I don't really care about college basketball. Or any college sport for that matter. I'm from a city with real (read: professional) teams and I went to a school whose mascot is The Fighting Violet. Well, officially we're the Bobcats, but aggressive purple things seems more appropriate when you consider the student body.
Anyway, while sitting through a shitty day at work, I at least got to watch the Villanova-Georgetown game yesterday. It was a sloppy game, with defense dictating the pace, but it was entertaining and came down to the wire. Nova led for almost the entire game and dominated the majority of the first half, only to allow a 9-0 run to close the half out, which was capped by a half court 3 pointer, making the score 29-27 in favor of Villanova.
Now as I said, I'm not a big college sports fan, but I do usually root for whichever of the Big 3 in Philly(Villanova, Temple, St. Joe's) are any good at the time. Last year Villanova was quite good, only to play like utter garbage come tourney time, with Randy Foye and Kyle Lowry carrying them to the Elite 8 where eventual champion Florida picked them apart. Foye and Lowry are both gone, and while Nova has a respectable record this year (18-8), it's clear they lack the go-to scorers they lost to the draft. This was painfully evident against #16 Georgetown, who was able to shut Nova down at times when they needed to. Georgetown is a very good defensive team - they recorded 14 blocked shots, including 8 by forward Jeff Green - but Nova still should have pulled away at times in this game. One reason they didn't (and another reason they were crappy in the tournament last year) - Mike Nardi, Senior.
He starts this year and he started for them last year, and I still have no idea why. Maybe it's because coach Jay Wright thinks he needs to start a white guy. Nardi doesn't disappear in big games, he poops all over the court. It would be much better if he didn't show up. Yesterday he scored 2 points on 1-6 shooting, had 2 assists and 1 rebound, and 2 turnovers and no steals - in 34 minutes! He was on the court for all but 6 minutes of the game, making a complete turd out of himself. The only shot he did make was an ill-advised runner in traffic that bounced off the rim 3 times before going in. He was on the court in the final minutes, when he was clearly outmatched. They needed this game to make the tournament, and now they almost definitely will not. Is Nardi the reason for all of Nova's problems? Of course not. But does anyone know why he logged the second most minutes on the team? Nope. He's one of two seniors leaving Nova this year (Will Sheridan is the other) and he will not be missed. Scottie Reynolds is a beast though, and only a freshman. Watch out for him, and Nova, next year.
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