The college basketball season is over and Villanova has won its second title in three seasons. Meanwhile, Texas Tech fans have been quick to take to social media claiming that Tech gave Villanova its toughest test of the tournament.
Texas Tech and West Virginia both had the smallest margins of defeat (12 points) to the national champs in the NCAA Tournament and a case could be made by both fanbases that their team was the toughest test the Cats faced. But more importantly than arguing over which team can take the biggest moral victory from losing to Villanova, it would be more productive to look at How Villanova built this team and what Texas Tech could emulate as they try to get to where Nova currently sits.