NCAA Tournament - St. Mary's (11) vs Villanova (6)

[admin]

Nova -5.5
O/U 130

XL Center
7:20pm
TBS

[Novachap]

Must admit, very nervous about this one. That said, been nervous about every one this year! St Mary's is good and their strengths will give us a lot of problems, particularly their ability to defend the three.

[jfan]

They looked very good against Gonzaga (or Gonzaga looked very bad), especially dictating the pace of the game. The Zags had beaten them by 46 or so the previous game, so hard to take much from either result. Nova will be fine unless they have a bad shooting night, then it will be close.

[ArmyVet]

USA Today ranked all 16 games today.

#9 of 16

No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Saint Mary’s (7:20 p.m.,TBS)

The defending champion Wildcats aren’t Final Four good. But they might be Sweet 16 good after winning both the regular season and tournament Big East titles. They’re meeting a Gaels team that just limited Gonzaga's No. 1-ranked offense to 47 points in the West Coast Conference tournament final to earn their place in the field of 68.[/code]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 224041002/

[gtmoBlue]

No Problem...Go Nova!

[kayako]

This pace of play is exactly what Mary's wanted. If we lose this game this is 100% on Jay. We're not capable of running even if we wanted to.

[kmacker69]

There ya go Nova!

[kayako]

St. Mary's is a terrible team, but it's not like Nova's playing all that bad. Almost every bounce is going to St. Mary's...

[herodotus]

As usual, Nova takes care of business (unless you're a gambler).

[kayako]

23 straight neutral site wins? That's unbelievable, but did they forget about the Wisconsin game?