TopherB560
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StoopsBros
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The word is Chris Collin’s (NW) is the lead candidate.
But I just don’t see it. Been wrong a ton but it doesn’t make sense for Nova IMO. They need a home run and Collins feels like a single or double.
But I just don’t see it. Been wrong a ton but it doesn’t make sense for Nova IMO. They need a home run and Collins feels like a single or double.
Apparently Villanova can’t afford to miss the tournament 3 years in a row. Kind of the opposite of us.
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Not that it matters much but Villanova also wasn’t close to making the tournament until this year and even then they don’t have a shot after losing to a terrible Georgetown team.
Villanova is a significantly better program than OU is. Quit being dense. They beat OU by 100 in the Final Four. Lol. 2 titles to none in the last 20 years (eternity for OU, since they have none in total). He followed Jay Wright, an elite HOF coach. Never want to follow the legend.
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Nova is in a pretty good area for recruiting basketball. Not just Philly but Washington DC and New York are all within a fairly short area to recruit to. After we beat them in 1988 they didn't get to the Sweet 16 till 2005.
We beat that same Villanova team earlier that season. They just had one of those games in the final 4 where they wouldn’t miss anything vs OU. They would have killed anyone that night.
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Neptune was a long time Wright assistant so Nova is entering the second phase of "following the Legend"......the back to the past, inside the Legend's family hire got a chance for continuity/recruiting and like most of the time it didn't work but kept fans, the institution "happy", fundraisers milking the tie to the old days.
and now the Job is: hire the best available coach (which is probably what all schools should do after their Legend retires but it's a durable ideology to "try and keep it going", or "he knows what it takes" or "he bleeds whatever the school colors are".
We beat them as badly as they beat us, probably played into it .. as well as our guys wanting another shot at KU .. not someone they had drummed out of the gym.
I also somewhat regret having to sit in the Villanova section at that second game. Still glad to have gone, but the result could have been better lol.
