Villanova (MSG), Sat., Jan. 11 , 7p, CBSSN

[paultzman]

Wow, 8.5 is a lot. If they aren't hitting threes, it can get silly for us in a good way. We do a good job defending threes, plus we have that sick FT defense

Man has the world changed here or I am in a level 100 coma?

 

[lawmanfan]

The home court factor has been big this year across the board.

I defer to my bookie Mug, but my understanding has always been that home court is worth about 2 points, generally.

 

[lawmanfan]

Man has the world changed here or I am in a level 100 coma?

It's a Section 114 coma, Paultz

 

[bucketshardy]

Respect, but “a tad” much? Mean Gene just got heartburn

i see this as a good thing .... I see nova +8.5 and want to grab that all day... given im part of the "Public", and public is norm wrong... good sign for the good guys lol

 

[Marillac2]

Man has the world changed here or I am in a level 100 coma?

Just a joke about us being #30 in the country in opposition FT %. Which probably changes after Nova's awesome FT shooters play us twice.

 

[don_pitino]

i see this as a good thing .... I see nova +8.5 and want to grab that all day... given im part of the "Public", and public is norm wrong... good sign for the good guys lol

I feel like we always get a majority of the public betting on us

 

[Marillac2]

I feel like we always get a majority of the public betting on us

The potential for us to run away with games is intriguing. We look absolutely unstoppable for stretches.

 

[paultzman]

I defer to my bookie Mug, but my understanding has always been that home court is worth about 2 points, generally.

Go w Monte’s guys

 

[paultzman]

The data I wanted to pilfer my wife’s retirement fund and let it ride on the Johnnies.

 

[MugCostanza]

I don't agree. If we get to 13 wins without beating Marquette/UConn, we'll be a straight up bubble team. This is a weak conference, and we have to beat the actual/close to bubble teams (Villanova, Georgetown, Xavier, Creighton), while also beating the cream of the crop.

13 wins even without beating UConn or Marquette and we're still safe. Might get somewhat hairy if there are a bunch of bid stealers like last year but that was a once in 25 year thing last year

 

[don_pitino]

The potential for us to run away with games is intriguing. We look absolutely unstoppable for stretches.

My biggest gripe recently (besides 3 point shooting) is we let teams hang around when we have those extended stretches of bad offense.

We very easily couldve beat Xavier by 20 but had bad ends to both halves

 

[MugCostanza]

I defer to my bookie Mug, but my understanding has always been that home court is worth about 2 points, generally.

3 points generally. Not quite sure where Dave gets his openers from but I don't see it posted on any domestic or offshore books yet. I was expecting 6.5 or 7. 8.5 seems a touch high to me

 

[redmanwest]

The potential for us to run away with games is intriguing. We look absolutely unstoppable for stretches.

We gotta cool the jets here. Nova isn't that bad and has some very nice components. Take nothing for granted. It is a big game for them too, maybe bigger for them than for us... I presume they won't be sleeping on it.

 

[hnkcolumbia]

3 points generally. Not quite sure where Dave gets his openers from but I don't see it posted on any domestic or offshore books yet. I was expecting 6.5 or 7. 8.5 seems a touch high to me

MSG is still not a typical college home court for us when we play Nova and UConn. Maybe, later this year or next year, but not yet.

 

[Mean Gene]

The term “must-win” gets thrown around too loosely here. Important game yes, but must-win by definition implies that if we lose the season is over.

Agreed, we must hold serve at home though. If we don’t the road just gets that much tougher.

 

[Mean Gene]

Get to 13 wins before the BET any way necessary and we'll be in pretty good shape IMO

It depends on who those 13 wins are against. We need to beat both Marquette and UConn once.

 

[espken]

Nova supporting cast no longer standing around watching Dixon hoist shots. Make no mistake, Dixon will continue to chuck and a 6-20, 23 pt effort was only good enough because Karraban missed 2 FTs. Key for us is not letting Longino get off. Don’t fall for any of his pump fakes and we will be fine.

 

[Mean Gene]

Respect, but “a tad” much? Mean Gene just got heartburn

Way too big a line!

 

[NCJohnnie]

Agreed, we must hold serve at home though. If we don’t the road just gets that much tougher.

Doubt we are going to go 10-0 at home, but agree this is one we should win although I don't see it being as easy a win as the Xavier game. If we should lose, would really make the game at Nova crucial and that is part of a super tough four game stretch where we are home against Marquette, at UCONN, at Nova and home against Creighton.

 

[don_pitino]

Don’t fall for any of his pump fakes and we will be fine.

Do my eyes deceive me or do we fall for a lot of pump fakes?