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Official Wake Forest vs. Villanova Game Thread - 1:30 ET ESPN2

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Have the day off work. Let's do this.
 
Back at work today, should be able to catch it on watchESPN! Trying not to be overly optimistic but yesterday has me pumped! I HAVE VIBES!
 
I hope we meet UCF in the finals. I wanna play TACKO.
 
If our gameplan doesn't include scoring 100 points, then we are too small time to ever compete !
 
I haven't seen a line, either. And I have been looking.

At work, so hoping ESPN3 is more cooperative today.
 
This will be a very good way to evaluate exactly where we are as a program. I think players like Wilbekin, McClinton, and Moore are going to struggle to contribute today. Going to have to be physical and under control on both ends of the floor. I hope we see a lot of

Crawford
Woods
Arians
Collins
Mitoglu

backed up by:
Childress
Wilbekin
McClinton
Moore

Whether we move Woods into the starting lineup or not, he is significantly more effective than Wilbekin in my opinion, especially on the defensive end. His game reminds me of Wesley Matthews. Obviously Woods is nowhere near the player that Matthews was in college, but his game is similar.

In order to survive this game we are going to need to play physical, rebound the ball MUCH better than we have so far this year, and knock down shots. Nova is deservedly a top 5 team in the country right now.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
If our gameplan doesn't include scoring 100 points, then we are too small time to ever compete !
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why would we agree to playing in Charleston? seems small time to not play at home. what would the recruits think ?
 
I think the the key to the game is if we can pound the ball inside like the second half yesterday. Nova is not very big. If John and Dinos can get what bigs they do have in foul trouble, we'll have much better chance than trying to get into a three point shooting contest with a team that is loaded with three point shooters.
 
Deacsfan27 said:
Tried Sportsbook but didn't see it up.

Does Nova have any injury issues?
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No - Nova has a few issues early on this season. One, they were counting on Omari Spellman as an incoming freshman to either start at center or log very significant minutes. When the NCAA ruled him ineligible it left Darryl Reynolds alone. They have to play Fordham transfer Eric Paschall at 5 sometimes even though he's 6'7.

With Arcidiacono gone, Brunson runs the point capably but they don't have a solid second PG. Phil Booth runs point when Brunson isn't in but he's not a big distributor and is basically a SG.

Lastly, their D has not been as good so far this year as it normally is. I think that will be primarily because of a lack of front court depth right now and poor rebounding rate. Collins could have a big game especially if he gets Reynolds in foul trouble.
 
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