Nova getting annihilated by Butler

[Marat]

Crazy that the 8th place team in the Big East now has 2 better wins in conference than the 3rd place team (UConn).

Home court with fans helped them.

 

[Kolumbo]

That's just about as awful a loss for Nova as it can get. 2/27 from the three. That has to be some kind of record for futility. Any team can crap the bed any given day but losing to Butler coming down the stretch like that is painful.

 

[storrsroars]

Nova going 2-27 on threes makes our 1-11 in the 2011 NC vs Butler look good, lol.

 

[SixRings]

Not just threes.. Nova couldn’t make anything

 

[Hi-Low]

Crazy that the 8th place team in the Big East now has 2 better wins in conference than the 3rd place team (UConn).

We only got 1 chance at Nova, 1 Creighton game w/o Bouk and the other lost in OT.

it is a crazy season for sure though.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Matchups I guess. We played Butler twice and after doing so it seemed like we would beat them 10 out of 10. Just seemed that way. Doubt it would actually happen.

Nova just kinda big-boyed us. Good learning experience for both the players and coaches. Nova still may beat us 6 or 7 out of 10, but I think we have a shot if we see them again in BE tournament.

 

[Kitaman]

Home court with fans helped them.

Amazing what the 6th man can accomplish, especially rabid college fans involved in an upset.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

methinks both nova and creighton better make some rum offerings to jobu for their 3s game, cuz iffn their 3 balls are even slightly off, they toast. we are far more balanced in our o game then those guys.

 

[imno1]

If we don't settle for stall ball we are as good as anyone in the league right now. This team should never be taking 27 threes unless Tyler Phommachanh is on fire.

 

[bendm]

So pounding the ball inside works against Villanova? Hmmm. Who else was saying that?

when you say that before every game youre bound to be right sometimes! certainly wasnt true about marquette though. our three Cs combined for 8 pts 9 rebs and 10 fouls

 

[UconnU]

I don’t understand Butler. When we played them I thought they looked slow, undersized, uncompetitive. Really hit or miss team. If these wins aren’t flukes they could be really good in a year or two, their team is comprised of mostly underclassmen.

 

[Ratso]

nova prediction: elite 8

of course it can change

 

[Hey Adrien!]

 

[MexicoHusky]

I've done the same.... playing hockey

 

[SportsFan88]

Yea nova is just bad on the road idk why.

Nova shooting all kinds of terrible

Gillespie just biffed and uncontested layup

BE tourney is WIDE open

I REALLY like our chances.. I honestly feel when fully healthy we are the most talented team in the league and we will show that at MSG. This is what we are built for.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

when you say that before every game youre bound to be right sometimes! certainly wasnt true about marquette though. our three Cs combined for 8 pts 9 rebs and 10 fouls

So you are arguing that not using the bigs worked once therefore we should never use them.

Ironically, the small-ball crowd always holds up Villanova as an example for how well small ball works.

 

[bendm]

So you are arguing that not using the bigs worked once therefore we should never use them.

no, not using our bigs has worked 9 times. we have only won 3 games where our Cs played more than 60 mins combined (USC, Marquette, and Butler) and either aj or bouk werent available for any of them

now that we are finally healthy, bouk/cole/martin/jackson are unquestionably our 4 best players and they should be on the floor as much as possible