Villanova Game

What about that exchange between Lavin and Wright... didn't seem too friendly. . Maybe I'm reading into it

From what I understand Jay is not a big fan of steve's.

Any details? Before the game they chatted for a minute or two and it seemed warm (this is before the handshakes at the start of the game). Jay Wright, to my knowledge, pretty much gets along with everyone. He is a great guy, and when you interact with him, he remembers details of conversations from long ago. Genuinely a phenomenal asset to Villanova, and it would be amazing if we had someone of that all around talent and charisma.
 
It looked like a friendly exchange, until the end Wright just walked away. Lavin def had something to tell him tho
 
Jay Wright won them the game last night. At the 12 minute mark we were still up with obekpa out cause nova was just chucking. Next timeout wright screamed at them to go inside and sure enough they blew it open
 
Was listening to XM this morning when they ran down last night's scores
They said that Villanova routed St John's
The score might indicate that but anyone who saw the game knows better
We ran out of gas and got stranded on the road in the middle of nowhere

I get and agree with your point but in the end if you weren't there we were routed. Kudos to our five; effort was there and they hung as long as they could. Pointer is Pointer and you have to take the good (all the hustle plays) with the bad (cheap fouls); just the way he plays and if he could be restricted to 26-28 minutes he could play his style and be available at the end of games. I remember arguing vehemently with Moose about Harrison and he saw something in him I did not; he is a stoned warrior and has all the respect I can give. Just not going to win playing 8 (or 9) against 5 (or 6). Realistically, I could not ask for more from the team. I did not think we could hang with them as well as we did regardless of the final score.
 
Lavin said something to Wright, and Wright looked right at him and said " You are F' ing crazy" I wonder what Lavin said to him.

Lavin does this same crap after every game. He's never satisfied to just shake hands, he always has to spark up conversation. Most times the opposing coach doesn't want to hear it.
 
This will certainly get all the yokels' panties in a bunch..

But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how good Jay Wright's 3-button suit, tie, and pocket-square ensemble looked last night.
Damn, that man knows how to dress!
 
Lavin said something to Wright, and Wright looked right at him and said " You are F' ing crazy" I wonder what Lavin said to him.

Probably accused him of paying off the refs or trying to hurt obekpa intentionally. Neither of those are true I'm just thinking of what Lavin could've complained about. I'm gonna take a look at the exchange on the DVR today when I get home

Can anybody hear read lips? lol
 
This will certainly get all the yokels' panties in a bunch..

But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how good Jay Wright's 3-button suit, tie, and pocket-square ensemble looked last night.
Damn, that man knows how to dress!

Sartorial splendor aside, the man recruits talented kids, integrates newbies proficiently, seldom has eligibility problems & kids for most part conduct themselves well. (I know Pinkston had issues early) Timing is everything. When Jarvis changed his mind about going to NBA, we probably lost great opportunity for fruitful years under a solid leader & face of the program. Like anyone, he is not perfect, but quality guys like him are to be valued. Program stability, competing consistently at a high level, recruiting well and reasonable in game coaching = a winning culture. Kudos to him!
 
This will certainly get all the yokels' panties in a bunch..

But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how good Jay Wright's 3-button suit, tie, and pocket-square ensemble looked last night.
Damn, that man knows how to dress!

Sartorial splendor aside, the man recruits talented kids, integrates newbies proficiently, seldom has eligibility problems & kids for most part conduct themselves well. (I know Pinkston had issues early) Timing is everything. When Jarvis changed his mind about going to NBA, we probably lost great opportunity for fruitful years under a solid leader & face of the program. Like anyone, he is not perfect, but quality guys like him are to be valued. Program stability, competing consistently at a high level, recruiting well and reasonable in game coaching = a winning culture. Kudos to him!

It's true.
He also seems content to stay at Villanova, despite overtures hes gotten from schools offering more money.
 
What about that exchange between Lavin and Wright... didn't seem too friendly. . Maybe I'm reading into it

From what I understand Jay is not a big fan of steve's.

Any details? Before the game they chatted for a minute or two and it seemed warm (this is before the handshakes at the start of the game). Jay Wright, to my knowledge, pretty much gets along with everyone. He is a great guy, and when you interact with him, he remembers details of conversations from long ago. Genuinely a phenomenal asset to Villanova, and it would be amazing if we had someone of that all around talent and charisma.

Not really. Heard from a guy that is close to Jay, that's it. He didn't expand.
 
I don't know if anyone noticed this, but in the 2nd half Villanova had a one and one and missed the first foul shot. The rebound got tapped out to the top of the 3 point line and Nova got the rebound. Right after that I see Jamal Branch sprinting from our bench back into the play. He was chatting with Lavin while they were shooting the first free throw and was totally out of position. Had he been where he had to be he had a good chance of getting that tap out, instead they get it and hit a three.
 
This will certainly get all the yokels' panties in a bunch..

But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how good Jay Wright's 3-button suit, tie, and pocket-square ensemble looked last night.
Damn, that man knows how to dress!

Sartorial splendor aside, the man recruits talented kids, integrates newbies proficiently, seldom has eligibility problems & kids for most part conduct themselves well. (I know Pinkston had issues early) Timing is everything. When Jarvis changed his mind about going to NBA, we probably lost great opportunity for fruitful years under a solid leader & face of the program. Like anyone, he is not perfect, but quality guys like him are to be valued. Program stability, competing consistently at a high level, recruiting well and reasonable in game coaching = a winning culture. Kudos to him!

I spoke to his wife and Jay in the spring at a Nova event. She told me how much they liked living on Long Island, in Rockville Centre. Jay made a ton of friends here, especially among HS coaches, and is back each summer a couple of times for golf tournaments or fund raisers. I believe if the timing was right, he'd have pitched his tent at SJU, and our whole trajectory would have changed. Besides than my ties to Nova, I always wish them the best because Wright is a classy guys without a shred of airs.
 
Was listening to XM this morning when they ran down last night's scores
They said that Villanova routed St John's
The score might indicate that but anyone who saw the game knows better
We ran out of gas and got stranded on the road in the middle of nowhere

I get and agree with your point but in the end if you weren't there we were routed. Kudos to our five; effort was there and they hung as long as they could. Pointer is Pointer and you have to take the good (all the hustle plays) with the bad (cheap fouls); just the way he plays and if he could be restricted to 26-28 minutes he could play his style and be available at the end of games. I remember arguing vehemently with Moose about Harrison and he saw something in him I did not; he is a stoned warrior and has all the respect I can give. Just not going to win playing 8 (or 9) against 5 (or 6). Realistically, I could not ask for more from the team. I did not think we could hang with them as well as we did regardless of the final score.



Wright said in an interview that the score was not any indication of how close the game was.
 
Truth be told the game was essentially a tie for First 30 min. Co and Dom fouling out was the kiss of death for us.I know Lavs wanted offense, but should have played JDR more at the end to help neutralize their bigs. Getting rebounds for Nova was like taking candy from a baby w our very small lineup at the end.
 
St. John's had a three-point lead and a chance to hold for the final shot before halftime with under 10 seconds and Phil Greene raced up court with no clue what he was going to do and got stripped. Harrison gets injured in the process and it set the tone for the 2nd half.
I have to admit when I am wrong so I apologize for thinking our players would run out of steam by February.  They are playing tired NOW.
Of course everyone saw this disaster coming. Our 6th man, Rysheed Jordan, has barely practiced the past two weeks and not only was he not game ready, he was lost in space on offense.  Another great move by the wizard to give him 26 minutes.  The walk on Stewart scored 5 points in 6 minutes and likely would have provided better outside scoring opportunities.  In another brilliant move Lavin decided to go with a 5 guard offense against the bigger wildcats. The net results were easy layups and a 20 rebounding edge. No JDR, no Alibegovic, no size whatsoever.
The last 10  minutes were as good an example of coaching malpractice as we have seen by our lame duck coach.  Poor substitutions, rushing plays instead of set plays, poor 3 point defense and allowing his starters to exhaust themselves leading to a Nova pounding. While getting zero production from Rysheed was a major cause of the second half blowout, not using JDR against Ochefu led to so many easy rebounds that led to baskets that I wonder WTF the assistant coaches say to Lavin to snap him out of his twilight zone.  Doesn't matter anyway. Good bye ranking, hello search committee. 

That was one of the most frustrating plays I have ever witnessed. The only thing that matters in that situation is that Nova doesn't touch the ball again. Just awful basketball and we almost lost our best player because of it. Greene is never going to be a guy that can run full speed and make that shot in that situation. He needs to play within his game. The ball needs to go to Harrison there if he's on the court. Nobody draws contact better.


And let's not forget Greene made Ennis, who has been terrible recently, look like an all star. Both Ennis and Hilliard had Greene chasing them from behind on drives. Unfortunately Nova had too many second chances and offensive boards.
 
St. John's had a three-point lead and a chance to hold for the final shot before halftime with under 10 seconds and Phil Greene raced up court with no clue what he was going to do and got stripped. Harrison gets injured in the process and it set the tone for the 2nd half.
I have to admit when I am wrong so I apologize for thinking our players would run out of steam by February.  They are playing tired NOW.
Of course everyone saw this disaster coming. Our 6th man, Rysheed Jordan, has barely practiced the past two weeks and not only was he not game ready, he was lost in space on offense.  Another great move by the wizard to give him 26 minutes.  The walk on Stewart scored 5 points in 6 minutes and likely would have provided better outside scoring opportunities.  In another brilliant move Lavin decided to go with a 5 guard offense against the bigger wildcats. The net results were easy layups and a 20 rebounding edge. No JDR, no Alibegovic, no size whatsoever.
The last 10  minutes were as good an example of coaching malpractice as we have seen by our lame duck coach.  Poor substitutions, rushing plays instead of set plays, poor 3 point defense and allowing his starters to exhaust themselves leading to a Nova pounding. While getting zero production from Rysheed was a major cause of the second half blowout, not using JDR against Ochefu led to so many easy rebounds that led to baskets that I wonder WTF the assistant coaches say to Lavin to snap him out of his twilight zone.  Doesn't matter anyway. Good bye ranking, hello search committee. 

That was one of the most frustrating plays I have ever witnessed. The only thing that matters in that situation is that Nova doesn't touch the ball again. Just awful basketball and we almost lost our best player because of it. Greene is never going to be a guy that can run full speed and make that shot in that situation. He needs to play within his game. The ball needs to go to Harrison there if he's on the court. Nobody draws contact better.


And let's not forget Greene made Ennis, who has been terrible recently, look like an all star. Both Ennis and Hilliard had Greene chasing them from behind on drives. Unfortunately Nova had too many second chances and offensive boards.

That is the norm for Phil defensively. Chris O plays great help D but not so good straight up. He gets caught behind his guy a lot and always reaches for the cheap foul.
 
Very disheartening. More so for the seniors, but also for us fans. You can't win at this level without a little depth (can't play only 6), or any rebounding. Hard to watch, and it looked so promising just a few days ago. I think Lavin MUST play a few of the bench guys more, get them in the rotation, even for 7 or 8 minutes a game, and he has to get more size in, even if it means a little less offense. Most of the time we only have 1 or 2 guys who score consistently anyway.

I know there are a lot of anti-Lavin guys on the board (nothing wrong with it),,,,I don't count myself among them -- yet. But, I find it puzzling that we essentially went with 6 guys last night and didn't even try to use Stewart and JDR to give guys a rest...

And, if Jones goes up with that soft left hand again when he should tomahawk jam...I am going to scream,,,,actually, I did....

Anyway, very disappointing final 10 minutes...we were gassed and although we allowed them to spread us out all game long, we had no chance of closing out in the final 10 when we were runing on "E"...feel really bad for the seniors...they left their heart on the court...shame, with a better bench or simply better utilization of what we do have, we might have had the legs to win this one
 
Great game by Harrison, he didn't quit til he was pulled. He is an alltime great johnny!

Unbelievable...he is someone you want in the foxhole with you...
 
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