Yes, I have questions about Villanova now. But they aren't the same ones some of the rest of you might be posing. My questions are these:
1. Why is it so shameful to lose to two Top 20 teams in three days, with the second game played 1/3 of the way across the country?
2. How can a team's schedule be weak when its worst road loss RPI-wise is at No. 64, and its worst home loss RPI wise is to No. 56?
3. Why shouldn't we believe (I first wrote assume, but I shouldn't use a word that strong) that Villanova will beat Rutgers, UConn and Syracuse? That would leave the Wildcats heading to the Garden at 8-6 in conference play, which could be equal to or better than as many as three of the teams currently above the Wildcats in the standings.
4. Why would it not count in Villanova's favor that it has the second-best non-conference strength of schedule and the second-best overall strength of schedule in the Big East, and the sixth-best strength of schedule in all of Division I?
5. If Villanova does win out in the regular season, what is wrong with the fact that seven of the eight losses will have come to teams with not-unreasonable shots at the NCAA Tournament, and yes I include Drexel in that at the moment?
Call me an optimist, but I'm not joining in all the howling about how Villanova's in trouble. You shouldn't, either.
