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Subject: VILLANOVA

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Date Posted: 16:24:26 12/05/05 Mon

Let's focus here. Screw the polls. Ignore the HC board for a day.

How does Bucknell defend the four guard attack of 'Nova? What's Pat cooking up for tomorrow? Pack it inside and take your shot with the three point attack? Play tough straight up man-to-man? Extend the zone beyond its normal reach? Fabricate a junk defense to bring Foye back to earth?

I'm thinking pack it in... But, that could be lethal given their shooting percentage. Opinions, please.

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[> Subject: Re: VILLANOVA

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Dan
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Date Posted: 16:52:56 12/05/05 Mon

Difficult. Remember, the size and speed of Nova's guards presented serious matchup problems for us last year. I kind of expect more of the same. What did Bettencourt shoot last year? It was like 1-14 from the floor, seriously.

Here's the other issue. Jay Wright is an underrated commodity in coaching circles.

I look for Bucknell to come out aggressive and go deep into the lineup to stay fresh. Staying fresh is key. Bucknell can match with Nova athletically if they play at 110%. This means they have to rotate out and give guys a breather.

I like McNaughton as a threat against any team in the country, even Duke.

But the bottom line for our success will be Abe's ability to protect the ball and hopefully neutralize Foye.

[> [> Subject: Re: VILLANOVA

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jck45
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Date Posted: 19:01:34 12/05/05 Mon

To win the game we will have to do what we have done in every other major came we've won... SLOW THE GAME DOWN.

Aside from obvioulsy playing strong defense, we will have to wait and take good looks and knock our open looks down. Quick shots and badly missed threes means fast breaks for them and we definately can't even hope to run with them. Also, tunrovers will kill (almost did against DePaul) so we need really need to work to limit that as well.

Basically, agressive defense, a great assist to turnover ratio and a game in the 60s gives us a shot to win.

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Author: jck45 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:05:24 12/05/05 Mon On another note, I kind of feel bad for Coach Wright. He obvioulsy wants to win but he has to know what a win for Bucknell would do.

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Author: G-Money [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:20:54 12/05/05 Mon And Jay is such a class guy that he'll handle either outcome equally as well.

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Author: G-Money [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:10:26 12/05/05 Mon I really think we're going to need to play inside-out and make the extra pass. The unselfishness that we've seen all year is the key to getting good looks against an athletic team. Hot shooting and a few calls your way on the Home court won't hurt either. T-23 hrs Go BISON!!!

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Author: BreakinBison [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:40:50 12/06/05 Tue G-Money is right on here...we need an inside out game and hopefully can knock down a few threes.