WVBilliken Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Villanova looks like they have a lot of big guards. Be interesting how our little quick guard compete. Of course, maybe they aren't really big, perhaps they were measured with their shoes on!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 fan Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 A couple of them are tall. A better Washington I would say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperdeckKid Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I actually like Washington's team better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills10 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I can see this game as being a tipping point. Even though nova is not as strong as years past, it is a win that people will really notice. After the lack of dominance against BC, if we fail to show up tomorrow people may write off the washington game as a fluke. Gotta keep the momentum going and find sundays team inside them tomorrow on espn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I can see this game as being a tipping point. Even though nova is not as strong as years past, it is a win that people will really notice. After the lack of dominance against BC, if we fail to show up tomorrow people may write off the washington game as a fluke. Gotta keep the momentum going and find sundays team inside them tomorrow on espn!Great post could not agree more. I'm sure the people over at ESPN and the Post are already picking up their pen and paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I can't remember for sure but I don't think that Villanova is projected as a tourney team this year. I'm pretty sure that Lunardi and some of the other guys didn't have them in but I could be wrong. But either way its a quality win that will attract attention especially playing on espn. We need to come out strong and not force ourselves to play from behind on short rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nevermind lunardi has them in as a 10 seed. I know I saw some brackets out there that didn't have them in, but a win over a good big east team would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomble Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 We win tomorrow, great. ESPN gives press to their chosen tourney. Two weeks later, it never gets covered again. Tipping point? For the team, sure. In the national press? Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nova by 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youjustgotKMed Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nova by 3. I hope you don't call yourself a bills fan, why should we lose to villanova they are no better then washington, so what the first half of BC was a slopfest. I'll see your nova by 3 and raise you a F you and bills by 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For-DaLove Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 We win tomorrow, great. ESPN gives press to their chosen tourney. Two weeks later, it never gets covered again. Tipping point? For the team, sure. In the national press? Probably not.That's where you're wrong, my friend. If we are winning we will be getting national attention because of Rick Majerus. I don't get how it's that hard to understand. ESPN gave us quite a bit of attention two years ago when we got hot and we ended up not even being an NIT team. We should be much more legit this year, and if so, we will get covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I have a bad feeling about this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I have a bad feeling about this game. I agree. If we bring a BC game team, we lose. If we bring a SIU/WU game team, we win. Not impressed at all with our effort against BC, especially that 1st 1/2. BC is a team we should ran off the court and given us excellent opportunity to give major minutes to the bench so we have fresh legs for the NOVA game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Let's not get too worked up over the BC game. Yes, they got waxed by HolyCross and UMass, but who really knows why? It was mentioned many times yesterday that their coach shook up their lineup. And playing primarily freshman, albeit probably pretty good freshman, they're on a learning curve. I watched both games on TV and the biggest difference I saw was we weren't hitting the open shots like we did against UW and we lacked some intensity on D. Every team's going to have bad shooting nights and RM won't stand for less than 100% effort on D. No doubt we can't play that way against Nova. What is of concern is our rebounding. We won't beat them if we keep giving them new shot clocks after every miss. Rebounding is our primary weakness. It's time for RL to step up and be more of a force on the boards like CE started to show last year and is continuing this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I feel good about this game. BC was the wake up call. We didn't shoot the ball well and played sloppy the first half and still won by 11. Yes, BC is young, but they shot the ball pretty good from 3. I think the boys find their stride and finish off a nailbiter at the line. Bills by 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastsidejoe Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I have a bad feeling about this game. Give me a break No Hope, have a big glass of blue coolaide this morning and man up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billi from Philly Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Being from Philly, had a chance to see Nova early.....very athletic bigs and a point guard who is at least an equal to KM....boxing out, helping Conklin on the boards and full game defense of the 3 will really be necessary for us to win......we can, and probably should, but it's going to be competitive end to end....Wright coaches them that way....but we can win this game if we play more determined and athletic than we did yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 there is concern on the nova board... This will be a tough game in my opinion. I will not be surprised in the least if we come out on the wrong end. St. Louis always seems to have a bunch of crackers that move the ball around like a hot potato and shoot the lights out. Usually play tenacious D too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomble Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 "St. Louis always seems to have a bunch of crackers that move the ball around like a hot potato and shoot the lights out. " That is hilarious. Reminds me of this clip from Mike Birbiglia at SLU: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB73 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 WOW. SLU is a 2 pt favorite in LV. On a neutral court. That is a very good sign. The typical bettor will jump on Nova + 2, public BCS team, name recognition, Big East team. Suckers. This tells me LV thinks we will win and wants the sucker money on Nova (of course, we have to play well and cannot stink it up...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjray Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 If one looks at Villanova as a more experienced Washington and you factor in the neutral court, I think the game is a toss up. SLU can't come out flat to start the game like it did against BC. We'll never recover from a painfully slow start against a team of this caliber. We have to hit open shots early and find our rhythm quickly. If that happens, I like our chances. I have confidence South American Dictator will have the team prepared to play excellent defense but no confidence they will hit open shots on the offensive end. That's on the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 If one looks at Villanova as a more experienced Washington and you factor in the neutral court, I think the game is a toss up. SLU can't come out flat to start the game like it did against BC. We'll never recover from a painfully slow start against a team of this caliber. We have to hit open shots early and find our rhythm quickly. If that happens, I like our chances. I have confidence South American Dictator will have the team prepared to play excellent defense but no confidence they will hit open shots on the offensive end. That's on the players.I would like to see us run the offense for kwamain early and get him some easy buckets and get the momentum swinging our way then hopefully the rest of the team will follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo027 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 The game appears to have been moved to ESPN2..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills10 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 The game appears to have been moved to ESPN2.....Time warner still has the game listed on ESPN starting at 2:30 EST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Time warner still has the game listed on ESPN starting at 2:30 EST The guide which list upcoming TV shows on Directv put the game on ESPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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