April 2, 2040
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#1 VILLANOVA TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 18-1 Poll Rank: #1
Season Record: 38-1 Record Vs 51-100: 4-0 RPI Rank: #1
Conference Record: 16-0 Record Vs 101-200: 3-0
Home Record: 16-1 Record Vs 200+: 13-0
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 85.4 2 2 Points 62.6 1 49 Points 22.8 1 1
O.Reb 12.4 4 45 O.Reb 8.9 1 25 O.Reb 3.5 1 9
D.Reb 25.9 3 82 D.Reb 23.9 2 120 D.Reb 2.1 3 56
Rebounds 38.3 3 53 Rebounds 32.8 1 50 Rebounds 5.5 3 16
Assists 21.0 1 1 Assists 11.8 1 70 Assists 9.2 1 1
Steals 11.7 1 1 Steals 4.9 2 66 Steals 6.7 1 1
Blocks 6.4 3 16 Blocks 3.4 1 232 Blocks 3.1 2 17
Turnovers 12.3 2 34 Turnovers 21.2 1 1 Turnovers -8.8 1 1
Fouls 19.3 4 177 Fouls 17.9 9 338 Fouls 1.4 7 300
FG% .492 1 1 FG% .411 2 50 FG% .081 2 4
FT% .751 1 4 FT% .705 9 345 FT% .046 2 41
3P% .354 5 102 3P% .349 7 269 3P% .005 7 153
PPS 1.30 2 42 PPS 1.19 5 77 PPS .114 3 42
Adj. FG% .543 2 11 Adj. FG% .464 2 49 Adj. FG% .079 1 5
Adjusting our offense to rely less on three-point shooting was the right move. We end up averaging 18.6 three-point attempts per game, almost exactly in the middle of the rankings. That average includes our relatively free-wheeling approach early in the year; by crunch time, we probably averaged several fewer threes per game. And, as we became more selective, our percentage went up.
We finished second in the nation in scoring, first in field goal percentage, and first in assists per game. Those have become hallmarks of the way Villanova plays. We also led the nation in steals per game and turnovers forced, which is a new trend that I'm starting to like.
Our offensive efficiency (113.7) trails only South Dakota State's 115.9. We're also second in defensive efficiency at 83.7; Pepperdine was first at 82.7.
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#1 VILLANOVA Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Zak Marshall C 37 37 27.9 7.5 2.6 8.2 1.2 0.8 2.6 1.3 2.3 15.7
Zayden Calhoun SG 37 37 27.8 20.2 1.9 5.6 4.2 1.7 0.3 2.8 2.9 16.6
Chris Wilson PF 38 34 27.3 12.5 1.8 6.4 1.5 0.7 1.7 1.6 2.4 16.6
Tony Flaherty SF 29 26 26.9 14.7 1.7 5.3 4.1 2.3 1.4 2.6 2.5 16.6
Nick Spencer PG 38 37 26.5 9.3 0.9 2.3 4.6 2.1 0.1 0.9 2.5 16.1
DeAndre Brown SG 38 10 14.9 5.3 0.7 1.8 1.1 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.6 9.9
Jordi Ballester PF 39 2 14.4 3.7 1.1 4.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 1.5 7.0
Kai Smith PG 39 1 13.7 4.0 0.3 0.9 3.0 1.3 0.1 0.9 1.2 5.9
John Cannon SF 38 1 13.4 7.7 0.6 1.6 1.0 1.2 0.1 0.8 1.6 5.8
John Locklear C 3 0 13.3 4.7 1.0 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.3 6.7
Derek Lamb PF 12 4 10.3 2.3 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.2 10.0
Forrest Curl C 37 2 10.0 2.6 1.0 2.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.9 4.8
Nick O'Brien PG 10 2 8.5 3.6 0.0 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.6 5.8
David Lovett SG 16 2 7.9 5.0 0.9 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.9 3.6
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#1 VILLANOVA Totals
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Zak Marshall C 37 37 1034 277 97 304 45 30 96 47 85 581
Zayden Calhoun SG 37 37 1027 749 69 206 154 64 12 103 106 615
Chris Wilson PF 38 34 1036 476 68 242 57 27 65 59 93 629
Tony Flaherty SF 29 26 781 426 50 153 120 67 41 75 73 480
Nick Spencer PG 38 37 1008 355 36 87 175 81 3 33 96 611
DeAndre Brown SG 38 10 567 200 27 69 43 46 5 37 59 376
Jordi Ballester PF 39 2 561 145 44 187 26 17 13 15 60 273
Kai Smith PG 39 1 534 157 11 36 117 51 2 36 46 229
John Cannon SF 38 1 511 293 22 61 37 46 3 32 61 222
John Locklear C 3 0 40 14 3 7 2 1 1 1 4 20
Derek Lamb PF 12 4 123 28 6 14 9 3 6 4 14 120
Forrest Curl C 37 2 370 95 36 95 17 9 2 16 34 178
Nick O'Brien PG 10 2 85 36 0 4 11 5 1 8 6 58
David Lovett SG 16 2 127 80 15 30 6 8 1 14 15 58
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#1 VILLANOVA Shooting
Player Pos Fgm Fga Fg% Ftm Fta Ft% 3pm 3pa 3p% PPS
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Zak Marshall C 104 208 .500 69 89 .775 0 3 .000 1.33
Zayden Calhoun SG 282 531 .531 79 102 .775 106 233 .455 1.41
Chris Wilson PF 179 341 .525 116 160 .725 2 2 1.000 1.40
Tony Flaherty SF 177 343 .516 54 75 .720 18 61 .295 1.24
Nick Spencer PG 133 333 .399 54 65 .831 35 138 .254 1.07
DeAndre Brown SG 70 155 .452 35 41 .854 25 84 .298 1.29
Jordi Ballester PF 64 115 .557 17 36 .472 0 0 .000 1.26
Kai Smith PG 50 125 .400 43 51 .843 14 54 .259 1.26
John Cannon SF 106 212 .500 33 43 .767 48 113 .425 1.38
John Locklear C 6 7 .857 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 2.00
Derek Lamb PF 12 22 .545 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 1.27
Forrest Curl C 40 88 .455 15 30 .500 0 0 .000 1.08
Nick O'Brien PG 11 23 .478 12 13 .923 2 12 .167 1.57
David Lovett SG 26 56 .464 21 27 .778 7 26 .269 1.43
Zayden led the Big East in scoring, passing
David Getty late in the season. Tony finished seventh. Nick was third in assists, but Zayden (7th) and Tony (8th) were also in the top ten.
Tony and Nick placed first and second in steals, with Zayden not far back in sixth. Zak was fourth in blocks and seventh in rebounding.
We learn today that Zayden, Tony, and David Lovett are all entering this year's professional draft, so I'll have three Farewells and a Tribute to write.