The Game: #10 Villanova (23-5, 11-4) vs. Georgetown (14-12, 5-10)
Location: The Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Broadcast: ESPN
Brief Rundown: Villanova barely escaped DePaul on Wednesday night and now comes home to face a reeling Georgetown team. Corey Fisher has been the best player on the Wildcats for a few weeks now, and it appears that he has finally put everything together.
Georgetown has lost two straight, likely ending their NCAA hopes unless they can make a run in New York City. Playing Villanova is the end of a tough 3 game stretch for Georgetown, and they’d like to pick up a big win to try and salvage a disappointing season.
3 Keys to Victory:
- Get Dante going early – Greg Monroe is talented, but has yet to gain his footing in the rugged Big East. ‘Dante 3000′ has been through the wars and the veteran should be able to take Monroe on down low and teach him a few things. If Cunningham gets going early it will only make things easier for the guards. Speaking of which…
- Use the guard’s quickness – Corey Fisher has been on fire the last few weeks and literally has been unstoppable. I’m not sure Georgetown has a defender that can match up with him, or Scottie Reynolds. Their ability to get into the lane should provide Villanova with some easy scores.
- Focus – The student section is only going to be on one end this week because of the school break. Who knows how the atmosphere will be until game time, but the players and coaches will have to maintain focus, because the usual homecourt advantage might not be there this weekend.
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Rich
February 28, 2009
Chris large group of us from Central Jersey are getting ready to cheer Nova on to Victory. The cars are warmed up and we will be leaving soon for the Wachovia Center! Let’s go Nova!!!!!!