The Villanova Wildcats had an uneven weekend of top-25 matchups, blowing out Tennessee in a wire-to-wire win before squandering another late second half lead - and doing a really impressive job reminding everyone of the UCLA game - in a loss to Purdue.
Leaving last year’s Bubbleville at the Mohegan Sun 1-1 after facing two tough opponents isn’t the worse thing out of context, but watching the same issues that sunk the Wildcats in Los Angeles plague them again on Sunday raises questions moving forward. With that said, there are reasons for optimism coming out of the weekend.