I Bleed Blue and White

If you missed it here is the recap the the box score.

Last game at The Spectrum. You know what? It was freaking loud. Really loud. Being from New York, I don’t have any history with The Spectrum. And from what I heard before the game, neither did anyone else. Who cares though? It’s Villanova basketball.

But there was just something in the air tonight. Yeah, you’ll look at Dante Cunningham at say he was uuuuuuuuuuuge. 15 points and no fouls — yeah, that’s right, no fouls – he came back in a big way. Scottie Reynolds? 3-11 from the field and the biggest 10 points of his career. He was phenomenal tonight. Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes? Yeah boys, you earned your stripes.

DeJuan Blair? You are a beast. But tonight, you hurt yourself with fouls and played right into ‘Nova’s hands. Sam Young? Respect.

But the biggest heroes? Reggie Redding and Shane Clark. Reggie with a career high 18. And 10-10 from the charity stripe. Good for you kid. Shane Clark? 6 offensive rebounds (3 straight on one possession). Y’all balled out tonight.

Credit to every person in that building. Who cares if it was the last college basketball game at The Spectrum? The students brought it tonight. So did the alumni and the fans. It was pouring rain out all afternoon. And people were there from 3:30 on. That is the spirit of this school.

Words honestly cannot describe the atmosphere of that arena. My ears are still ringing.

More so, words cannot describe this win. As a fan, this was never in doubt. There was that mystique in the air. We were going to win. And curse you if you were going to stop us. This was one of those nights. Gotta love it.

Villanova has legs. Beware Big East.