I Bleed Blue and White

It’s a lot different when you’re in school, and you go to your first game of the year. I learned that in a big way yesterday. I had visions of Saturday exhibiting similar qualities to a big-time conference clash at The Wachovia Center. Hell, we were at The Meadowlands (more of a home game for me personally), my friends threw a great tailgate (quick shout out to the Torney family), and it was freezing cold and snowing. I was loving every second of it.

And then we walked into The IZOD Center, home of the Fordham Rams, and New Jersey Nets, who are quite possibly 2 of the worst basketball teams of the last 10 years. And the atmosphere inside reflected that. There couldn’t have been more than 8,000 fans at the game (about 3/4 of which were from Villanova), ‘Mom ‘n Pop’ were running the beer stand (slowly, I might add), and let’s just say that the Fordham student section left a lot of be desired. I will give them some credit though. Their mascot provided two of the best moments of the game when he face-planted not once, but twice. So they had that going for them.

(Okay, I’m sorry for the last paragraph. I was just blindsided by the whole thing. After all, I see at least 15 Fordham Basketball ads on my way to work everyday. I guess the marketing surge just isn’t working.)

So as I sat there with my friends in the cheapest, best seats I’ve ever sat in (about 10 feet from center-court), I couldn’t help but just laugh at the small-time operation I was experiencing. But hey, all in all we had a great time and Villanova cruised to a nice, easy Saturday win in the return of Reggie Redding.

Speaking of Reg, he’s just phenomenal. I forgot how good he really is. Every ‘Nova fan I chatted with told me how apparent it was how much more comfortable the team looked with him on the floor. A kid who couldn’t have been more than 6 astutely noted that he should play for the entire game. Even though it was Fordham, you can tell how much better he makes the team. He’s the definition of a stat-stuffer (15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 0 turnovers in his return) and he’s such a calming influence over everyone. I’ve thought we’ve looked a little frantic in the half-court set this year. Not anymore.

As for everyone else…

• Corey Stokes finished 2-11 as he came off the bench for the first time this year in an apparent disciplinary move for missing a meeting or something. I’m starting to get a little worried about him. Redding’s return should ease the pressure on him, but we need more efficient shooting.
• Save Stokes, Dominic Cheek was the only player to record a basket and not shoot over 50% from the field. He was 2-5, which isn’t even bad. That’s the kind of offensive efficiency we need.
• Corey Fisher was awesome. So was Scottie Reynolds. So was Antonio Peña. It was Fordham, but it’s good to see them dominate a team they should.
• The rotation that was used in this game was very revealing. Maurice Sutton only played 5 minutes in this blowout. And he didn’t even have a foul. Could this be the end of his run? Isaiah Armwood was in this game while it was still a game, and played 17 minutes overall. Nobody went over 30 minutes.
• Taylor King had a quiet night. There was really nothing special or bad about his performance. Which is probably the first time all year that has happened. And he started.
• One more time, it’s great to have #15 back.

…One more yawner against Deleware on Wednesday before the Holiday Break and then we move into BIG EAST play…

In this picture you see a kid that I hate, and a man that is aroused by the kid.

I’ll admit, I’m good for a good overreaction every now and then (for both wins and losses) but following our loss to Temple on Sunday, I kind of just sat back, had to smile, and not worry too much. Yes, it sucked. I was appalled at the performances by several players on the team. I thought Jay Wright got away from what has been working for us this year (i.e. a deep rotation), and I was swearing at Juan Fernandez like he was a felon. But at the end of the day, most of us expected to drop an OOC game for a variety of reasons, the most prominent being that we were young.

So is this really all that bad? Would you rather lose to Temple in a game where everything went right for them and learn from it or would you rather drop a game later one where we really don’t deserve to lose? Because we deserved to lose that game. We played bad, but Temple just executed to perfection. In fact, I’m pretty sure the aforementioned Fernandez is either Satan himself or he made a deal with him.

There are both positives and negatives to take away from this game. Mostly negatives, mind you, but this is probably exactly what this team needed. They had been skating by on good offense and they found out exactly what happened when you don’t shoot it well and you don’t play defense either. Now Jay can break them down all week, and then unleash the hounds against poor Fordham next weekend. I give you my list of pros and cons that I took from Sunday. We’ll start with the bad to end this post on a somewhat positive notice.

The Bad:

• Jay Wright playing 5 guys over 30 minutes, Dominic Cheek for 11, and everyone else under 10. We may be young, but our depth is a weapon. We got away from it and leaned on our experience. We’ve seen Jay do it in the past, but I would have liked to see more subbing yesterday. If we win I probably applaud this decision, but even when we were winning I wasn’t happy about it.
• We have no frontcourt depth. Antonio Peña reverted back to last year’s player and went for a grand total of 2 rebounds in 39 minutes of action, and genuinely looked disinterested in getting after it, something that we haven’t seen from him this year. It was worrisome to say the least. The 16 points was nice but he has looked so good rebounding this year. I don’t know what happened. If he’s not on his game, we’re in for a long night.
• Taylor King’s frustration getting the best of him. Keep it to yourself TK. Still love ya, but just keep your head down and play hard.
• Corey Stokes’ offense. Where have you gone to hide?
• Maurice Sutton looking completely overwhelmed. Don’t know what else to say really.

The Good:

• The officiating was borderline criminal. It’s not an excuse, but I do take comfort knowing that we weren’t getting any calls whatsoever.
• Scottie Reynolds is on a hot streak right now. Hopefully the holidays don’t cool him off.
• Temple shot over 70% during the last 10 minutes of the game. I don’t even have to look up the stats. It felt like it was over 85% so I’ll go conservatively with a number of 70. It’s really hard to win when you play good D for 30 seconds and then they make a shot, which was defended well. It’s demoralizing for a player.
• As I said, Juan Fernandez had some kind of black magic going on. Just one of those days.

And the biggest one…

Reggie Redding officially makes his return on Saturday. It cannot be overstated how big this is for a young team coming off a loss. By all accounts, he has been killing everyone in practice. Nobody can guard him, and nobody can get by him. He’ll take the defensive pressure off of Stokes and Cheek and allow them to be themselves, and he’ll be a stabilizing force for the team at a time when they really need someone to step up and light a fire under their ass. Redding’s the guy.

If you can’t tell, I’m really excited about this.

Kind of a weird game to watch. I was fired up about the game, and at certain parts it was a really close game. But you know what? I was never really worried about what the final outcome would be. We have better players, a better coach, and our fans were taking over The Palestra fight for noise despite being outnumbered. There’s nothing more comfortable than ESPN flashing to Phil Martelli, clearly searching his pea-sized brain for answers, and then an immediate flash to Jay Wright, who is barking out instructions to his team. In HD, the differences between the two are even more stark, if you catch my drift.

TK's willingness to dunk worked here. In the 2nd half, uhhh...nevermind.

But really, what else can you say about this program. This game is always a dogfight, no matter the talent differences between the two. That is how true rivalries are. But were you ever worried that we would lose? Sure, I didn’t love giving up the double-digit lead late in the 1st half, and I really didn’t like how the refs decided it would be beneficial to blow their whistle so much that the game would take 2 and a half hours, have 52 fouls calls, and 78 free throws attempted between the two teams. But I was never really worried about losing the game. And that’s because our program has reached the level where we have heady seniors every year who can will this team to victory when they need to, along with a cast of underclassmen and newbies who are dying to step up into the spotlight and prove themselves. That’s a good recipe for winning.

And even though we all knew it would happen, it does feel great to know that The Hawk Is Dead for another year. Also, great to see the Hawk students get all riled up, thinking they had a chance. Then depression. That was fun. Onto my notes from the game…

• Had a phenomenal time at the Manhattan GameWatch. Talked to a couple of people who read the blog, always nice to meet new people. Overall the atmosphere was pretty solid. Tons of huge HD TV’s everywhere, people definitely into the game and cheering and moaning with every turn of the game. Even though it was “The Christmas Party” it felt more like “The Let’s All Hate St. Joe’s Party.” That was good to see. Only down side was not being able to hear Bill Raftery. I heard some random shrieks and yells that made me laugh though.
• Scottie Reynolds was the man again last night.  Still turning the ball over a lot, but he makes a lot of things happen as evidenced by his 22 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals effort. Plus 12-14 from the line. As login77 noted in the Jamie’s recap, there was a point in the 2nd half where he looked possessed, Exorcist-style.
• I’m blocking out Taylor King’s missed dunk from my memory. So with that not happening, he played a great game. 20 points and 11 boards, and was just a friggan assassin with those trey’s late in the game. Plus, he really gets the emotional aspect of the game. He gets fired up about everything. There will probably be a point where we say ‘Calm down TK’ but for now, I love it.
• Can’t praise Antonio Peña enough. Before the year we were all hoping for a moderate improvement from ‘Tone. He’s legitimately developed into ‘the man’ down low. I found myself yelling at our team to give him the ball last night, and was not happy when he had to go to the bench for fouls. Nobody could have predicted this season from him.
• We hit 29 straight free throws at one point in the 2nd half. That’s mind-blowing.
• How about Corey Fisher fouling out after not touching a guy. Raf astutely yelled before the replay that it was an awful call and Fisher didn’t touch the guy. Jay Wright proceeded to have blood vessel appear in his forehead. I thought Fish had a decent game. Too many TO’s, not great FG%, but 8-8 from the line and 6 assists. He managed it well.
• Corey Stokes couldn’t buy a bucket, but he did play excellent D again (one of the few who did). I’ll take the D from Stokes right now because last year it was all offense or nothing.
• Maalik Wayns, Dominic Cheek, and Isaiah Armwood all played well in their first Holy War. Wayns was very calm for having to handle the ball as much as he did. Cheek was visibly fired up and aggressive the entire time he was in. Good to see. Armwood has the 18-foot jumper down. When he throws it up, I’m as confident as in him as a TK/Stokes trey at this point.
• Maurice Sutton has hit the skids a little here. He rebounded well last night, but missed a few easy buckets. Interested to see how he handles it and if he can come back and start playing the way he was before.
• Love seeing Reggie Redding sitting behind the bench. You’re almost back medium-sized fella.
• Got real sad everytime they showed Mouphtaou Yarou. What a shitty situation. Stay strong big fella.

…All in all a solid night and a solid win over the assholes…final Big 5 game at Temple on Sunday as we go for the Big 5 sweep…

Villanova 97

Safety School 89

SEND IT IN SOUTHPAW!

Given the importance and excitement of tonight’s game, I’m going to have a more in-depth look at this season’s edition of the “Holy War” first thing in the morning. Until then, I’m going to hand it off to the greatest color man in the business, Bill Raftery.

“King is not just a pretty face out there! Shootin’ that deep one! That is a gorgeous delivery to Pena. Send it in big fella!! … Or lay it in… “

– Raft referring to a sweet Taylor King pass to Pena in the 2nd Half

I mean what else can be said about the kid? 20 points and 9 rebounds ain’t half bad, right? Its obvious that we at IBBW have had a man crush on TKing for awhile now and he just continues to mature and grow as a player on a nightly basis. Now, obviously he’s not without his faults as we witnessed on that failed dunk attempt in the 2nd half. However, as I’ll get into more tomorrow, King, Pena and Scottie have a nice thing working at the moment with the offense and it’ll be interesting to see which way the team moves as tougher contests lay ahead.

“How ’bout that?? With a little blessing from above!” – Raft on the circus runner in the lane by Scottie Reynolds to start the 2nd Half

I know Chris has pointed it out, but man how lucky are we that Scottie is still around as a Senior? Tonight was a typical game by the Senior from Virginia as Reynolds held the team together throughout his 22 point performance at the Palestra. At around the 6 minute mark in the 2nd Half, I said to myself that Scottie needed to take over this game if we were to hold on and come out victorious. Glad to see he did just that. Oh and of course there was the “OMFG SCOTTIE DON’T SHOOT THAT….I MEAN THAT’S A GREAT SHOT SCOTTIE!” moment just to put a bow on his career against my Safety School.

“Well thats transition D at its best… Don’t give up anything easy. You think they got an easy one…… GET OUT OF TOWN!!!” – Raft on the Pena block around the 8 minute mark in the 1st Half

Pena continues to shine as he has all season long. He’s certainly made a believer out of this fan and I think that his valuable experience (albeit somewhat limited last year) will come into play greatly as we take the turn on a tougher schedule as the calendar hits 2010 in a few weeks.

Some more stats to hold you over until the full recap in the morning:

• Villanova had 8 less FTs than the Dead Hawks in the 1st Half
• Followed by 31 FTs in the second half, converting all but 1 (30)
• Villanova won the rebound battle 39 to 23
• Isaiah Armwood continues to prove quality over quantity (shooting 60% from the field on the season…..on 10 shots)
• VILLANOVA chants echoed throughout the Palestra loudly as the game came to a close

A shout out to the students who made the trip down to Philly for the game as they were very loud and made 100 or so fans sound more like 800 throughout the game.

One more Raftery quote on Taylor King to hold us over until tomorrow. . . .

“A little pick and pop…. oh is that honey?!?! AND MONEY!!!!!”

..ook fine 1 more…

“He’s becoming the answer! Anything deep is in his range!!” – The Raft

The Game: #3 Villanova (8-0) at The Assholes from down the street (3-4)

The biggest asshole of all. Somebody just kill it already.

Location: The famed Palestra in Philadelphia, PA

Time: 9:00 p.m. ET

Broadcast: ESPN2

Brief Rundown: ‘Nova went into Washington D.C. and took care of Maryland in what many considered to be their toughest OOC game of the year. They held “star” guard Greivis Vasquez in check and rained 3-pointer after 3-pointer down upon the Terps’ heads in a 95-86 victory in what was a solid test for this young but talented team.

The Assholes, on the other hand, have lost 4 in a row to perennial powerhouses including DePaul, Rider, and Cornell. I don’t really have much else on them, because I honestly don’t care for them.

Villanova took last season’s War 59-56 in what was both a great comeback and a terribly blown lead by each team respectively. The Assholes last won this matchup in 2008, which was also the last time in was played at The Palestra.

What I Want To See: Idiot students crying in HD, Antonio Peña continuing his dominance down low, and our vaunted backcourt showing The Assholes their hind parts all night as they blow by them on the way to the hoop . And a 50-point win. But I’ll settle for any win. Put me on suicide watch if we lose.

Links:

• ESPN’s Preview

GameWatch Info:

• Pacific Northwest
• Manhattan
  
• Greater Philadelphia
• Atlanta
• Baltimore

…Lets Go Nova!…if you are local to one of the GameWatch’s I highly suggest attending as it is usually a good atmosphere…I’ll be at the Manhattan one if anyone wants to join…

What started off as a day where I couldn’t catch a break (train troubles) while trying to get to the Giants-Cowboys game turned into just a fabulous Sunday. The New York Football Giants beat the Cowgirls, who continue to prove that they just cant, and wont, get it done in December.

That was followed by me remembering that I did not have to go to a bar to watch the Villanova game (My body was not going to accept more alcohol) and I settled in on the couch for some Villanova hoops and pizza. And it was fabulous to watch for about 10 seconds. And then the announcers started talking.

I really did not know the extent of what was happening (as I mentioned, a few adult beverages were consumed) but I do remember venting about the idiocy of the 2 morons assigned to cover this game, who were not only completely pro-Maryland, but more often than not just flat out wrong about their “facts.” And I could not have been happier when the final buzzer sounded and we were on top. It was time to sleep.

Anyways, as i said I was pretty out of it watching this game, but I think I do remember some things good, and bad, about the game. Here they are:

• Greivis Vasquez is going to give Jon Scheyer a run for his money in terms of being the biggest whiner in the college game. Not surprisingly both are from the ACC – where optional defense happens!
• Speaking of optional defense, Corey Stokes and Dominic Cheek have been doing anything bu that. They were again the main men responsible for Vasquez poor outing. I cannot wait til Reggie Redding is back in 2 weeks. That is 3 shutdown defenders on one team. Stokes also had 18 points on 5-11 from deep. The offense is coming back. Watch out.
• Scottie Reynolds referred to the Verizon Center as his Madison Square Garden. Hard to argue with that after 25 points and 8 assists and a phenomenal game from the senior.
• Corey Fisher had 20 points, was lethal from deep (4-6) and hit a monstrous 3 to give the Cats a cushion in the 2nd half right after Maryland cut it to 3. I do remember that shot, as I’m sure everyone does. It was the biggest one of the game in my opinion.
• Another near double-double for Antonio Peña. He has really stepped up this year. Couldn’t be happier for a kid who has clearly worked hard for everything that he’s getting right now.
• Looking at the stat sheet, it appears Taylor King was chucking a bit (5-17 from the field), but I thought he had a good, scrappy effort. Plus, I liked when he got in that punk Vasquez’ face.
• Other than the good D by Cheek and Stokes, the rest of the team was terrible. Three Maryland guys (names escape me) had monster games. That basically tells me everyone else did not do their job on D. Maybe keying on Vasquez was the gameplan, but I don’t like giving up 86 points to anyone. And we’d been playing so well.
• At least we showed we can just outgun people when we need to.
• The Holy War is on Wednesday. Awesome. I love kicking the shit out of them. Yes, I refuse to acknowledge the name of that hell-hole.

…Solid win in what many labeled the biggest OOC game this year…and it was definitely a road-game and a great test for the young guys…

The Game: #3 Villanova (7-0) vs. Maryland (5-2)

Location: The Verizon Center in Washington D.C.

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Broadcast: MSG+ in NY/NJ and Fox Sports Net

Brief Rundown: Ever since the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, ‘Nova has been cruising through its OOC schedule. They haven’t been tested in a couple of weeks, but that will all change on Sunday night. Antonio Peña has been the workhorse for the Cats as he continues to average a double-double on the year. The Cats defense was superb against Drexel, which is a trend that needs to continue against the Terps.

When this game was first announced, everyone looked at this as one of the best OOC games of the year. The Terps have disappointed in some aspects, losing games to Cincinnati and Wisconsin to start the year (that Wisky loss doesn’t look so bad now). But Greivis Vasquez is still a premier playmaker in college hoops and he has the supporting cast to make this team dangerous. This is listed as a neutral game, but it will be anything but that in D.C.

What I Want To See: We’ve seen Corey Stokes and Dominic Cheek shut down the opponent’s top players all year, but Vasquez is a different animal. If you can stop him, you’ll stop Maryland. It they can’t, the Cats will be in trouble. Those two need to keep doing what they’ve been doing to ensure a victory.

Links:

• Villanova Game Notes

I’ve already documented how frustrating it is to follow a basketball game on my BlackBerry while I ride the train home from work. Yesterday added a new element to that. While I drained what little life there was in my phone hitting refresh every 20 seconds, I realized that Drexel was still not scoring. 10 minutes into the game, and they still didn’t have a point. Now to be fair, Villanova wasn’t exactly blowing them out of the gym either. Mid-way through the 1st half when the Dragons finally got on the board, they cut the deficit to 11-3 and would hang around for a few more minutes before ‘Nova finally hit their stride.

We need more of the Reynolds we saw last night.

So when I looked back on that, I’m almost happy I didn’t have to witness such putrid basketball being played. It all worked out. What I did not realize until the 2nd half was just how good our defense was playing. Drexel’s top 2 scorers, Jamie Harris and Gerald Colds were held scoreless on the night. This comes 4 days after we held LaSalle’s top scorer to 7. And all of this is being done without our best defender, Reggie Redding.

It’s scary to think how good this team can be on the defensive end when Redding returns. Even Jay Wright, always one to be a little pessimistic and underplay a performance, finally admitted last night that he was genuinely surprised by how good his defense is this year. He knew they had the offense (which hasn’t even showed up for a full game outside of Penn) but he was expecting his team to not be as good as they’ve been on defense. That tells me a lot. When Jay even has to admit it, you know it’s true.

So color me very, very happy. The ‘Nova teams I watched as a student weren’t the flashiest offensively, and they were always undersized. Yet they were the toughest sons of bitches I ever watched on a basketball court. I thought this was the year we went all offense-no defense (not wrong to assume considering who we brought in and who we lost) but I may have to reconsider. These guys are hungry.

Onto my abbreviated player notes (really only caught the 2nd half):

• I’ve got to hand it to Corey Stokes and Dominic Cheek once again. Keeping Drexel’s top 2 men under 10 points each would have made me extremely happy. Blanking them is on another level completely. Stokes continues to elevate his game on the defensive end. The offense is coming. Thank Bob Hurley for Dom Cheek. The kid is well-schooled.
• Scottie Reynolds had a phenomenal game, and even flirted with his first career triple-double (2 rebounds and 2 assists short). That’s the Scottie I want to see every game. Then again, he may have had some extra motivation.
• Corey Fisher had a pretty quiet night, but again, his defense was stellar. 4 steals to go with 5 points and 5 assists. Ideally you want more offense, but in a 19-point victory it is hard to complain.
• Tough to believe that 19 points and 11 rebounds gets Antonio Peña the 4th bullet point, but what can I say? I’m growing accustomed to this out of ‘Tone. Maryland will be a big test. If he turns in another performance like this, we may have to start expecting this out of him and be disappointed when it doesn’t happen. 11-16 from the line was nice too.
• 3 more blocks for Maurice Sutton and countless shots altered. Still not getting super-excited because he hasn’t seen the big boys yet, but if he can play this role this team will go places.
• Taylor King rediscovered the stroke last night. 4-6 from downtown including one BOMB from well beyond NBA-range. His release is so smooth. But even better, he’s still making all the hustle plays that some people doubted he would be willing to make. He’s quickly, and deservingly, become a crowd favorite.
• Not much to report on Maalik Wayns or Isaiah Armwood. Wayns was 3-4 from the field, so he chose his shots well and converted, but he only had 1 assist and 3 turnovers. Need that to be better from your future PG. Armwood only got 7 minutes of action. Wish he saw more.
• Russell Wooten got in late and scored another 2 points. His points per minute this season are outstanding.

Few days off now until we travel to Washington D.C. and face Maryland in a ‘neutral game.’ There will be nothing neutral about it. This looks to be a very tough test that will show us a lot about this team as they get their first road test of the year.

The Game: #3 Villanova (6-0) vs. Drexel (3-4)

Location: The Pavilion in Villanova, PA

Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

Broadcast: ‘Nova Nation All-Access

Brief Rundown: Saturday afternoon’s performance against LaSalle looked and felt exactly like you thought it would after the Thanksgiving break – very sloppy. The shooting woes continued for ‘Nova and they got dominated on the boards for the first time in as long as I can remember. Yet, they still beat the Explorers by 18. To me that says this team is good that they can win that easily when playing that poorly.

Drexel is off to a 3-4 start on the year, and it hasn’t been pretty for the Dragons. Junior guard Jamie Harris has been the lone star, averaging over 17 points per game while shooting 46% from the field. Drexel scored a nice 13-point win over Vermont, but has also suffered tough defeats to Rutgers and St. Joe’s. They are only giving up 63 points per game, but only averaging 63.9 themselves. So they’ll definitely try to slow ‘Nova down and make this a halfcourt affair.

Common Opponents: Drexel beat Penn 58-49

What I Want To See: We need to start shooting the ball much more efficiently. This is our last ‘tune-up’ before what should be our toughest OOC test in a virtual road-game against Maryland on Sunday night. The team that has been careless with the ball and forcing up bad shots needs to go away. Also, please don’t get dominated on the boards again. It was a disgrace to watch. We don’t play ball like that.

Links:

• VUHoops

…Lets Go Nova!…what does everyone else see happening tonight?…what do you want to see?….

The Game: #4 Villanova (5-0) vs. LaSalle (3-1)

Location: The Pavilion in Villanova, PA

Time: 3:30 p.m. ET

Broadcast: ESPN2 HD

Brief Rundown: After winning all 3 games in Puerto Rico en route to the title, Villanova has had a much-deserved 5 days off to prepare for their 2nd Big 5 contest of the year. It wasn’t easy down in San Juan, but in every game a different cast of characters stepped up to bring ‘Nova to victory. The most constant force was Antonio Peña, who was named Tournament MVP after posting 17 points and 16 rebounds in the final. The big man is averaging a double-double on the year, and will look to continue that on Saturday.

The Explorers are off to a strong start to their season with wins over Hampton, Davidson and Tulane, and they even played South Carolina closely in a 10-point loss. Rodney Green is the main man this year, and he’s had a fine start to his senior campaign. Green is averaging over 20 points and nearly 8 rebounds per game. He’s big at 6′5″, so expect a heavy dose of Corey Stokes and Dominic Cheek to try and slow him down. He’s the key to LaSalle having a chance.

What I Want To See: I want to see Mouphtaou Yarou, but that looks unlikely. The ‘trap-game’ thought crossed my mind, but the more I think about it the 5 days off gives Jay Wright a chance to refocus the team. I want to continue to see this team rediscover the efficient offense we saw in the last Big 5 outing vs. Penn. We haven’t been shooting it well, especially from outside.

…Lets Go Nova!…