Quote Originally Posted by MHettel View Post
Novas lost to Penn as well.

Bottom line is that Villanova NOW is not the same as Villanova from 3-4 years ago. Those teams dominated and won 2 NCs. This Nova team is decent...much the same way we are.

Bottom line is that the top 3 in the conference is pretty set. we need to be #1 or #2 in an 8 team conference at this point.

Maybe I underestimated Providence. Possibly SHU too. But the bad losses keep adding up for the BE.
St Joes is a tourney team. That's not a bad loss. The 15 point drubbing is what it is. Yes, Nova is not the same and that's not surprising when you lose a HOF coach. Agree the top 3 have separated themselves for sure and we knew that going into this year. Yes, would be great if 2-3 other teams emerged and positioned themselves well but that will be tough. I think Nova and Prov are 4 & 5 right now. The rest of the league is going to battle it out for bubble city.