Prediction Time: ‘Nova Edition

Posted by Chris on November 02, 2009
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I decided a couple weeks ago that I was going to do my game predictions on a game-by-game basis. I wanted to do something else to test my Nostradamus-skills. This is Part 1, where I’ll make predictions on Villanova-related issues. We’ll revisit them at the end of the year.

Feel free to leave some comments for me if you disagree with anything I have written. I relish the adversity.

  1. Scottie Reynolds will be the leading scorer.
  2. Mouphtaou Yarou will be the leading rebounder.
  3. Corey Fisher will lead the team in assists.
  4. Maalik Wayns will lead the team in steals.
  5. Reggie Redding will lead the team in FG%.
  6. Maurice Sutton will lead the team in blocks.
  7. Corey Stokes will lead the team in 3-pointers made.
  8. Taylor King will lead the team in 3-point percentage (minimum 30 attempts).
  9. Dominic Cheek will lead the freshman in minutes-per-game.
  10. Villanova will finish the regular season with 3 losses in the BIG EAST.
  11. Villanova will have a Top-4 seed in the BIG EAST Tourament.
  12. Villanova will be a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
  13. Villanova WILL NOT lose a game at The Pavilion this season.
  14. Villanova WILL lose a game at The Wachovia Center.
  15. Scottie Reynolds will be on the All-BIG EAST 1st-Team.
  16. Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes will be on the All-BIG EAST 2nd-Team.
  17. Mouphtaou Yarou and Dominic Cheek will be on the All-BIG EAST Freshman Team.
  18. Maalik Wayns will draw at least 1 comparison to Kyle Lowry every time ESPN airs a ‘Nova game.
  19. Jay Wright will not be out-dressed all year.
  20. The first dunk of the season will be thrown down (hard) by Mouphtaou Yarou.
  21. The first alley-oop of the season will be Corey Fisher to Dominic Cheek.
  22. The first 3-pointer of the season will come from Scottie Reynolds.
  23. Villanova will have a 2-game losing streak at one point this season.
  24. Antonio Peña won’t make us forget about Dante Cunningham, but his mid-range game will help ease the loss.
  25. Dominic Cheek will lead all newcomers (King and Sutton included) in scoring this season.
  26. Villanova will lose a game in the final minute this season.
  27. We won’t miss Reggie Redding until we play Maryland (Greivis Vasquez comes to mind).
  28. The final game with West Virginia will decide the BIG EAST regular season title.
  29. Villanova once again sweeps the Big 5.
  30. Villanova will win the BIG EAST Tournament.

Coming Tomorrow: 30 more predictions on the coming college basketball season.

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4 Comments to Prediction Time: ‘Nova Edition

Matt
November 2, 2009

leading rebounder to me has to be a guard because yes i know Yarou is a great predicted big man but the villanova rebounding game plan has always been that every player on the court is expected to lead the team in rebounds so i expect a zippy taller guard like stokes or redding(even with the suspension) to lead the team (at least this year while Yarou is young)

Nova Fan '06
November 2, 2009

I really like this posting, very entertaining and fun to think about the different stats. I agree with most, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we have at least 2 different 2 game losing streaks, if not a 3 game streak. We always seem to lose a couple games that we shouldn’t, and then step up big against the marquee opponents like UConn. It’s hard to predict a Big East conference tourney championship, knowing how hard it is to get through all 16 teams, but if there ever was a year for us to do it, this is as good as any other in recent history.

Big Daddy D
November 2, 2009

Chris, this is a fun post. Thanks. I agree with many of your statistical leaders predictions, but I think Wayns will probably not get enough minutes to lead in steals and I think both Pena and Yarou (as well perhaps as Armwood) will have a higher field goal percentage than Redding. Also, Yarou will lead in blocks because Sutton will not get enough minutes to compete. I also think Yarou gets more minutes than Cheek. It will be interesting to see what happens and it will start soon!

Chris
November 3, 2009

Yeah I definitely went out on a limb with a few of those. But that’s part of it. Can’t take the obvious option everytime because something out of the ordinary always happens.

Glad you guys enjoyed it, I’ll have my next set of predictions up today. They’ll be a lot more light-hearted, with some well-placed jabs at the rivals.

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