Impressive no doubt but watching the game and looking at the statistics osu definitely had more of a luck factor in this blowout than um last year. Villanova could barely even get a shot off against us and we didn’t shoot the lights out. We held them to around 30% of their fg attempts being threes osu was around 50%.
Nova shot 28% on twos and 33% on threes. That’s not a lucky defensive effort.
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Villanova missed a lot more open looks than they usually do and that is not the type of three pt volume you want to allow them.
I just don’t think there’s anything lucky about a game where one team shoots over 60% on twos and the other team shoots under 30% on twos.
He’s terrible on offense, Cooley has to have something on them big east coaches that told Brian snow he’s a really good coach. That or Cooley is just buddy buddy with a lot of media members which also seems to be the case.
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Yeah, Cooley is buddy buddy with media guys. Thank god we didn’t hire him.
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And Purdue seems to have choked
They really struggle with the fact that they have no creation. Every possession is a series of off-ball screens falling back to a post-up.
That was some collapse by Purdue.
So happy Ed Cooley is not our coach. I already trust Howard to coach circles around him on offense
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yea, i was very scared of that hire. after we saw that donovan or a home run hire like that was out I thought it was pretty clear that Howard or coach Y were the best options. Cooley or Smart would have been so underwhelming and I think you’ve seen who they are at this point. Howard is at least an unknown with potential to show he could be great. I’ve been fairly pleased thus far.
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I actually would not lump Shaka with Cooley at all. In fact I was the leader of the Shaka movement here 
In fact I have a feeling Texas will be very good this year
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Still not over the NW/Providence result. Absolutely stunning loss.
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Yeah Shaka was on a different level than Cooley. Cooleys floor was much lower than smarts here imo.
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What do we think of Penn State tonight at Georgetown? One of the Big Ten teams that I don’t really have a read on. Well, I probably have a judgment based on the past but want to give a fair shake. I also don’t think Georgetown is particularly good.
I was surprised it was a pick em at Georgetown. Felt like that should be flipped. But my pulse on big ten lines through the early season has been absolutely horrific so I kind of want to fade my own pick
It is Georgetown -2.5 now.
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Yea. Don’t think Georgetown is that good either but Akinjo and McClung will be a problem for PSU
I don’t have a good read on PSU, but betting against Patrick Ewing is often a good idea from my experience.
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George would be my pick