Chief the two Corey's, Fisher and Stokes are much better 3 point shooters than Clark. Clark is more of a stat sheet filler. But i totally agree here with your analysis.
Nova posses at all times on the court 5 guys who can guard any position on the floor. They switch on every screen and their athleticism and length allows them to get in their opponents jersey when defending.
That American game was a big scare for them and most certainly woke them up for their match up with UCLA as we all saw what happen. I believe that momentum will carry over into this game and Nova will play with that toughness they possess.
As far as the coaching match up goes, Coach K obviously has more credentials to boast about then Jay Wright but do not let that fool you. Jay Wright is one hell of a coach and is for damn sure elevating himself to the elite level of coaches. This is Nova's 4th straight run to the sweet 16 so most of these kids have been there done this. I was watching an interview with Jay Wright on Monday and he mentioned how in previous years the kids were elated in making the Sweet 16, but this year is different. This is basically the same team as last year so to them making the sweet 16 is great but they want more. He also mentioned how 4 of the players on Duke were strongly recruited by Nova but all chose Duke in the end. Henderson played high school ball 5 minutes away from Nova and is great family friends with Wright so you could have imagined how he felt when Henderson chose Duke over Nova. I would imagine he would love nothing more than to get the final laugh in Thursday game.
All this stuff may be meaningless but just some info that I believe is factoring into Nova's physche before heading into this game. I just strongly believe Villanova will be very well prepared and will come out with the same emotion and toughness that they possessed last game.
Nova posses at all times on the court 5 guys who can guard any position on the floor. They switch on every screen and their athleticism and length allows them to get in their opponents jersey when defending.
That American game was a big scare for them and most certainly woke them up for their match up with UCLA as we all saw what happen. I believe that momentum will carry over into this game and Nova will play with that toughness they possess.
As far as the coaching match up goes, Coach K obviously has more credentials to boast about then Jay Wright but do not let that fool you. Jay Wright is one hell of a coach and is for damn sure elevating himself to the elite level of coaches. This is Nova's 4th straight run to the sweet 16 so most of these kids have been there done this. I was watching an interview with Jay Wright on Monday and he mentioned how in previous years the kids were elated in making the Sweet 16, but this year is different. This is basically the same team as last year so to them making the sweet 16 is great but they want more. He also mentioned how 4 of the players on Duke were strongly recruited by Nova but all chose Duke in the end. Henderson played high school ball 5 minutes away from Nova and is great family friends with Wright so you could have imagined how he felt when Henderson chose Duke over Nova. I would imagine he would love nothing more than to get the final laugh in Thursday game.
All this stuff may be meaningless but just some info that I believe is factoring into Nova's physche before heading into this game. I just strongly believe Villanova will be very well prepared and will come out with the same emotion and toughness that they possessed last game.
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