Villanova

Joe Lunardi with the Death Knell for Villanova’s Tournament Hopes

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Mar 14th, 2024 · 1:24 PM EDT

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“Nova has fallen to where tonight is not enough” – Joe Lunardi. Has a sports win actually hurt a team?

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— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) March 14, 2024

Finally, our long national nightmare is over! I’ve only been preaching about it for the last month! Villanova has no business being in the NCAA Tournament and that was even before almost losing to 24-point underdog DePaul, who hasn’t won a Big East game in over a year! A year! The DePaul interim head coach spun circles around Kyle Neptune.

Wednesday night felt like a #16 vs. #1 seed. Everyone in the Garden was a Blue Demon. The Big East Tournament used to be Main Line North and now the entire place erupts for DePaul. The Villanova program might never recover from the Neptune Dynasty:

There IS a DePaul chant!!! pic.twitter.com/63Dy9cVTSj

— Alison (@onlythrowbacks) March 14, 2024

Even the nerds are sick of Villanova’s shit:

Villanova dropped from 33 to 40 in the NET and from 29 to 35 in KenPom after last night’s win over DePaul. Wildcats’ metrics were one of the big selling points for their resume and if their start to lose their luster … A win today over Marquette likely not enough on its own.

— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) March 14, 2024

I didn’t need every formula under the sun to know this team didn’t have it. I subscribe to the eye test. Kyle Neptune’s Super Bowl was last Saturday and they went down 32-8 immediately. If it wasn’t for all of the Big East Fluffers this team’s bubble would’ve burst back in February. I mean dams carry more water than the Big East Fluffers:

.@John_Fanta: “I think the Wildcats could be a dark horse in this tournament. And if we saw UConn and Nova on a Saturday night in MSG, don’t be surprised.”

Jim Calhoun: “I would be.”

😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ZhVIBGsaMN

— Kyle Constable (@KyleConstable) March 14, 2024

The best part about all of this is that Nova winning secured Kyle Neptune another year. I don’t think Nova fans would allow him survive a loss to DePaul. But thanks to Justin Moore he’s coming back for another season on the Main Line. Play the fight song!

 

It’s a beautiful day for a funeral! I can’t wait to see my Villanova brethren!

I will be in the Garden tonight for Villanova’s funeral. Enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/iTL7qGbTtq

— Kyle Pagan (@CBKylePagan) March 14, 2024

The bottle is on ice pic.twitter.com/N8wsmc2mOX

— Kyle Pagan (@CBKylePagan) March 14, 2024

P.S. I realize I’m a hater. I’m Silky Johnson. Saying Temple is a rival of Nova is like saying the Jets are the Patriots’ rivals. But I would have nothing to root for if I wasn’t a hater. My college teams have sucked for close to a decade now. This is how I enjoy college sports. Rooting against Penn State in the fall and Villanova in the winter gets me by. It’s a rush. More people should find things they hate and actively root against them.