Monday's Big East Games

[MU/Panther]

6:00 - #8 Oklahoma vs. #6 Villanova (Pearl Harbor), FS1 - Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery

6:00 - VMI @ Butler, FSN - Vince Welch, Nick Bahe

6:00 - Brown @ Georgetown, FS2 - Rich Ackerman, Ron Thompson

[CaribouJim]

When was the last time MU played an IVY League school? I'm drawing a blank, but if I had to guess, was it Dartmouth?

[Litehouse]

I remember MU playing Columbia in the mid-90's.

[MU/Panther]

Point Spreads
Villanova -5
Butler -24
Georgetown -18

[unclejohn]

Columbia might have been the most recent, but I remember playing Princeton in one of Blue and Gold Classics I think. I think it was in the Crean era. We might have lost.

[MU/Panther]

VMI at Butler is on the overflow FS WISCONSIN channel, 1310 on TWC.

[MU/Panther]

Oklahoma 15 Villanova 3

[Markedman]

Nova doing almost nothing but hoisting up 3s and not making them. They look like MU against Iowa....other then all the layups Iowa got.

If Oklahoma would have shot like this they would have beaten UW by 30.

Nova only shooting 31% from 3 on the year....they take 33 per game

[MU/Panther]

Georgetown 29 Brown 8, on FS2

Butler 39 VMI 19, on FSN

[MU/Panther]

FS1 is having an excellent production about Pearl Harbor!

[Markedman]

Nova now taking it to the rim and is right back in it.

Sooners have gone cold

[Markedman]

Nova shooting 27% from the floor and 2-15 from 3.

[Markedman]

Nova's style is fun to watch but it is also why they went out early in the last 2 NCAA tournaments. Live by the 3 and die by it.

They do play excellent D

[MU/Panther]

Oklahoma 45 Villanova 32
Villanova is now 2-18 from 3

[Markedman]

I have no doubt they will hit a bunch if 3s against us. They look horrible tonight.

[MU/Panther]

Georgetown 74 Brown 57
Butler 93 VMI 66

Oklahoma 78 Villanova 55
OU 14/27 Villanova 4/32 from three.

[Markedman]

Brutal performance by Nova considering their experience and talent.

[MUBasketball]

Horrible game.

On the plus side, Lavin is really, really good on TV. I'd rank him top studio college hoops guy (aside from Bilas). Jim Jackson is really good too.

[warriorfan4life]

It's only one game, but I think X is the class of the conference this year and Georgetown could also finish ahead of Nova. Nova's offense was fine when they got the ball inside from penetration or post feeds to Ochefu. The problem is that they settled for way too many perimeter jumpers and tried to shoot their way to victory. I hope they adjust to becoming an inside-out offense and not chucking half of their shots from three.

[mufan2003]

Good thing Jay has Omari Spellman coming in next year. Villanova lacks a post presence. Ochefu is much improved but is still inconsistent offensively.

Better for Nova to realize this now than the first weekend of the tournament. At times, Nova was just passing around the perimeter hunting for a 3. This game tape will be a great teaching tool for the staff and players.