaHsky]

The refs took over. Rather obvious how "unbalanced" the whistle was.

Seriously! The refs in this game. They were fine

 

[Inyatkin]

Maybe a loss did some good? Either way glad to reset expectations

 

[jibsey]

We can and must play defense. Confidence builder for Wednesday.

 

[KingAG]

If we and St John’s tie how do they determine who wins the conference?