Our Bigs vs Nova

[tower912]

https://www.vuhoops.com/platform/amp/villanova-basketball/2022/1/18/22889212/game-preview-marquette-golden-eagles-big-east-college-basketball-villanova-wildcats


Preview from a Villanova perspective.   

[LAZER]

We have to thwart buckets at the rim and prevent high FTA's.  If they beat us badly from distance or if we turn it over it will be along night.  That said I think out B game beats their C game.  Meaning a solid performance will be enough if they are average.

It'll be hard to stop Villanova from getting to the line, but they don't score a lot at the basket so hopefully that shouldn't be too much of a challenge.

[panda]

Personnel wise - this is not a bad matchup. Man for man we line up with them very evenly.

Stylistically will be challenging. We thrive on defensive pressure and forcing the issue on that side of the ball.

Nova protects the rock and takes smart shots.

Very tough road game although I do think the 13 point spread is too big.

[DoctorV]

https://www.vuhoops.com/platform/amp/villanova-basketball/2022/1/18/22889212/game-preview-marquette-golden-eagles-big-east-college-basketball-villanova-wildcats


Preview from a Villanova perspective.

Good write up.

"Villanova will retire 2017 First Team All-American and 2016 National Champion Josh Hart's jersey on Wednesday night. The current New Orleans Pelican from Silver Spring, Maryland was one of Nova Nation's favorites during his time on the Main Line and continues to be a great ambassador for the program."

Crap

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We have to thwart buckets at the rim and prevent high FTA's.  If they beat us badly from distance or if we turn it over it will be along night.  That said I think out B game beats their C game.  Meaning a solid performance will be enough if they are average.

Maybe. I'd give them more than a letter grade advantage on us. Stylistically, they are our achilles' heel

[MuggsyB]

Maybe. I'd give them more than a letter grade advantage on us. Stylistically, they are our achilles' heel

Or not.

[DoctorV]

B2B games where our bigs weren't great, but Marquette handled business.

That's a great sign.

They weren't bad tonight but they can and will play better

[MuggsyB]

B2B games where our bigs weren't great, but Marquette handled business.

That's a great sign.

They weren't bad tonight but they can and will play better

Yes.  And Kolek, Jones, and O-Max can collectively play better. GE played with a lot of swagger and JLew closed the door.  But MU can play considerably better which is a good sign.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Or not.

Nope, we played a great game and Nova a lousy one and it feels great!

[MuggsyB]

Nope, we played a great game and Nova a lousy one and it feels great!

We're capable of elevating our play offensively. I think two guys bailed us out but the bottom line is we scored 57pts.  Some of it was the Nova D and few fouls being called but not all of it.  Great win regardless but I disagree that we played near our A game. 

Can you recall a game when MU had two total FT's and there were 7 collectively?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We're capable of elevating our play offensively. I think two guys bailed us out but the bottom line is we scored 57pts.  Some of it was the Nova D and few fouls being called but not all of it.  Great win regardless but I disagree that we played near our A game.

We played a letter grade above Nova and won. It was awesome

[MuggsyB]

We played a letter grade above Nova and won. It was awesome

That's fair. 

[MU82]

B2B games where our bigs weren't great, but Marquette handled business.

That's a great sign.

They weren't bad tonight but they can and will play better

I actually thought Kuath was great tonight, had his best game in a Marquette uniform. But it's OK if you saw things differently. We Are Marquette!

[DoctorV]

I actually thought Kuath was great tonight, had his best game in a Marquette uniform. But it's OK if you saw things differently. We Are Marquette!

Nice. I missed that but I'm glad you didn't to be honest.

I was getting concerned our bigs were on a slide.

I think all the inside easy buckets clouded my judgement. He did have some huge blocks and played sound defense, and I noticed a stark improvement defensively  when he was in there versus Oso tonight.

What an example Kur will set for Oso and Darryl will set for all the guards, incredible piece of recruiting from Shaka

[GoldenEagles03]

I would use them exactly how they have been using them.  Screen and rolls. Dives to the rim. Shot blocking safety nets. Use Oso in some dribble action from the elbow. Don't change anything just because we are set to play the ALMIGHTY NOVA. Similar to how last week when they took us in the huddle and Shaka was saying "get the shots we want", I think that applies to the game as a whole against Nova.

Play the game we want.

We played the game we wanted. Was kinda ugly but that's how it needed to be.

Limit their looks inside and suffocate them around the 3 point line. Excellent defense. Excellent offense when it mattered most.

W.