Villanova’s four-guard attack (and Jason Fraser, too) was great against Oklahoma. Randy Foye’s career-high 32, Allan Ray’s 21, and a 57% shooting clip were more than enough to take the small, quick lineup to victory over the powerful, strong one.
The matchup problems for Oklahoma were glaring at times, with Kevin Bookout getting trapped on the perimeter on occasion and subsequently eating the dust of the smaller player. Also, after Taj Gray, Bookout and Terrell Everett, Oklahoma does not have players who like taking shots in tough spots. With Gray and Bookout prone to fouls, this problem may come to haunt the Sooners in a conference (or even non-conference) game(s) to be named later.
Going back to the Wildcats, if ‘Nova can get performances like the one Jason Fraser had on Staurday, the shadow of Curtis Sumpter in the frontcourt will keep gettting smaller and smaller. Perhaps the biggest play of the game was Fraser’s dunk with 6:11 to go to make the lead 13.
There is one word that comes to mind when talking about Kentucky’s performance today: uninspired. Every time that they needed someone…anyone to make a play in the second half, it was not there. Yes, that means you, Rajon Rondo.
Credit should be given to UNC in the meantime as the freshmen made solid plays as the elder statesmen of Reyshawn Terry and David Noel are proving that they will be good leaders for the kiddies.
Houston and Oliver Lafayette: proving a bunch of unenlightened pundits wrong about C-USA being a one-bid league.
Does anyone realize that this happened Friday night?
Another week, another major conference team beaten at home by Bucknell. Up next for the Bison: Villanova.
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