Villanova shot out of the Garden (Soft Pretzel Logic)

Villanova shot out of the Garden

A day after making a bunch of threes to beat Syracuse, Villanova had the tables turned on them by a Georgetown team that is playing its best basketball of the season at exactly the right time.

Trailing at halftime, 40-29, the Wildcats stormed out of the gate in the second half, and actually led, 47-43, with 13:11 to play. But the Hoyas went on a 12-3 run after that, then turned it up a notch with an 11-1 burst to put the game away.

At the moment, I have no reason to think Villanova has done enough to make the NCAA Tournament. If enough other teams fall that could change, but the Wildcats are pretty far back in line at the moment.

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on March 13, 2008 2:15 PM | Permalink

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Tom:

The Cats do have 5 wins against the top 50, which is more than anyone else on the bubble I believe. But it is a stretch, which is why we couldn't start the N-I-T chant against Cuse yesterday at the Garden.

Posted by Tom | March 13, 2008 3:12 PM

Posted on March 13, 2008 15:12

VUhoops:

What bubble teams are ahead of 'Nova in your opinion?

Posted by VUhoops | March 13, 2008 5:21 PM

Posted on March 13, 2008 17:21

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