Back to 10.  Under 5 to play.   Nova shooting FTs. 

Amazing how few fouls have been called in this one. 

It got down to six, and Villanova couldn't track down a rebound on a Kansas miss.  Jayhawks got a basket to move it to eight, three rims out for Nova, Kansas pushes it back to ten.  That's basically how the game has gone each time Villanova has managed to whittle it to a manageable margin.

That three for KU was big. 

That three by Kansas with one second on the shot clock is gonna be the game. 

Just now, DragonFire said:

It got down to six, and Villanova couldn't track down a rebound on a Kansas miss.  Jayhawks got a basket to move it to eight, three rims out for Nova, Kansas pushes it back to ten.  That's basically how the game has gone each time Villanova has managed to whittle it to a manageable margin.

They can’t seem to get it close enough to make KU really sweat.  And we’re at the under 4 media timeout. 

2 minutes ago, mcpapa said:

They can’t seem to get it close enough to make KU really sweat.  And we’re at the under 4 media timeout. 

Villanova lost this game with the 10-0 start.  I think that six point margin was the closest they ever got afterwards.  I know you only get four timeouts but it was clear that Villanova was not right from the start.  When it hit 7-0, they needed to call timeout.  They just didn't look right.

Even sitting for the last 6 minutes of the first half with a couple of fouls, McCormick has been hard to haldle down low. 

Maybe it’s just me. I see Agbaji, and I see Jimmy Butler. 

Very valiant effort by Nova. Just not enough talent.

This loss by Nova guarantees that once again the NCAA champion will have at least 2 NBA draft picks.

On 3/28/2022 at 10:00 PM, mcpapa said:

Nova has a chance to hang around given their style of play and the guy running the program. But I can’t give them much of a shot against KU without Moire in the lineup.  They barely beat a team that shot 1-20 from distance.

KU 66

Nova 52

A bit light on the score, but this was an easy pick.