N-O-V-A!

Villanova pulled in a huge victory tonight! Not only making a huge push for a 1 seed but really showing me, and the rest of the doubters, something. I thought that the inside strength and all around greatness of Gay and Co. would have dominated the game, not so. They were stifled by the Cats half court trap and all around pressure defense. The 4 guards, Nardi, Ray, Foye, and Lowery, also have exceptional ability to control their bodies in order to put themselves between the trees of Josh Boone and Hilton Armstrong and the ball. Will Sheridan was also a huge surprise with his mid range game, coming up with 2 huge 17 footers from the corner to put Nova up for good. So yes, to all the doubters, myself included, four guards, and Philly heart can beat anyone.

Side Note- In a losing effort, Rudy Gay was excellent, Shooting 8 for 13 from the field and 3 for 4 in trifectas. Rudy really needed to capitalize on two free throws with a minute and half left that would have made it a one possession game, he missed.