About an hour and a half before the game, my dad asked me what I thought the result would be.
“Villanova’ll win by 20,” I said. My logic? It’s one of the best teams in the country coming off of a loss with a week of rest. That’s a dangerous concept. Our pals at Big East Coast Bias agreed with me:
Villanova coming off a loss is the best team in college basketball.
— Big East Coast Bias (@becb_sbn) January 7, 2018
What’s different this year than last year, my dad wondered, obviously referencing Marquette’s come-from-behind win at home against the No.