Round of 32-Saturday

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Originally Posted by MinnesotaJeb

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I don't understand the hand-wringing here. It's been a great year for BE basketball. 60% of the teams in the big dance, higher than any other conference in the country. Four move on with very solid wins. Though only one makes the sweet sixteen, the other three lose to terrific teams in close matches. After all, that's why they call it "March Madness.
So it's madness to start crying the sky is falling. If the BE was over-hyped, what about XII? Are we suddenly to conclude that league doesn't play basketball?
This is only the second year in the new BE. It's been a terrific year with a terrific non-conference record and all signs point to continuing that tradition.
I think we all knew that Nova depended too much on the three to be a shoo-in to go far in the tourney. I always thought that Jay Wright is too nice a guy. He may be a smart coach, but may not be able to convey the toughness to his players that's needed to win the big games.

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I think Nova is plenty tough. but an issue this year, other than the reliance on 3 point shooting, is the lack of depth re height and length. If Ochefu is not playing well or if he is in foul trouble, Nova hurts. He missed a lot of easy shots last night and was unable to corral some key rebounds. Also, Archie needs to play well and he had a tough night offensively last nite. The two combined had 3 of 15 last night. That's to overcome unless the 3 pointers are clicking.

Villanova three worse shooting games, resulted in L's. Funny how that works.

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Originally Posted by MU/Panther

Villanova three worse shooting games, resulted in L's. Funny how that works.

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Ochefu and Archie were 3-15 with only 3 attempts coming from 3 point land. NC State also outrebounded Nova 45-32. Nova also missed a lot of bunnies. This game was about more than just 3 point shooting.

Villanova has become Gonzaga. Good regular season team that wilts early in the tournament. Too much finesse. The guy that killed them last night was Ochefu, continually missing bunnies. Had the been able to score inside they would have been fine even with the poor shooting.

We need a new flagship program.

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Originally Posted by Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"

Villanova has become Gonzaga. Good regular season team that wilts early in the tournament. Too much finesse. The guy that killed them last night was Ochefu, continually missing bunnies. Had the been able to score inside they would have been fine even with the poor shooting.

We need a new flagship program.

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What we need are teams with some quality height, size and length. Ochefu was outnumbered last night. Wojo seems to be moving in the right direction in that regard.

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Originally Posted by Nukem2

Ochefu and Archie were 3-15 with only 3 attempts coming from 3 point land. NC State also outrebounded Nova 45-32. Nova also missed a lot of bunnies. This game was about more than just 3 point shooting.

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That's what I said. Not three's, three loses this year. Missing bunnies is still shooting %.

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Originally Posted by Nukem2

What we need are teams with some quality height, size and length. Ochefu was outnumbered last night. Wojo seems to be moving in the right direction in that regard.

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Georgetown will have that next year, Providence will have a really good and complete team if Dunn comes back, we are adding nice size to go along with Luke, and Nova has a great post player coming in Omari Spellman (may even come for 2015).

Edit: Also like Reynolds and Farr at Xavier, and they have a top 100 player in Makinde London redshirting this year.

Creighton has a nice 6'10 kid coming in Justin Patton.

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Originally Posted by Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"

Villanova has become Gonzaga. Good regular season team that wilts early in the tournament. Too much finesse. The guy that killed them last night was Ochefu, continually missing bunnies. Had the been able to score inside they would have been fine even with the poor shooting.

We need a new flagship program.

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I like the Zags and Mark Few, but when they have a Sweet 16, Elite 8, Sweet 16, and Final Four within a five-year period get back to me. I know you are better then this and need to get off the ledge.

I'm talking about since that Final Four. When Nova is still playing the second weekend again, get back to me.