The Villanova Wildcats had an amazing start to the season this year. Any time you have the best record in school history through January, that’s a good season. But the separation that the Wildcats had built up from the rest of the #1 Seed hopefuls is now gone after dropping games to St. John’s and Providence. And that puts a lot of pressure on Saturday.
Let’s be clear, there are a lot of reasons why this weekend’s trip to face the Xavier Musketeers is a “must win”. A loss would almost guarantee the end of Villanova’s reign over the Big East, leaving them two losses behind their Cincinnati foe.