(4) Friday Big East Games 11/12/21

[Omaha1]

XU finding their way without ZF. Hopefully they can come back. Playing at home should help.

[GumbyDamnit!]

I like this X team. Lots of options. C Jones is going to be a problem. Even without their best player, adjusted and turned it on in the 2nd H. Not looking forward to facing them.

[ecasadoSBU]

What a game at Westwood right now.

Going to OT!!!

[sju88grad]

Great game!! Feel bad for the east coasters. It’s already my bedtime and I’m in LA!

[ecasadoSBU]

Almost 2am here. nova down by 6

[GumbyDamnit!]

We had them and let them off the hook. Damn.

[ecasadoSBU]

Well... Nova out of all teams is the first Big East loss of the year

[ecasadoSBU]

Good game... but Villanova checked out 4 mins before the end of regulation.

[stever20]

Good game... but Villanova checked out 4 mins before the end of regulation.

game changed late 1st half when Moore picked up 3rd foul, and then 2nd half about 7 to go when Moore picked up 4th foul. Both times Nova had control of game and UCLA made run of 7 points. For game Moore was +7 when in the game, and in 12 minutes Nova was -16 when he was off the floor.

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

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Villanova may have lost to UCLA, but the Wildcats showed they are a top-five team - Gary Parrish, CBS Sports – November 13, 2021

"I told [Villanova coach] Jay [Wright], let's just do it again tomorrow," UCLA coach Mick Cronin said with a grin afterward. "It doesn't get much better than that." It really doesn't.

So give credit to Wright and Cronin for scheduling this game and making it happen. Both coaches knew their teams would be good, understood the value of testing themselves early, and weren't worried about possibly taking a non-league loss in November. This isn't college football, where one early loss really can cost you an opportunity to play for a national title. College basketball isn't dumb like that. Nothing that happens in terms of wins and losses in November is a season-killer. It's nice when coaches recognize that and create fun games for the sport. Hopefully more will do it next season.

UCLA remains No. 2 in Saturday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings. Villanova remains No. 5 because -- listen up, AP voters! -- it would make no sense to punish a team for losing a game in overtime to a higher-ranked team on the road.

I agree.
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