For the third time this season, Villanova entered a game with a chance to earn a true statement victory in non-conference play. And for the third time, they came up painfully short. In the first two, the pain came from how shockingly solid leads evaporated. This time, well... at least we went for something different. We spread the pain over all 40 minutes, and by the end it was more of a numbness as the ‘Cats stumbled away from a 57-36 defeat to the Baylor Bears.
Brendan Reilly presented the silver linings and positives, but here are my three takeaways from the game, after some time to digest and heal, plus a necessary addendum.