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@NovaNationV Yes could have done it. Next year team will be talented.

Nova fans. How we feeling the day after? Still pretty upset over blowing a 10 point lead in the 2nd half. Would have loved to watch them play another game. Still great to get back to the tournament. #Villanova #NovaNation

@SSN_Nova @CollegeHoopsTIk Interviews during time out should be Banned. A comment at half is all a coach should give.

@CollegeHoopsTIk These coaches are good for the sport. They got your attention so clearly he’s doing his job as an entertaining coach

People need to just start rejecting coaches like Kevin Willard. Classic Napoleon Complex.

@SamCroston1 @HoopsWeiss Jerry Mac.

NEW: Juli Boeheim weighs in on who the next SU Coach should be🏀 "I think about what we've had for fifty years. We've had one of our own. I don't think we really know what we're getting ourselves into when we say we want somebody from the outside."

@SureBetFusion @HawkEmDownChris Page

Caitlin Clark isn’t available, who’s your favorite women’s college basketball player of all time?

@bydylanjohnson @NovanSports Dylan thanks for a great article. I agree Willard brought new life while keeping the traditions of Nova Bball. Family attitude teamwork growing players. Lewis has potential for NBA. Another season or two will benefit him long term. Guys w 1 yr at Nova have not done well in NBA

Kevin Willard completed his first goal of taking Villanova back to the NCAA Tournament. However, that is just the first step in the attempt to get back to a national level. My thoughts on the season and what needs to happen before next year. villanovan.com/33886/sports/s…

@John_Fanta Davidson played Duke NC state and another non Mid M in their first several games that year. I saw Duke game Wildcats not afraid I told Steph team is like 85 Nova.

Some thoughts on the NCAA Tournament thus far: Thought this year’s first round delivered more memorable moments & shots than last year. VCU comeback was insane, High Point/Wisconsin + Kentucky/Santa Clara were incredible games. To have 13 of 32 games be decided by 20+ & have no 13-16 seeds winning is obviously tough for the sport because the massive upset is what captivates the country. That’s back-to-back seasons for the first time ever and just the 7th time since ‘85 that seeds 1-4 went unbeaten in first round. Now: From 2007-09, only non top 3 seed to make Elite Eight was Davidson with Steph Curry. Get this: 12 of the 15 wins by 15 seeds in NCAAT history have happened 2012 or later. We’ve had two 16s win in last eight years after it never happened. So, it’s a sharp contrast after the upsets had been as plentiful as we’ve ever seen. But the takes on this feel a bit extreme when literal blue bloods are getting tested or beat by schools with a tenth of their budget, if that. Of course the massive climate change and chaos was going to affect the tournament. That being said, for Siena to do what they did vs. Duke and to watch Furman/Wright St/Kennesaw and some others compete, there were some more interesting games than we saw last year at this stage. Will we see a non high major make the second weekend? It’s possible and needed for the sport — and that’s when you really feel the madness. All this being said, there are a couple upset candidates who lost. Because of conference tournaments, we don’t have Belmont/Yale/Liberty etc in the field. Part of the blessing and curse for some MM leagues because there’s many situations where their best team doesn’t make the dance. College basketball is quite different (the portal chaos plays a mammoth role too) but television ratings have never been better and in a make-or-miss sport, one Oweh miss would change how one feels. Credit to him for drilling it but that’s the thrill of these games. As for mid major coaches ripping high majors for not playing them, they’re right and credit to them for trying to create change but let’s not act like this is a new issue. Upset possible? Yes. But there’s no denying it’s harder. There are still many fun aspects to the tournament that other sports would like to duplicate and it’s even more difficult to do so. Let’s have a Saturday.

@strategywoman A true family treasure. ❤️🇺🇦

“I thought it was lost,” my mom said. It is a vyshyvanka my grandmother embroidered more than 50 years ago for my mom. Now it is mine.

@rydunleavy @BIGEASTMBB @bigten The committee has little respect for BE. Also Why is Miami Ohio a playin. One loss all season should be a better seed. Bias towards big ten.

I just asked Committee Chairman Keith Gill about why @BIGEASTMBB tourney didn't count as much as @bigten tourney to help #StJohns. GILL: "Certainly we watched the Big East Tournament and certainly took it into account, and they played well and certainly that's a big win over UConn. But it really is it a full body of work. So when we're thinking about it, we're looking at how these wins and losses impact a full resume. "One of the things I would say about St. John's is their results in the non-conference did not have the same depth and quality as some of the folks that are ahead of them." @NYPost_Brazille

@HawkEmDownChris Yes 49

True or False: You’ve been a fan of your favorite team for over 40 years.

@CoachJayWright @NovaMBB Still a family still a great Bball school. #Letsmarchnova.

Tough night for ⁦@NovaMBB⁩ . But always a great experience at The Garden with the Nova Basketball family !

@FalveyKStars Yes. Be true to your school. Nova bball tradition is still Blue Blood. Nova is BE and decent place for future NBA G and overseas. Great education experience and family environment.

I don’t usually Post things like this but I’ve been doing some reading & felt like sharing this. I’m not judging anyone just sharing this research-based list of what tends to happen to a team's morale when fans criticize their coach,

@miles_commodore Agree. Rude and not fair

I hate the constant interviews of the head coach and players. Before the game, after quarters, at the half, during time outs, enough already. Let them do their job, they don’t say anything we don’t already know anyway. Does anyone agree with me on this?

@HoopsWeiss Nova keeps losing a Starter with an injury late in the season. Having Matt could have made the difference for Georgetown game. Still the majority of the losses were against ranked teams. A good year for young team with all new players.

@DanaONeilWriter @NovaMBB Sorry. I think this is the worst loss of the season. Losing to ranked teams is not too terrible. End of year loss like this is hard. Time for the team to rally and get to 16 or even elite 8.

Not a good loss or good effort for @NovaMBB. Pretty icky to be exact. But fans would be wise to remember what was happening this time last year. Cats will make the tourney, albeit short handed w/o Matt Hodge..

@DavidsonMBB @JjRich2 I had the privilege of being at Sweet Sixteen and Elite 8 games. Go Wildcats.

We are lucky to have had Tom cheer us on to many championships in March. Always grateful for everything Jason Richards ’08 @JjRich2 and the Richards family has done for Davidson basketball.

@KeruboSk SNL

What was the first series you were completely addicted to? The series that paused everything?

@CoachJayWright @KevinWillard @NovaMBB #letsmarchnova

Great finish of the season at The Finn !!! Proud of this team !! @KevinWillard @NovaMBB

@Dukebrennan86 Best of luck in BE tournament. Onceawildcatalwaysawildcat.

LOVE MY BOYS 🤣🤣🤣

@NovaStarting5 Perkins plays the Josh Hart style

TYLER PERKINS!!! BACK-TO-BACK THREES!!! THAT IS YOUR BIG EAST MOST IMPROVED PLAYER!!!

@SethDavisHoops Not surprised with their coach

I know lots of people love this stuff, and we can agree to disagree. They did this before celebrating with each other or shaking the other team's hands. If this is the primary goal of winning, I think you're cheating yourself. Best way to treat obnoxious fans (and people!) is to ignore them. That's what bothers them them the most. Better to win with class IMHO.