Round of 32-Saturday

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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.

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.