The Houston-Villanova game went about as we thought it would with ‘Nova winning a tight game, 50-44.
Realistically, Houston has had a brilliant season but they still have had to play most of the season without two starters and at some point, that just catches up. Houston’s defense nearly let them pull this game off but the offense was billy goat baaaaaaad: Houston missed 40 of 57 shots and hit just 1-20 on threes.
Villanova wasn’t all that much better at 15-52 but hit 5-21 on threes and hit all 15 free throw attempts.
And let’s face it, Jay Wright knows the ropes and his point guard Collin Gillespie, is one of the great winners in college basketball.