All I really knew about Wofford was that they gave Wisconsin a real scare in the first round of last season's NCAA Tournament. After witnessing some of the most ridiculous upsets over the last few seasons in person, I'll never take an opponent for granted. I hope the guys actually playing in the games have the same attitude since that probably matters just a little bit more than what I think.
Let's fast forward to midway through the 2nd half when Wofford cut the Hoyas lead to 50-45. Now at the time I didn't think it was so great but looking back, and objectively at the time, it was perfect. All you can ask for in these early season games is to be put in uncomfortable spots away from home and see what happens. Having veteran leadership at the guard spot is really going to give this team an excellent chance at going deep into March.
So Wright took over and the Hoyas won easily, 74-59. Vaughn has a double-double with 4 blocks on the side. Benimon played great defense on their best big guy. Sims had one of his best games as a Hoya. Hollis didn't just settle for 3's. In fact he didn't even attempt one. 24 hours after taking 30 three pointers, they only attempted 8. Basically there was a lot of good to come out of this game against a team picked to win their conference.
Favorite quote: Julian Vaughn after notching his first ever double-double: “We didn’t come here just to play well,” he said. “We want to win it all.”
Second favorite quote: Wofford coach Mike Young: “They’re a little bit better than I thought they were.”
Random: The game was delayed on ESPNU because the WVU - Vanderbilt game went longer than the time slot. That was kind of a bummer since I was watching it on DVR. Jason Williams is a horrible announcer. It's almost as if he's being bad on purpose just to see how much he can get away with on the air.
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