Nova in Final Four

[AlumKCof93]

Way to go Nova! You guys deserve it

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Just great!! My second favorite Big East team. So happy for them and Wright.

[HoopsterBC]

Nova does it with tough, hard nose kids, got to love it, they are warriors!

[GooooMarquette]

I was impressed by how they bounced back after losing their lead.  Just when it looked like KU was going to take control, Nova came back with a 10-0 run.  Good defense all night, and clutch FT shooting down the stretch.

I'd love to see them win it all.

[brewcity77]

I was impressed by how they bounced back after losing their lead.  Just when it looked like KU was going to take control, Nova came back with a 10-0 run.  Good defense all night, and clutch FT shooting down the stretch.

I'd love to see them win it all.

My wife would too, because she'd win the (for entertainment purposes only) MUScoop bracket challenge.

[GooooMarquette]

My wife would too, because she'd win the (for entertainment purposes only) MUScoop bracket challenge.

I have both Oklahoma and Nova in the FF...but the other side of my bracket is so awful that I'm long gone (X and Michigan State were my other FF teams).

[WarriorPride68]

Mark Miller is pumped about this!

[ChicosBailBonds]

Guards game

[keefe]

My second favorite Big East team.

After DePaul?

[HutchwasClutch]

First Final Four team of the new Big East.  That is huge as the new Big East gets its footing on the national landscape.  The conference really needed a school to breakthrough in the tournament.  Good regular seasons and high seeds become meaningless in late March /early April.  It's who's left standing in the Final Four.

Really hope they finish the job next weekend in Houston.  Congrats to them, nothing but respect for Jay Wright and his program.

[forgetful]

Nova vs. Oklahoma has the potential to be an all time great game.  Buddy Hield vs. the Nova Guards.  Will be great basketball. 

[PGsHeroes32]

If Nova wins it all or losing to Virginia I'm bringing home the bacon

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

If Oklahoma wins it all, I'd win the scoop bracket challenge (and some other pools as well). But I will cheering like hell for Villanova in Houston next weekend.

[MUsoxfan]

I'm a big Nova fan for the next week

[PGsHeroes32]

#freethrowsmatter

[nyg]

#freethrowsmatter

Yes, 18 for 19 will work any night.

I thought the kid Bridges was outstanding last night.  With Jenkins having an off night and in foul trouble, Bridges played with a purpose.  He had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 5 steals.  The steals were a result of his defensive effort because of his length.  Even though he is a slim 6ft 7, his arm length is just unreal for his height.  Wish MU had such an option coming off the bench.

Nova going to have its hands full with Oklahoma, who spanked them big time earlier in the year.  But a defensive effort on Hield (good luck with that) and Cousins from the outside, might just do it. 

[Tugg Speedman]

Yes, 18 for 19 will work any night.

I thought the kid Bridges was outstanding last night.  With Jenkins having an off night and in foul trouble, Bridges played with a purpose.  He had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 5 steals.  The steals were a result of his defensive effort because of his length.  Even though he is a slim 6ft 7, his arm length is just unreal for his height.  Wish MU had such an option coming off the bench.

Nova going to have its hands full with Oklahoma, who spanked them big time earlier in the year.  But a defensive effort on Hield (good luck with that) and Cousins from the outside, might just do it.

Nova played Oklahoma in Hawaii on December 7 at the Pearl Harbor classic.  Nova was 4 for 32 in threes!  Doubt they will have a game plan even close to this next week.

[4everwarriors]

If Nova wins it all or losing to Virginia I'm bringing home the bacon

Patrick Cudahy goes for 'bout $5.99/lb. Better ta just make bacon, ai na?

[barfolomew]

Keep stackin' those fat tourney credits, Wildcats.
Make it rain!

[bradley center bat]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...south-regional

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is a triumph for Villanova basketball, obviously. The Wildcats bore the majority of the load in this circumstance, the majority of the pressure and the expectation and the criticism. This Final Four belongs to them. Just not exclusively.

It belongs in some small way to Philadelphia, a city that has remained devoted to its basketball community, the Big Five, for longer than many similar towns would have bothered.

It belongs to those who understand the appeal of football but don’t believe it is the only collegiate athletic endeavor worthy of interest and attention.

And it belongs to all of Villanova’s brothers and sisters in the Big East. The new Big East.*The commissioner of that conference, Val Ackerman, was courtside Saturday night at KFC Yum! Center, a couple rows behind the Wildcats’ bench and one behind Danny Gavitt, whose father founded the league that now is populated exclusively by private schools — that do not field BCS football team — from Providence to Omaha.*The Big East 

[MarquetteDano]

Really needed this. Anything else Nova does now is gravy.  We can put to rest the argument that the Big East is one notch lower that the power 5 football conferences. 

As was mentioned, the new Big East got to the final four before the PAC-12.

[Nukem2]

Nova played Oklahoma in Hawaii on December 7 at the Pearl Harbor classic.  Nova was 4 for 32 in threes!  Doubt they will have a game plan even close to this next week.

And, OK went 14-26 in treys in that game.

[LAZER]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...south-regional

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is a triumph for Villanova basketball, obviously. The Wildcats bore the majority of the load in this circumstance, the majority of the pressure and the expectation and the criticism. This Final Four belongs to them. Just not exclusively.

It belongs in some small way to Philadelphia, a city that has remained devoted to its basketball community, the Big Five, for longer than many similar towns would have bothered.

It belongs to those who understand the appeal of football but don’t believe it is the only collegiate athletic endeavor worthy of interest and attention.

And it belongs to all of Villanova’s brothers and sisters in the Big East. The new Big East.*The commissioner of that conference, Val Ackerman, was courtside Saturday night at KFC Yum! Center, a couple rows behind the Wildcats’ bench and one behind Danny Gavitt, whose father founded the league that now is populated exclusively by private schools — that do not field BCS football team — from Providence to Omaha.*The Big East

Villanova's Final Four doesn't belong to MU.

[keefe]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...south-regional

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is a triumph for Villanova basketball, obviously. The Wildcats bore the majority of the load in this circumstance, the majority of the pressure and the expectation and the criticism. This Final Four belongs to them. Just not exclusively.

It belongs in some small way to Philadelphia, a city that has remained devoted to its basketball community, the Big Five, for longer than many similar towns would have bothered.

It belongs to those who understand the appeal of football but don’t believe it is the only collegiate athletic endeavor worthy of interest and attention.

And it belongs to all of Villanova’s brothers and sisters in the Big East. The new Big East.*The commissioner of that conference, Val Ackerman, was courtside Saturday night at KFC Yum! Center, a couple rows behind the Wildcats’ bench and one behind Danny Gavitt, whose father founded the league that now is populated exclusively by private schools — that do not field BCS football team — from Providence to Omaha.*The Big East

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[GooooMarquette]

Villanova's Final Four doesn't belong to MU.

Actually, part of it doe$.

[WarriorPride68]

Villanova's Final Four doesn't belong to MU.

I'm pretty sure we are hanging a banner

[kryza]

No Big Ten in the elite 8 and a Big East team in the final four. This tourney is already a huge success for the Big East.

[wildbillsb]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...south-regional

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is a triumph for Villanova basketball, obviously. The Wildcats bore the majority of the load in this circumstance, the majority of the pressure and the expectation and the criticism. This Final Four belongs to them. Just not exclusively.

It belongs in some small way to Philadelphia, a city that has remained devoted to its basketball community, the Big Five, for longer than many similar towns would have bothered.

It belongs to those who understand the appeal of football but don’t believe it is the only collegiate athletic endeavor worthy of interest and attention.

And it belongs to all of Villanova’s brothers and sisters in the Big East. The new Big East.*The commissioner of that conference, Val Ackerman, was courtside Saturday night at KFC Yum! Center, a couple rows behind the Wildcats’ bench and one behind Danny Gavitt, whose father founded the league that now is populated exclusively by private schools — that do not field BCS football team — from Providence to Omaha.*The Big East

Very nice sentiments.  Congrats, VU!

[wildbillsb]

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Whose glory, exactly?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Every schools in the Big East made close to 2 million in tourney credits this year. Dope.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

My wife would too, because she'd win the (for entertainment purposes only) MUScoop bracket challenge.

Is your wife hnoel78? Because if so, its down to me and her. If Villanova wins, she wins. If Oklahoma wins, I win.

Despite that, I'll be cheering hard for Nova. But nice to know I have the consolation prize of beating a bunch of random people on the internet I know from a chat board at a competition that is basically predicting a crapshoot...with a prize of zero dollars.

[wildbillsb]

Every schools in the Big East made close to 2 million in tourney credits this year. Dope.

"Dope?" Not sure if this directed to me, but my "glory" reference was intended as an ironic comment on the horrific images being shown as I listen to the words "Glory, glory, hallelujah" on Easter Sunday.  In no way was I questioning anything related to the BE, or basketball in general, for that matter.  I guess I should have made that clearer.  Sorry.

[KampusFoods]

"Dope?" Not sure if this directed to me, but my "glory" reference was intended as an ironic comment on the horrific images being shown as I listen to the words "Glory, glory, hallelujah" on Easter Sunday.  In no way was I questioning anything related to the BE, or basketball in general, for that matter.  I guess I should have made that clearer.  Sorry.

I think he probably said "dope" as in "that's dope" to mean "that's cool." Apparently that is a thing that people say now.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

"Dope?" Not sure if this directed to me, but my "glory" reference was intended as an ironic comment on the horrific images being shown as I listen to the words "Glory, glory, hallelujah" on Easter Sunday.  In no way was I questioning anything related to the BE, or basketball in general, for that matter.  I guess I should have made that clearer.  Sorry.

This. Is. Fantastic.

[real chili 83]

Glad to see Nova in.  They were my #2 school of all the schools I was accepted to.

[barfolomew]

Nicole Auerbach ‏@NicoleAuerbach  1h1 hour ago
I caught up w/ Roxanne Chalifoux, Villanova's crying piccolo girl, a year later. Smiling now & headed to Houston: http://usat.ly/1MwtsJn


I think you've gone beyond mere "meme" status if they make a bobble head out of you.

[NickelDimer]

"Dope?" Not sure if this directed to me, but my "glory" reference was intended as an ironic comment on the horrific images being shown as I listen to the words "Glory, glory, hallelujah" on Easter Sunday.  In no way was I questioning anything related to the BE, or basketball in general, for that matter.  I guess I should have made that clearer.  Sorry.

Epic. Thank you for this post.

[Benny B]

Nicole Auerbach ‏@NicoleAuerbach  1h1 hour ago
I caught up w/ Roxanne Chalifoux, Villanova's crying piccolo girl, a year later. Smiling now & headed to Houston: http://usat.ly/1MwtsJn


I think you've gone beyond mere "meme" status if they make a bobble head out of you.

Not only has she gone beyond meme, I think I saw at least six different tourney games this year where a band member was crying.  She's like the frinkin' Slender Man or whatever the kids are imitating in droves these days.

[naginiF]

Glad to see Nova in.  They were my #2 school of all the schools I was accepted to.

ironically they were also the #2 school for the vast majority of people who went there... bu-dum-cha!

[GooooMarquette]

I think you've gone beyond mere "meme" status if they make a bobble head out of you.

Legend.