i want to get to the final four so we can give everyone the middle finger. These games feel like life or death to me

some more reading ........................

http://www.buckscountycouriertimes....cle_421c1e60-c12a-5e61-a51e-8c41ce2a6f05.html

the next 9 hours are going to feel like a week. I am trying unsuccessfully to concentrate on work and stay busy. It's gonna be a loooong day

Did the team meet the press yesterday? If so, can someone post the link? I can't find anything on youtube.

Thanks,

Patm

Highlights of the last time Villanova was in the Sweet 16.

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MIAMI (27-7)

Kenpom #11 (#12 Offense / #36 Defense)

Big Wins: #37 Utah, #38 Butler, #28 Syracuse, #20 Duke, #35 Notre Dame (2x), #1 Virginia, #10 Louisville, #8 Wichita State.

Losses: #126 Northeastern, @ #1 Virginia, @ #48 Clemson, @#73 NC State, @ #3 North Carolina, @ # 57 Virginia Tech, #1 Virginia (neutral).


This team plays much better at home than on the road (all teams do but their splits are more dramatic).

17-1 Home
6-5 Away
4-1 Neutral

OFFENSE

Shot Distribution: 39% Rim / 27% Mid-Range / 33% 3pt

• Kenpom #12
• Play at a slow pace (#249), FYI Villanova is #266
• This team can shoot it, #30 eFG%.
• And their shot selection is efficient, minimizing mid-range shots.
• Shoot 37% from 3pt (#65)
• Shoot 40% in the mid-range and 63% at the rim. (#25 from 2pt overall)
• Take care of the ball (#63 in turnovers), rarely get blocked (#22), and don’t get pilfered often either (#74)
• Offensive rebound at an average rate 30.2% (#160)
• Get to the line at a good rate (#68)
• Where they are excellent from the FT line, shooting 75% (#24)

DEFENSE

Shot Distribution: 36% Rim / 34% Mid-Range / 30% 3pt

• Kenpom #36
• Do an excellent job limiting foul shots and three pointers
• #35 free throw rate
• #26 3pt field goal rate, and opponents shoot 33.6% against them (#114)
• Do not force many turnovers (#213)
• #159 in blocks and #110 in steals.
• Average defensive rebounding team (#139)

THE STARS

ANGEL RODRIGUEZ (5-11) SENIOR

Shot Distribution: 39% Rim / 10% Mid-Range / 52% 3pt

• Get to the rim, or shoot a three. Dramatic differences from 3pt from different areas of the court.
• Straw that stirs the drink, plays 75% of the game.
• Excellent assist rate (#111 / #1 in the ACC)
• Adept thief (#83 in steals / #3 in the ACC)
• Does not get to the line at a high rate, but knocks down FT’s at 80%
• Good 3pt shooter (33%) on high volume
• Turns the ball over at a relatively high rate (same as Booth & Brunson)
• Has been locked in, his 3pt% has been 47% during March and 63% eFG% overall

SHELDON MCCLELLAN (6-5) SENIOR

Shot Distribution: 35% Rim / 27% Mid-Range / 39% 3pt

• Efficient shot selection, good great from everywhere on the floor.
• Plays 82% of the game.
• #40 True Shooting percentage in basketball.
• Does not turn the ball over (#96)
• Draws fouls and gets to the line at a very high rate – where he shoots 84%
• Not much of a rebounder
• Shooting 39% from 3pt on high volume.
• Was the #4 offensive player in ACC conference play.

DAVON REED (6-6) JUNIOR

Shot Distribution: 29% Rim / 26% Mid-Range / 44% 3pt

• Plays 72% of the game.
• A 3pt shooter, who connects on 39%.
• Solid rebounder
• Shoots 81% from the line but does not draw many fouls.
• Has also hit another gear in March, shooting 45% from 3pt.

TONYE JEKIRI (7-0) SENIOR

Shot Distribution: 57% Rim / 40% Mid-Range / 3% 3pt

• Plays 71% of the game.
• Excellent rebounder (#99 Offensive / #68 Defensive)
• #324 in blocks
• Does not draw fouls
• Poor foul shooter (58%)
• Has a pretty good mid-range game, where he shoots 43%.
• Averages 4.2 fouls / 40 minutes
• Similar game in a lot of ways to Ochefu, and similarly important to keep out of foul trouble. Their next big man is the 6-8 Murphy.

JA’QUAN NEWTON (6-2) SOPH

Shot Distribution: 40% Rim / 48% Mid-Range / 12% 3pt

• Mr. Mid-Range.
• Converts 59% at the rim, 40% in the mid-range, and 35% from three (on very low volume, has not made a three in six weeks)
• Excellent assist rate
• Draws fouls at a very high rate and gets to the line often (goes to the hoop all the time), where he converts at 73%.
• 6th man, playing 50% of the game, but when he is in the game he’s gonna shoot it. Has the highest percentage of shots when in the game.
• The highest variance player on the team. Good Ja’Quan is very good, he put up 19 points and a monster ORating of 140 in the ACC tournament game against Virginia. But he can also struggle like he did against Wichita State when he put up 2 points.

KAMARI MURPHY (6-8) JUNIOR

Shot Distribution: 54% Rim / 41% Mid-Range / 5% 3pt

• Plays 56% of the game.
• Passive offensive player that does not get a lot of shots
• Excellent rebounder, especially defensive (#166)
• Solid shot blocker (#294)
• Not a good foul shooter (56%)
• Really only efficient at the rim (68%), shooting 31% in the mid-range.

This is a veteran team that starts three seniors and two juniors. Four guys (Rodriguez, McClellan, Reed, and Jekiri) will see major minutes, while Newton and Murphy will spell the guards and Reed/Jekiri respectively. The remaining 4 players on the roster have played limited to no roles down the stretch.


AROUND COLLEGE BB

• Let’s return again to the preseason poll. In order it was: UNC, Kentucky, Maryland, Kansas, Duke, Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Gonzaga, Wichita State, Villanova. Of these top 11 teams only Wichita State and Kentucky have been eliminated. In a year where the narrative has been that college basketball is wide open, things look a lot like what was expected.

• Villanova last year was the Kenpom #6 overall (#4 Offense / #13 Defense) and a Pythagorean of .9504. This year the team is #4 overall (#9 Offense / #7 Defense) and a Pythagorean of .9442. So from an efficiency perspective last year’s team was better than this year. In fact the #1 team right now (Virginia) would have ranked 6th last year. The top teams this year are not as good as last year, but that isn’t the same thing as a “wide open” NCAA tournament.

• My buddy saw Mohammad Bamba and the rest of Westtown (or PSA wasn't sure) at the Iowa game. Four more 19 point wins should make him a Wildcat.

• Michigan State finished the year with the #1 Offense and #52 Defense. Similarly Kentucky finished with the #2 Offense and #51 Defense. You need to guard people too.

• Buddy Hield and Denzel Valentine led the Kenpom Player of the Year standing for pretty much the entire season. But Malcolm Brogdon now holds the top spot followed by Brice Johnson. UVA is the only team with two players in the top ten, the other is Gil at #7. Thomas Walkup moved up to #8, too bad nobody knew who he was before Friday.

With just a few long hours before tip off, it is a completely different feeling for me...way more relaxed even though the game will certainly be harder to win. Getting past that second round game was like passing a kidney stone! But man did the boys deliver! If there was a mercy rule in college bball, it would have been used with a full 15 minutes left in the game! What an absolute display of dominance!

With one message delivered, we have one more I know Jay wants to deliver. That is that the Big Dog in the new Big East is as tough as any in the last 15 years, and you can't go toe to toe with the best in the league unless you bring your A game. I hear a lot about how Miami plays a lot like Nova....that may very well be, but Jay and our boys want to prove they do it better. From top to bottom, I take our line up over theirs. There is no good and bad Arch....just in your face Arch. Who guards Jenkins? Good luck there. This isn't Duke soft D...and we don't pack it in. Miami better be ready for in your face D all night long.


Let's get one more Cats! Go Nova!

57 points tonight for the 87ers, clearly Russ should be part of the Sixers revolution.

GOOD for him!

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Anyone aware of a place that might have the sound on, preferably midtown?

Has anyone gone on their board to see their thoughts on the game?

today....I can not help but keeping watching SeanDon videos on a loop and reading up on the game.

I think I need professional help.....where is the 12 step program for my condition?

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...jenkins-made-for-brighter-future-at-villanova

Imo he is the difference this year, as I think most agree. What a change from last year...Not even just as a freshman.

Watched the following this morning and thought it was pretty good - players seem loose which is good!

http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/villanova-ballers-surprisingly-good-spelling-arcidiacono

...on Donte's ball handling?...will he be much help in that regard with Arch gone?...

Wish I could pull it but ir is my wife's birthday is next weekend....anyone already planning to go?

Is it difficult? Mine crapped out and I need to replace it. It's impossible to tell from online reviews whether anyone can do it or whether you need to be Bob Vila.

I'm talking about one of those over the range models.

Short highlight video of last weekend's games. Time to look on to the Sweet 16. Go Cats!

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Very disappointing.

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Looking for some BW 4.6 advice.....For the past several weeks, I have been extremely congested. But it is not the normal kind of congestion where you can blow out a load of schnot and feel relief. This is like a dry congestion making it difficult to breathe, almost like my nasal passages are swollen. If I use a nasal spray, it clears it up almost immediately but I hate to keep using them because they can supposedly make the problem worse if used over a prolonged period of time.

I have not seen a Dr. because I feel that better advice can be obtained from members of this newsgroup.

Anybody else experiencing this? Rayhad, you're a nurse, aren't you? Any advice?

...1. Louisville 2. Kentucky 3. Duke 4. Villanova 5. Kansas 6. UNC 7. Oregon 8. Wisconsin 9. Indiana 10. Virginia....

thhe entire Kentucky team that is eligible is declaring for the draft. That includes two walk ons but excludes The New Zealender and one other who don't meet the age requirements.

On the house, the cost is having to sit next to me and receive numerous high fives. Email Robert.simione@ gmail.com

If you are looking for tix, I will have 2 extras for Thur/Sat that I will sell to a Nova fan for face. Once I get confirmation from Nova tomorrow on the details, I can follow up but as it is right now I have 2 seats in section 309, Row F. They are $250/each. Reply here or shoot me an email (jmjnova@gmail.com) and we can exchange tix and cash in Louisville.