justanotherfan said:
Villanova was, for the better part of the season, the best team in the country. They lost the Big East this season even though they swept Xavier. Villanova lost four conference games, Xavier lost three, twice to Nova, and once to Providence. If Villanova doesn’t drop that odd St. John’s game when St. John’s was briefly the hottest team in the country, they win their conference.
Not only did Nova beat Xavier twice, they beat them twice by double digits, winning by 16 in Cincinnati and by 24 in Philly. Villanova was pretty clearly the better team compared to Xavier, even though Xavier also had a great season.
I think the real point in Nova’s favor as the best team in the country is this - of their 36 wins, just six did not come by double figures. Nova not only won 36 games, they won most in clearly dominant fashion. There’s really no question to me that Villanova was the best team in the country, and I don’t think putting them in a different region would have changed that.
They dominated all season. They dominated in March. They dominated the title game. Hats off to them.
Jaybate won’t let these facts get in the way of his narrative.
