Special to BIGEAST.com
All season long there have been doubters about Villanova. Sure they were the preseason pick in the conference to be the top dogs in the BIG EAST once again this season. A season, you might remember, that began without four starters from last year’s national championship team.
The Wildcats also spent most of the season living in various locales in the Top 25 in the country, a testament not only to BIG EAST Coach of the Year Jay Wright, but to his two seniors, Eric Paschall and Phil Booth, who not only had to shoulder most of the Villanova’s heavy lifting on a game by game basis, but also play the role of mentor to a very young group of Cats.