The Game: #3 Villanova(22-2, 11-1) vs. UConn (14-11, 4-8)
Location: The Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Broadcast: Big Monday on ESPN
Brief Rundown: Villanova played one of its sloppier games of the year during Saturday’s matinee with Providence, but they turned it on late to pull away by double digits. Corey Fisher had one of the best games of his career with 22 points and 5 assists to lead the charge. No time for rest though as a desperate Huskies team comes to town looking to possibly salvage a very disappointing year.
UConn is a team with great talent, but outside of Jerome Dyson and Stanley Robinson, there are not many scoring options on this team, and they do not have great depth in the backcourt. They are dangerous though for a couple reasons. First, they do have great talent. Alongside Dyson and Robinson is Kemba Walker, who while having a sophomore slump, is capable of turning it on. The Huskies have a deep but inexperienced frontcourt, so the Wildcat bigs will need to step up.
What I Want To See: I want to see us come out and destroy this team. Give them no hope early, and they’ll fold. The longer we let them hang around the more they’ll start to believe. Also, they are a BIG team, and rebounding will not be easy. It’ll be a team effort to have success against the Husky bigs, led by Gavin Edwards.
…Lets Go Nova!…I of course do not have President’s Day off from work, or I’d be at the game…but I will be on Twitter for the 2nd half if anyone wants to chat!…
February 14, 2010
I would not be surprised if UConn comes out and scares the living daylights out of us tomorrow night… this is where our depth in the backcourt should really help us out with about 5 minutes left in the second half.
Get Kemba/Dyson/Sticks Robinson in foul trouble and we are good to go.