Villanova stuns No. 2 Kansas; holiday tournament roundup
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Football gets most of the attention of the sports world during Thanksgiving, but hopefully, for your sake, you’ve found some time to watch college basketball over the last few days. From the Bahamas to New York, this year’s holiday tournaments have provided some of the most compelling action of the week.
Villanova capped the action in Nassau with arguably the biggest upset of the young season, knocking off Kansas 63-59. The Wildcats held the Jayhawks to 38.9 percent shooting from the field, and limited Andrew Wiggins and Wayne Selden to a combined 12 points on 4-13 from the floor. Dylan Ennis led the Wildcats with 14 points and made all three of his attempts from behind the arc. Ryan Arcidiacono had a rough shooting night, but made his only bucket count, as his three with 10 seconds left proved to be the game-winner.
The Wildcats will take on Iowa in the championship game in the Battle 4 Atlantis after the Hawkeyes cruised to a 89-53 win over UTEP. Aaron White had 17 points for Iowa, shooting 5-6 from the floor and making all seven of his free throw attempts. Iowa’s return to relevance would certainly be punctuated with a tournament championship, though a date with Kansas would have been a nice litmus test early in the season.
http://college-basketball.si.com/2013/11/30/villanova-upsets-kansas-andrew-wiggins/?eref=sihp
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1. Arizona may be the most well-balanced title contender. Aaron Gordon is a student of the game,
and so when the 6-foot-9 freshman power forward took in the telecast of the Champions Classic on
Nov. 12, he wasn't just watching Kentucky-Michigan State and Kansas-Duke, he was scouting them.
He was noting how much the of the Blue Devils' offense was run through fellow super-frosh Jabari Parker,
who was using a whopping 32.1 percent of his team's offensive possessions. And Gordon was noting how
much that was unlike the situation at Arizona, where, he says, "It's equal opportunity for everybody:
You've gotta get in where you fit in. And I love it here. It makes it more team-oriented."
The Jabari Show was the best thing on television, pre-Thanksgiving, as Parker scored 21 or more points in
each of Duke's first seven games, and looked like the best high-usage freshman to hit college hoops since
Michael Beasley at Kansas State in 2007. Arizona does not have that kind of star, yet it's a far more viable
title contender than the Blue Devils because it's a complete, balanced team. All of the Wildcats' starters
scored in double-figures on Friday, and every player in their seven-man rotation attempted between 5-10 shots.
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