I watched almost all of the Villanova-Penn game last night. Villanova struggled to defend the Penn half court offense. Penn controlled the game. They played highly intelligent basketball, lots of pick and rolls and Backdoor cuts which were well executed. They had Villanova on their heels the whole game. At around the 5 minute mark Villanova hit a few 3s and made it interesting at the end. It looks like if Villanova has a weakness it’s on defense. Penn looked very good and probably is the best team in the Ivy League.
Nova now plays Kansas Saturday and a loss to Kansas will erode their NET to the point that of UConn can upset Nova it will have limited NET juice.