Villanova, Sat. Jan. 14, 12 Noon, FS1/570AM

The team played very hard today and kept it close most of the way. Can't be upset about today's outcome. We are a couple of front court players and an additional year of experience away from becoming a very good team
 
Last four losses not a surprise. Hopefully they come to play Monday in game they should win & give them a little bounce in their step. Otherwise they could go on big slide and discourage everyone.
 
Have to agree to disagree with many; the score was relatively close but Nova had more than a few wide open looks for shooters that didn't go in, especially Jenkins. Don't think we played exceptionally hard, IMO we still seem to have the mindset that games are won on offense. We obviously are undermanned so the loss can't be unexpected or disappointing, I am just disappointed that the defense and effort we had against Butler was an aberration.
 
Last four losses not a surprise. Hopefully they come to play Monday in game they should win & give them a little bounce in their step. Otherwise they could go on big slide and discourage everyone.
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I agree. DePaul is no gimme. If we can win we will be 3-4 in conference and it we continue to improve , that's not too bad. Played hard today, but did not look bad against excellent team. Next part of schedule will show what we are made off, some beatable teams.
 
Have to agree to disagree with many; the score was relatively close but Nova had more than a few wide open looks for shooters that didn't go in, especially Jenkins. Don't think we played exceptionally hard, IMO we still seem to have the mindset that games are won on offense. We obviously are undermanned so the loss can't be unexpected or disappointing, I am just disappointed that the defense and effort we had against Butler was an aberration.
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I saw some good effort from Ponds, Ellison, Owens. It was inconsistent for sure and you are right that defense is the biggest problem but you gotta hope they are learning from this. They now know that with some effort they can hang with the best just like they know that without the effort they can lose to literally anyone. Some muscle and maturity and this is a good team. Even Lovett and Ponds need some maturity both mental and physical. Lovett makes several mental errors per game and Ponds disappears on defense in pretty much every game.
 
For the on court performance, I'll subtract a point of deficit as Mullin gets called for the technical, and Villanova made a FT

Mullin needs to cut that crap.
 
The effort was clearly there - the kids played hard and never gave up
As mentioned, we do not have enough muscle underneath to compete
We were killed by their offensive rebounding and inside scoring
I watched Ellison closely today - he has really improved as a defender
My beef with our team is a lack of fundamentals

Some examples:
1. Sideline violation inbounding the ball - can't remember last time I saw that
2. Blindly saving the ball under opponent's basket, which led to an easy hoop
3. Not calling out picks (Ponds got hammered on one around midcourt)
4. Falling for pump fakes all game - something you teach coaching junior high ball

With our margin for error so thin this year, we have to play hard and much smarter
Hopefully, we can fix some of these issues and beat DePaul
 
The effort was clearly there - the kids played hard and never gave up
As mentioned, we do not have enough muscle underneath to compete
We were killed by their offensive rebounding and inside scoring
I watched Ellison closely today - he has really improved as a defender
My beef with our team is a lack of fundamentals

Some examples:
1. Sideline violation inbounding the ball - can't remember last time I saw that
2. Blindly saving the ball under opponent's basket, which led to an easy hoop
3. Not calling out picks (Ponds got hammered on one around midcourt)
4. Falling for pump fakes all game - something you teach coaching junior high ball

With our margin for error so thin this year, we have to play hard and much smarter
Hopefully, we can fix some of these issues and beat DePaul[/quote no senior leadership in fact no junior leadership
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I thought our defense against Hart and Brunson was excellent, however our rebounding both defensively and offensively sucks. Did we even get one offensive board? How many second and third chances did we give the NCAA's champions? Obviously we get little offense from Owens and Yakwe. Number one priority for Mullin and staff is to recruit a transfer or community college big man who can provide offense and rebounds.
When will someone stop Ahmed's wild drives and have him pull up for a short jumper. Villanova was overconfident today.
 
Nope Hope it is not things to come.Last yr we won 1 this yr we have 2 If we do not win again it would big a bad thing for staff and players It would shorten staff leash
 
Just saw Xavier vs Butler 2 very good teams and a enjoyable game to watch Both have very good players and both are well coached
 
I thought our defense against Hart and Brunson was excellent, however our rebounding both defensively and offensively sucks. Did we even get one offensive board? How many second and third chances did we give the NCAA's champions? Obviously we get little offense from Owens and Yakwe. Number one priority for Mullin and staff is to recruit a transfer or community college big man who can provide offense and rebounds.
When will someone stop Ahmed's wild drives anggd have him pull up for a short jumper. Villanova was overconfident today.
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41-23 rebounding deficit with 3 offensive rebounds, one of which was by Ponds. Pathetic
 
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