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Villanova Basketball’s Phil Booth isn’t going to regress

Happy Tuesday Nova Nation! For the past few days our dear friend Chris Lane has been making the case for Phil Booth as Big East Player of the Year. Most people agree he’s at worst a contender, but not everyone thinks his current production is sustainable.

That’s understandable, right now Booth is putting up some crazy numbers especially behind the arc. So far through seven Big East conference games he’s shooting 48.3% from deep, an absolutely crazy efficiency. That’s hard to keep up for eight games, let alone half a season. In fact, the last Villanova player to shoot over 48% from three for an entire year was.