(1) Villanova at Butler 1/13/23

[X Factor]

When's the last time Villanova lost 3 games in a row?

[Dew]

Stick a fork in Nova. They are done.

[XUFan09]

They would need to pick up some wins to get up into the top 75. Maybe finish with a winning record. Right now, that's extremely questionable- would need to go 8-5 the rest of the way to just finish at 16-15 even. And that might not be good enough for top 75 even.

Simply having improved efficiency would help them too. The NET is starting to converge for a majority of teams, but you still have individual teams making movements of +/-5 or even +/-10 or more in a single week. If I were to guess, I'd say they finish a little outside the top 75, but we will see.

[hoops22]

A lot of question marks with Nova. This year is officially a lost cause. I think a winning record is very unlikely at this point. But beyond that they lose three starters. I believe they have only signed one recruit for next season, who is not ranked very high. Neptune hasn't convinced anyone he can coach at this level. And there's no telling if Moore will return, or even if Dixon will come back. They're simply not a good basketball team. They really need to hit the transfer portal hard this off season. I couldn't have been more wrong about them this year, until a couple weeks ago I still thought they'd find a way to play their way into the tournament.

[mel ott]

A lot of question marks with Nova. This year is officially a lost cause. I think a winning record is very unlikely at this point. But beyond that they lose three starters. I believe they have only signed one recruit for next season, who is not ranked very high. Neptune hasn't convinced anyone he can coach at this level. And there's no telling if Moore will return, or even if Dixon will come back. They're simply not a good basketball team. They really need to hit the transfer portal hard this off season. I couldn't have been more wrong about them this year, until a couple weeks ago I still thought they'd find a way to play their way into the tournament.

Can they bring Jay back?

[Vill]

Incredibly disappointing season. 8-10? Looks like we will have a losing season which is almost unfathomable after starting the season as a Top 25 team.

Lots of criticism of Neptune. Not sure how much is warranted but the biggest issue seems to be the failure to secure a true legit D1 point guard in the off season. There are plenty of opportunities on the schedule to right the ship, but the way things are going the ship might already be too far asunder.