Much has been made about your Villanova Wildcats’ latest loss, which is (partly) being magnified by the fact that it completed a season sweep for the Butler Bulldogs over the Champions-elect of the Big East.
It’s only natural for fans to search for the ‘why’ after a loss, particularly one that felt so familiar. Is this a trend, signaling March failure? Or jump a bump in the road to glory?
Instead of just focusing on Wednesday night’s loss, I took a look at all three of Villanova’s losses this season. Here’s what I see:
Poor (3-point) shooting is really tough to overcome
Villanova is one of the best offensive teams in the country, and they’re actually shooting the ball better than last year’s National Championship team by a little more than 1% both from the field and from behind the arc.