tough night for the Heels but a good learning experience for a young team, after shooting the lights out from 3 the other night they came out firing again but this time couldn't hit. They didn't match the intensity of Butler, refused to attack the basket and just hoisted bad 3's. Butler outhustled them most of the game, the Heels did turn it on in the 2nd half and cut a 29 pt lead down to 6 so that was encouraging. This is a young team, we'll see some ups and downs, I hope they learned a lot last night.
SU has Princeton tonight. Princeton is pretty good this year with an experienced roster and one very good player -Hummer. He is a very good player who can play at the key against the zone. That is the one thing that can really beat the zone. A 6'7" guy who can pass, shoot or drive from the key. This guy is going to challenge us.
Hey junc... there is a rumor floating around from some the TCU fans I know that apparently the Big10 is making a play for Kansas and Carolina. It'd be hard to give up the Duke rivalry but the new one with Kansas and Ohio State would be pretty good.
I have heard a lot of rumblings about UNC to the Big 10 but haven't heard about KU. Apparently the Big 10 targeted UNC but the heels rejected it so they are moving on to plan B. I don't know, I hate seeing the ACC dissolve or the end of the best rivalry in American sports but I think UNC kind of has to be proactive here instead of reactive whether it's the SEC or Big 10.
To Junc and all the Villanova Sunshiners around here (You know who you are). Back-to-back losses to Columbia and LaSalle. This team has been in a freefall since the end of the 2010 season. Please let me know at what point you all wake up and realize Wright should be fired.
I couldn't care less about Villanova and whether they fire Wright or not, I know he's been the best coach you have had since Rollie and he'll bring the program back up if given time.
What do you base this on? DO you base it on the 0-8 finish to the 2010 season? Do you base it on the failure to appear in ANY tournament in 2011? Or do you base this on the back-to-back losses to Columbia and LaSalle in 2012?
not at UNC but at Nova w/ the success he had previous it is. if this keeps up he'll lose his job but I wouldn't do it just yet. who do you want to take over?
What I want is a head coach, who after back-to-back losses to LaSalle and Columbia, and his team is in the midst of nearly a two-season long freefall, to say this: "This is unacceptable, completely unacceptable. This is not the kind of basketball that any prominant program in the country should be bringing to the court on a regular basis. I am embarassed for our students, our allumni, and our entire program. This team will play better, and it is my personal responsibility to ensure it does." NOT THIS: "I think both our point guards struggled," Wright noted. "That's a big part of the game, I thought their guards did a great job of pressuring our guards and not allowing them to get us in the offense. We struggled, especially down the stretch —both in regulation and in overtime — getting into our offense and I thought Galloway just did a great job pressuring our guards, Ryan especially.: OR THIS: "I think it was a classic Big 5 game, and a classic example of one team executing down the stretch, in overtime and in regulation, and another team not executing. We gotta learn from this and we have to take responsibility for it that we didn't execute — and give them credit; they did."
I'm definitely among the Wright supporters but that has to start wavering now. The issue at hand is with re-alignment not looking like it's going to be good for Villanova, do they have any realistic shot at a top level coach? It may be mostly perception at this point but I think Wright is a big reason Villanova is still considered a legit program despite the struggles.
How could anyone excuse Wright's inability to capitalize on this program's first Final Four appearance in 25 years? In reality, the program has gotten WORSE since then!
their winning coach has never reached a Final Four, if you had Lavin and SJU had Wright you'd be saying how Lavin sucks and how good Wright is.
"During Lavin’s tenure as head coach, the Bruins qualified for six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997–2002). During this period, Lavin became one of two coaches (along with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski) to have led his team to five NCAA Sweet 16s in six seasons. Lavin’s record in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament is 10–1. His winning percentage (90.9%) in the first two rounds is second only to Dean Smith in NCAA Tournament history" Yeah, Lavin sucks.
