Elite Eight Open Thread
Both of these teams are well coached and smart. I'm glad we played FSU last night and not texas tech and Villanova is essentially just Michigan in terms of philosophy with better shooters, would prefer to not have them be in the championship. Rather have Duke to be honest
Both are juggernauts, but can’t beat either without beating a great Loyla of Chicago squad.
Similar to Motel Putingrad, my wife and daughter are at horseback riding lesson, so my son and I are sitting here watching Villanova / Texas Tech. It works out. We even have all the pets on our side for now as well, since they are all in the family room.
A lot of mistakes and fouls by Texas Tech. Villanova looks tough, but beatable right now. Let's see if Nova starts to put on a shooting clinic.
Well, TT got off to a great start but it feels like Nova just has too much for them.
Ugh, just saw the 1993 recap - "North Carolina executed just enough down the stretch to beat Michigan" - well, I guess that's one way to put it...
has been incredibly distracting. Glad he is on the bench for a bit.
Refs need to call it the same both ways ..Been horrible so far
Bad, bad, bad shooting. But their defense isn't keeping them in the game like ours did.
Nova is the one team I would not feel confident about our chances against
I agree. I'm imagining a similar game to Purdue part 2 this year, where both teams are hitting from three but they outlast us in the final minutes
Wouldn’t matter how well the defense played. You can’t afford to fall behind to those guys. They’d absolutely bury you in a barrage of 3’s and leave you for dead.
good games knowing that we are already in the final four.
I can't tell is Charles is just trying to be funny or if he really is downright ignorant
If we shoot well, we'll have a chance to take them. I thin we match up best against KU but I think Duke will beat them later.
I had Michigan reaching the final 4 as well.
Why is Nova so good?
Like they recruit elite players? I mean what is Villanova even ?
Texas Tech is doing a really good job closing out on shooters this half, but they just cannot score
TTU is missing a ton of layups too
TTU is giving everyone a blueprint on how to defend Nova. Put Z on Brunson and don't help off of anyone else. Brunson is the only one that seems capable of creating his own shot for Nova (at least against TTU)
Hey even Villanova can't shoot for shit sometimes. That makes me feel slightly better about our inability to shoot.
defense as well. We can beat these guys on any given day, but it would come down to a lot of little things.