Comments on: Villanova Advances to the Elite Eight http://heardinthecheapseats.com/2009/03/27/villanova-advances-to-the-elite-eight/ A Philadelphia Sports Blog covering Philly sports rumors, news and heartache Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:37:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Anthony http://heardinthecheapseats.com/2009/03/27/villanova-advances-to-the-elite-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-4119 Anthony Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:35:03 +0000 http://heardinthecheapseats.com/?p=647#comment-4119 I haven''t seen a defensive performance like that in a long time. Usually with so many missed shots you would think the game was horrible to watch. It wasn''t. I was in awe of how aggressive Nova''s trapping and switching defense was. They may not have a true big man, but they have about 5 studs that are between 6''6 and 6''8 and strong and athletic. Pretty crazy that barring some kind of shocker, most of this team will be back plus 3 McDonald s All-Americans in the 2009 recruiting class. Jay Wright is one smooth cat. I haven”t seen a defensive performance like that in a long time. Usually with so many missed shots you would think the game was horrible to watch. It wasn”t. I was in awe of how aggressive Nova’’s trapping and switching defense was. They may not have a true big man, but they have about 5 studs that are between 6”6 and 6”8 and strong and athletic. Pretty crazy that barring some kind of shocker, most of this team will be back plus 3 McDonald
s All-Americans in the 2009 recruiting class. Jay Wright is one smooth cat.

]]> By: Chris Iafolla http://heardinthecheapseats.com/2009/03/27/villanova-advances-to-the-elite-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-4118 Chris Iafolla Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:26:01 +0000 http://heardinthecheapseats.com/?p=647#comment-4118 Thanks for stopping by Kieran. You''re right, the defense was the key to the game. And I agree with you, Nova had as much to do with the poor shooting as an off night by Duke. Nearly every shot Duke put up was contested. The matchup against Pitt will be interesting. As you mentioned, Pitt has not been playing well this tournament and Villanova is hitting its stride. Thanks for stopping by Kieran. You”re right, the defense was the key to the game. And I agree with you, Nova had as much to do with the poor shooting as an off night by Duke. Nearly every shot Duke put up was contested. The matchup against Pitt will be interesting. As you mentioned, Pitt has not been playing well this tournament and Villanova is hitting its stride.

]]> By: Kieran Kelly http://heardinthecheapseats.com/2009/03/27/villanova-advances-to-the-elite-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-4117 Kieran Kelly Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:20:51 +0000 http://heardinthecheapseats.com/?p=647#comment-4117 That was an incredible game by Nova last night. The defense was just suffocating. Duke couldn''t hit the broad side of a barn last night, but that was largely in part to Villanova''s defense. I''m very excited for the game on Saturday. Pittsburgh played terribly last night against Xavier and if Nova plays like it has the last 2 and 1/2 games, they''ll make it to the Final Four. -KK That was an incredible game by Nova last night.

The defense was just suffocating. Duke couldn”t hit the broad side of a barn last night, but that was largely in part to Villanova’’s defense.

I”m very excited for the game on Saturday. Pittsburgh played terribly last night against Xavier and if Nova plays like it has the last 2 and 1/2 games, they”ll make it to the Final Four.

-KK

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