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[QUOTE="jordoo, post: 1229809, member: 569"]
One thing to add about Nova. Although they are a good team its still pretty early in the season and with their schedule its hard to say exactly how good they are.

-Beating Michigan in a close one on a neutral court is not looking so good these days however we lost to that same Mich team even if that was a road game for us.

-The VCU win to me was pretty impressive but that was an ugly shooting game for both teams and more about Nova breaking VCU's style and making them pay for pressing before they could get reorganized in the half court. Nova consistently attacked after getting into the half court with a 3on2 or 4on3 advantage situation. (great coaching by Jay and of course he has the guards to do that)

-Illinois is probably the next most impressive victory they have. A team that also lost to Miami and Oregon but defeated Baylor.

The one thing I would say about Nova that has really distinguished them is that they have a lot of experienced guards who Jay can deploy in different ways to get the job done. Also they have really taken care of business in a majority of their games and won relatively handily most of the way. That said have they beaten a clear NCAAT team as of yet? VCU beat Tenn and Oregon while losing to Nova, Virginia and Old Dominion. Not a clear NCAAT team as of yet IMO.

Just some food for thought before we build our opponent up to much and I think we clearly have more talent on our roster than Nova does.
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