Villanova Siena Live Coverage

Guide Note: In the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, the #12 seeded Villanova Wildcats will play the #13 seeded Siena Saints at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. This page will provide play-by-play live coverage of this game.

Fast Facts:

  1. When: Sunday March 23, 2:10 PM ET
  2. Where: St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida
  3. Television Coverage: CBS Sports
  4. Game Announcers: Tim Brando and Mike Gminski
  5. Villanova Head Coach: Jay Wright
  6. Siena Head Coach: Fran McCaffrey

NCAA Midwest Regional - March 23 - FINAL
Team1st2nd SCORE
#12 Villanova Wildcats 4242 84
#13 Siena Saints 3240 72

Villanova Siena Live Play-by-Play Coverage

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End of Game

  • Villanova has defeated Siena 84-72

Second Half

  • 0:02: Jackson hits a 3-pointer for the Saints and then the clock expires
  • 1:14: Foul on Hasbrouck - Reynolds 1 of 2 at the line - Villanova leads 84-69
  • 1:25: Foul on Duell - Cunningham makes 1 of 2 for the Wildcats - Villanova leads 83-69
  • 1:36: Ubles scores on a lay-in for the Saints - Siena trails 82-69
  • 1:48: Cunningham lays in - great pass by Redding - Villanova leads 82-67
  • 1:59: TIMEOUT
  • 2:00: Redding hits 2 free throws for the Wildcats who are putting this one away - Villanova leads 80-67
  • 2:05: Hasbrouck makes 2 free throws for the Saints - Siena trails 78-67
  • 2:09: Cunningham scores 1 of 2 free throws - Villanova leads 78-65
  • 2:23: Franklin makes 1 of 2 for the Saints - Siena trails 77-65
  • 3:29: Hasbrouck on the follow up shot - Siena trails 77-64
  • 3:40: Redding makes both free throws - Villanova leads 77-62
  • 3:40: TV TIMEOUT - GAME RESET: Team Fouls: 11 on Villanova, 4 on Siena - ARROW belongs to Villanova, Timeouts are 4 for Siena, 3 for Villanova. Fouls: For Wildcats, 4 on Anderson and Clark, 3 on Reynolds, Cunningham, Fisher, Stokes, and Drummond. For Siena, only Rossiter and Fisher have 3. - If Siena had been even better at the line, 23-25 so far, and/or hit a couple of more 3's, 5-17, they'd be right in this game.
  • 3:58: Franklin hits for the Saints - Siena trails 75-62
  • 4:25: Anderson hits a lay-up on a turnover - Villanova leads 75-60
  • 4:55: Anderson on the jumper - asssist by Reynolds - Villanova leads 73-60
  • 5:22: De La Rosa on the jumper for the Saints - Siena trails 71-60
  • 5:25: Cunningham strong to the hole - Villanova leads 71-58
  • 6:09: Reynolds on an easy lay-up off the turnover - Villanova leads 69-58
  • 6:30: Franklin for the hoop and some harm - 4th on Clark - bonus shot is no good - Siena trails 67-58
  • 6:43: Offensive foul against Corey Fisher for Nova
  • 6:58: Duell with 2 for 2 at the line - Siena trails 67-56
  • 6:58: TV TIMEOUT - Wildcats still allowing Siena to hang around and stay in the game
  • 7:15: TIMEOUT Siena
  • 7:42: Clark on the interior jumper - Villanova leads 67-54
  • 8:10: De La Rosa on the lay up - Siena trails 65-54
  • 8:22: Stokes hits - Villanova leads 65-52
  • 8:41: Foul called underneath on Cunningham - his 3rd - Franklin 1-and-1 hits first and then misses 2nd - Siena trails 63-52
  • 9:10: After a couple of missed opportunites by Siena, Ubiles fouls Anderson down low - Anderson hits 1st and then makes 2nd - Villanova leads 63-51
  • 9:50: Turnover by the Wildcats - 3-second violation
  • 10:27: Duell hits the trey for the Saints - Siena trails 61-51
  • 10:54: Cunningham with a trunaround jumper down low - Villanova leads 61-48
  • 11:08: Foul called on Redding as Ubiles takes it strong to the basket - he shoots 2 - makes 1st and then makes 2nd - Siena trails 59-48
  • 11:13: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For Villanova: 21-42 from the field, 6-12 from 3-point range, 11-14 at the stripe, 27 rebounds, 11 assists. Reynolds has 22 points and 8 boards, Stokes has 18. For Siena: 12-41 from the floor, 4-15 from beyond-the-arc, 18-28 at the line, 20 rebounds, 7 steals and 11 forced turnovers. Hasbrouck has 13 points and Franklin has 12. FOUL TROUBLE: 3 fouls on Fisher and Rossiter for Siena; 3 on Reynolds, Stokes, Clark, Anderson, and Drummond for Villanova.
  • 11:33: Ubiles underneath for the reverse lay-up for the Saints - Siena trails 59-46
  • 12:01: Reynolds draws foul on interior shot - he shoots 2 - makes 1st and then makes 2nd - Villanova leads 59-44
  • 12:15: Foul called on Anderson - his 3rd - 2 shots for Ubiles - misses 1st and then makes 2nd - Siena trails 57-44
  • 13:03: Offensive foul called on Reynolds - his 3rd
  • 13:21: Foul on Clark - his 3rd - and Duell at the line hits 1 of 2 - Siena trails 57-43
  • 13:35: Nice inbounds pass to Cunningham from Anderson - Villanova leads 57-42
  • 13:55: Two great inside opportunities for Franklin and he missed both
  • 14:44: Nice curl scoop shot by Ubiles - Siena trails 55-42
  • 15:19: Ubiles misses 1st free throw and then makes 2nd - Siena trails 55-40
  • 15:19: TV TIMEOUT
  • 15:33: Pena SLAM dunk off great pass by Reynolds - Villanova leads 55-39
  • 15:48: Hasbrouck - the ATM is open on Sundays - Siena trails 53-39
  • 16:12: Foul called on Clark of Villanova, his 2nd
  • 16:24: TIMEOUT Siena - Wildcats starting to re-assert themselves after letting Saints creep closer at end of first half
  • 16:25: Cunningham on the put back of a rare Reynolds miss - Villanova leads 53-37
  • 17:07: Stokes hits on the baseline jumper - Villanova leads 51-37Siena trails SCORE
  • 17:55: Hasbrouck hits a 3-ball from the corner pocket - Siena trails 49-37
  • 18:02: Anderson in the corner - Villanova leads 49-34
  • 18:27: Blocking foul called on Siena's Duell - Anderson to the line for 2 - makes 1st and then makes 2nd - Villanova leads 47-34
  • 18:37: Hasbrouck draws a foul on Stokes - shooting 2 he makes 1st & then makes 2nd - Siena trails 45-34
  • 19:05: Reynolds feeling it from way downtown - Villanova leads 45-32
  • Siena starts with the ball - but they turn it over

Halftime

  • At the Half: Villanova leads Siena by a 42-32 score

First Half

  • 0:00: End of Half
  • 0:02: Ball goes out of bounds after a rejection by the Saints
  • 0:48: Duell hits the 3-ball for the Saints - Siena trails 42-32
  • 1:15: Foul called on Fisher of Siena - Corey Fisher makes 1st, 2nd, and misses 3rd - Villanova leads 42-29
  • 1:30: Stokes picks up 2nd foul in 30 seconds on De La Rosa, who misses 1st and makes 2nd - Siena trails 40-29
  • 1:56: Great pass by De La Rosa to Franklin forces a hard foul by Stokes - Franklin shooting 2 misses 1st and then misses 2nd
  • 2:12: Foul called on Rossiter - his 3rd of the half - Redding hits 1st and then makes 2nd - Villanova leads 41-28
  • 2:39: Franklin hits both free throws for the Saints - Siena trails 39-28
  • 2:39: TIMEOUT Villanova
  • 2:40: Stokes with the big stroke from the corner for 3 - another great play by Reynolds to set it up - Villanova leads 39-26
  • 3:07: Injury substitution as Drummond heads out of the game
  • 3:36: TV TIMEOUT - Siena playing with much more poise and confidence, and they've been able to cut it down to around a 10-12 point game. The Wildcats are being carried by Reynolds right now, who has 17 points in the half for the Wildcats - they are still shooting over 50% from the field. That '85 Wildcats team was part of the best showing for the Big East in their history, when they put 3 teams into the Final Four. Of the 8 teams they have in the tourney this year, five are still alive, including West Virginia's shocking beat down of Duke yesterday.
  • 4:06: Franklin makesd 2 free throws - Saints playing much better last 5 minutes - Siena trails 36-26
  • 4:13: Drummond hits on a great feed inside by Pena - Villanova leads 36-24
  • 4:29: Franklin hits 1st and then hits 2nd - Siena trails 34-24
  • 5:02: Reverse lay-up by Clark, Wildcats can do no wrong seemingly on offense - Villanova leads 34-21
  • 5:21: Ubiles at the line shooting two - makes 1st and then hits 2nd - Siena trails 32-21
  • 5:24: Fisher misses a long 3 but the Saints retain the ball
  • 5:55: Stokes strong to the bucket for 'Nova - Villanova leads 32-19
  • 6:44: Reynolds hits lay-up - Villanova leads 30-19
  • 6:51: Moore with a 3-pointer for the Saints - Siena trails 28-19
  • 6:54: Reynolds at the line hits 1st and then 2nd for the Wildcats - Rollie Massamino, former 'Nova coach with connections to both school staffs, in the crowd... was the '85 title win really 23 years ago?
  • 7:15: Hasbrouck with a jumper in the lane - Siena trails 26-16
  • 7:31: Offensive foul on Cunningham - ball turned over to the Saints
  • 7:51: Hasbrouck hits both free throws - Siena trails 26-14
  • 7:51: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For Villanova: 10-21 from the floor, 4-5 from beyond the arc, 2-3 at line, 13 rebounds. Reynolds is the hot man right now, with 13 points already, Stokes also has 9 for the Wildcats. For Siena: struggling from the field at 23% (4 of 17), and only 1-6 from 3-land, and 3-7 at the line. Franklin and Fisher have 5 apiece for the Saints.
  • 8:06: Travel violation on Villanova - ball back to Siena
  • 8:21: Another offensive foul on Rossiter over-the-back - his 2nd
  • 9:03: Foul on Rossiter of Siena - ball goes to the Wildcats - Fisher not getting any open looks - great defensive pressure by the Cats
  • 9:45: Foul called on Fisher - Reynolds shooting 3 - misses 1st, then makes 2nd, and then makes 3rd - Villanova leads 26-12
  • 10:39: Reynolds with his 3rd triple of the half - Villanova leads 24-12
  • 11:01: Fisher at the line for 3 shots - misses 1st, makes 2nd, and makes 3rd - Siena trails 21-12
  • 11:01 - TV TIMEOUT - Saints needed to start knocking down a few shots and get some confidence. Fisher needed to hit that 3 and he'll start feeling it now. The Wildcats seem a step quicker in the early going.
  • 11:33: Fisher 3-ball corner pocket for the Saints - Siena trails 21-10
  • 11:48: Stokes on a running jumpe in the lane for the Wildcats - Villanova leads 21-7
  • 12:09: Great pass by De La Rosa to Franklin for the Saints - Siena trails 19-7
  • 12:54: TIMEOUT Siena
  • 12:55: Reynolds, off another Siena miss, hits a running lay-up down the middle - Villanova leads 19-5
  • 13:18: Clark on a rebound put-back for the Wildcats - Villanova leads 17-5
  • 14:20: Stokes hits a triple - Villanova leads 15-5
  • 14:26: Foul on Duell for Siena
  • 14:48: Shooting foul on Anderson (his 2nd) and Franklin will shoot 2 - misses 1st and then makes 2nd - Siena trails 12-5 - Siena wants to try to 3/4 press and then fall into a 2-3 matchup zone
  • 14:48: TV TIMEOUT - The Wildcats and Saints know each other very well as many of the players on both teams played AAU basketball against one another. The Saints will want to push the ball early and often. CBS analyst Mike Gminski described them as a "controlled street ball team". The Wildcats will try to use a size advantage inside and then allow for Reynolds knock down bombs from outside.
  • 15:08: Reynolds with another trifecta, his 2nd in first 5 minutes - Villanova leads 12-4
  • 15:45: Stokes on a lay-in for the Wildcats - Villanova leads 9-4
  • 16:06: Off the turnover, Hasbrouck gets easy lay-up for Saints - Siena trails 7-4
  • 16:35: Ubiles nice dribble penetration and draws foul on Anderson - Siena retains ball
  • 16:58: Foul called on Pena - Ubiles will shoot 2 for the Saints - misses 1st and then misses 2nd
  • 17:12: Pena scores on the driving lay-up - Villanova leads 7-2
  • 17:40: Franklin scores on the interior for the Saints - Siena trails 5-2
  • 18:08: TIMEOUT Siena
  • 18:09: Off a turnover, Stokes takes it down the lane for a lay-in - Villanova leads 5-0
  • 18:28: Reynolds hits the first trey of the game for the Wildcats
  • 18:50: Foul on Moore of Siena - 'Nova keeps the ball
  • 18:56: Foul called don Hasbrouck of Siena - out of bounds to the Wildcats
  • 19:26: Both teams misses opening jumpers
  • Tip won by Villanova
  • Opening Tip-off is at 12:10 PM ET

Villanova Siena Bracket

How they Got Here

2008 Midwest Region Bracket

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  First Round
March 20 & 21
Sites TBD 		Second Round
March 22 & 23
Sites TBD 		Regional Semifinals
March 28
Ford Field, Detroit MI 		Finals
March 29
Ford Field, Detroit MI
                                     
1  Kansas 85  
16  Portland State 61  
  1  Kansas 75  
  8  UNLV 56  
8  UNLV 71
9  Kent State 58  
  1  Kansas 72  
  12  Villanova 57  
5  Clemson 69  
12  Villanova 75  
  12  Villanova 84
  13  Siena 72  
4  Vanderbilt 62
13  Siena 83  
  1  Kansas 59
  10  Davidson 57
6  USC 67  
11  Kansas State 80  
  11  Kansas State 55
  3  Wisconsin 72  
3  Wisconsin 71
14  Cal St. Fullerton 56  
  3  Wisconsin 56
  10  Davidson 73  
7  Gonzaga 76  
10  Davidson 82  
  10  Davidson 74
  2  Georgetown 70  
2  Georgetown 66
15  UMBC 47  
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