Game #16: @ NOVA

Mike Vaccaro has great article in Post today (maybe someone can link it).  Today the 36th anniversary of the day the Redmen finally "manned up" to Georgetown.  Us oldtimers will remember that day as the day Kevin Williams made the statement that we would not back down to them, as he wouldn't take anything from Ewing and swung back when Ewing took a swing at him.  We had sat through beatdowns in Chris' first year including being down 9-41 at the Garden.  Maybe tonight we will celebrate this great day in Redmen history with an upset of The Lox on their campus arena.  PS--Trimble is my Williams the way he fouls hard (not his offensive game but his defense).

This game is found money.  2 and 2 is a great start considering it's 3 road games and one against the highest ranking BE team.  3 and 1 would be off the hook.

That's not a winner's mindset. Step on their throats. No Spellman, DiVencenzo, Brunson, or Bridges. Painter transferred, JQ looks like a rare bust, they aren't deep, big, or experienced.

That's not a winner's mindset. Step on their throats. No Spellman, DiVencenzo, Brunson, or Bridges. Painter transferred, JQ looks like a rare bust, they aren't deep, big, or experienced.

Nova is well coached and playing on their home turf, but to your point, they have been inconsistent--probably owing to their inexperience.  But they have a lot of talented kids that can beat any team in the country on any given night, IMO.  A win tonight will be HUGE, but should not be expected. 

This game is found money.  2 and 2 is a great start considering it's 3 road games and one against the highest ranking BE team.  3 and 1 would be off the hook.

51.4% of Nova’s FG attempts are 3s, 4th highest percentage in the country. That isn’t going to change tonight. That’s where the game is going to be won or lost. Need to close out hard

That’s crazy Carmine. Is it never our turn?

You can see the same thing in last year's 2 games where they took nearly 60% of the shots from 3.  We on the other hand, took 27 from 3 in the 2 games--combined or less than 25%.  This year we are taking 27 per game; we are a different team in approach.