Creighton coach likens Villanova offense to a video game

TGIF, ‘Nova Nation! The Big East coaches keep coming with those fire takes. After Chris Mack opined that Jalen Brunson likely had wires under his face, I present to you Creighton coach Greg McDermott.

I think I’ve still got Mack as the title holder, but I am enjoying this new Wells Fargo Center tradition in the press room.

And now, the “news.”

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