NOVA NATIONAL CHAMPS!

Just curious. They showed Marcus Paige as a 3 time academic All-American. How many have they had in the last 20 years.
Congrats to Villanova!!!
 
docholihawk said:
Just curious. They showed Marcus Paige as a 3 time academic All-American. How many have they had in the last 20 years.
Congrats to Villanova!!!
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He is the only kid to go to class the last 20 years at UNC.....so he is the only one.

I think FauxPelini says it best:

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One heck of a finish for sure!

A little sobering though, to realize the Hawks have a LONG way to go to be as tough and gritty as either one of those teams.
 
I fear my great dislike for Roy Willams and the pedestal on which the national sports media put him and his scandal-ridden program got in the way of commenting on the excitement of last night's title game. Great play from start to finish. I doubt there has ever been a more exciting finish to an NCAA championship game nor will there be one for years to come.

At the final buzzer, the best team won.

Congratulations Wildcats!
 
tweeterhawk said:
A dagger to your evil, cheating heart Roy Boy! I love it! Love i! Love it!
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That is to bad I dislike Nova's HANDS On apporach to defense, if refs called it like the RULES state 3/4 of their team would be fouled out by 1/2 time every game, really to bad the only way they can play D is against the rules, but the refs to chicken little to call it like they WERE TOLD to this year.
 
It makes me feel good that our loss to National Champions in second round wasn't that bad at all. I'm still proud of our seniors. They will go out as legends who pulled the Hawkeyes out the celler of B1G. Thank you all!
Let me add this, Thank you Woody for not playing for Roy Williams , the scumbag.
 
HaydenHawk56 said:
Just think if Iowa could have had a closer like Paige or any number of Nova's players this year.
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That is another reason why I hate UNC. First of all they are cheaters, second they took Paige out of the state. If Fran could have pulled Paige, Gesell, and Woody, it would have been an even better 4 year run for Iowa.
 
Yes it was a great game to watch,congrats to Villa.I wonder how much money MJ loss,haha.I'm sure he can afford it.
 
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Nova was hands down the best team in this tourney. All the pundits were saying that UNC was the best team Nova was just the 'hotter team' I beg to differ on that. UNC may have some better individuals but that doesn't mean they are the better team. At some point results matter and all Nova did was roll everyone to get to last night. They also had a tougher bracket to get through. That side was pretty much chalk down the line. They earned everything they got gotta tip your cap to them.
 
deanvogs said:
That is another reason why I hate UNC. First of all they are cheaters, second they took Paige out of the state. If Fran could have pulled Paige, Gesell, and Woody, it would have been an even better 4 year run for Iowa.
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Yep, if only Iowa could recruit players like Paige. If only, if only.

Then there's reality, and it's depressing.

Oh we get some decent talent, but I look at the two teams playing last night, and I'm like "Oh, yeah.. Iowa has a basketball program, too". It's a night and day difference.
 
Hawkfnntn said:
Nova was hands down the best team in this tourney. All the pundits were saying that UNC was the best team Nova was just the 'hotter team' I beg to differ on that. UNC may have some better individuals but that doesn't mean they are the better team. At some point results matter and all Nova did was roll everyone to get to last night. They also had a tougher bracket to get through. That side was pretty much chalk down the line. They earned everything they got gotta tip your cap to them.
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7 game series you think Nova wins?
 
trj said:
7 game series you think Nova wins?
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I do yes. Not that it's really relevant but yeah Nova had been destroying good teams down the stretch and I wouldn't say Nova would sweep them in 7 games but I do think they'd win. They play as a team and have absolutely no let up in them. UNC showed at times when they too happy shooting 3s in games that they can struggle. They happened to shoot pretty well in the 2nd half from deep which kept them/got them back in the game when they were down 10 with like 4 or 5 mins to go. But when UNC got cold like they did against UNI and some of their other loses it really showed and I think Nova would only go after that more. What weaknesses does Nova have that UNC could exploit?
 
Hawkfnntn said:
I do yes. Not that it's really relevant but yeah Nova had been destroying good teams down the stretch and I wouldn't say Nova would sweep them in 7 games but I do think they'd win. They play as a team and have absolutely no let up in them. UNC showed at times when they too happy shooting 3s in games that they can struggle. They happened to shoot pretty well in the 2nd half from deep which kept them/got them back in the game when they were down 10 with like 4 or 5 mins to go. But when UNC got cold like they did against UNI and some of their other loses it really showed and I think Nova would only go after that more. What weaknesses does Nova have that UNC could exploit?
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Carolina's size overwhelms them in a 7 game series.
 
WindsorHawk said:
And Carolina reverts to their normal 3 point shooting percentage over a 7 game series. Nova still wins the championship IMO.
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And you think Nova continues to shoot 60% or whatever ridiculous clip they were shooting at for the tourney?
 
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