What a difference a week makes.
Last week, Villanova was still digesting the bitter taste of defeat after suffering a road loss to Penn at the Palestra. On Friday, it got a far-from-perfect bounce-back win over Maryland.
The ‘Cats may be in the Bahamas, but so far, they’ve showed that it’s a business trip. Villanova pulled away from Texas Tech to enjoy an 85-69 win in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday.
“I thought our guys came out, set the tone, played hard from the very beginning,” Villanova coach Kyle Neptune said.