Happy Monday Nova Nation! With most of the Big 5 slate in the review mirror, Villanova is looking ahead to two big matchups this week: Syracuse and Baylor. ‘Cuse is a program that Nova certainly knows well from their days in the Big East, but they also now have former Wildcat Cole Swider in their starting lineup. Villanova should be favored to take down the Orange at MSG before traveling to Baylor this weekend for yet another non-conference Top 5 matchup in a true road scenario.
But we still have another day to worry about who’s up next, today I want to talk about the most recent late-blooming star to come out of Jay Wright’s program, Brandon Slater.