Villanova Wildcats		South Florida Bulls
	vs.
(13-18, 5-13 | NR		(19-12, 12-6) | NR

Special treat tonight. Brian Ewart from VUhoops and I are going to co-host a live chat which you can find below The Jump. GameThread comments here can still be used, but I won't be around there as much, except to post .GIFs of Villanova awesomeness.

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Villanova Wildcats		Rutgers Scarlet Knights
	vs.
(12-18, 5-13 | NR		(14-17, 6-12) | NR

Hey, what do you a know? A clean slate for one week. We have a halfway decent draw, and our first round matchup is against a team that we've already beaten this season (we're favored?!), and just a week ago at that. We should have some confidence for this one.

Leggo!

Villanova Wildcats		Cincinnati Bearcats
	vs.
(12-17, 5-12 | NR		(21-9, 11-6) | NR

Big East regular season finale, at home. C'mon boys.

Villanova Wildcats		Rutgers Scarlet Knights
	vs.
(11-17, 4-12 | NR		(13-16, 5-11) | NR

Please please please please please win. It's been a decent week. Have some mercy 'Nova.

Villanova Wildcats		Georgetown Hoyas
	vs.
(11-16, 4-11 | NR		(20-6, 10-5) | 8

Listen, I know these last few have been almost too much to handle. I know you don't WANT to watch. But Seton Hall just beat crushed these guys - and we beat Seton Hall. Transitive property?

Villanova Wildcats		Connecticut Huskies
	vs.
(11-15, 4-10 | NR		(16-10, 6-8) | 25

I've no idea how we're going to rebound from Saturday night's game - but dammit it all if I'm not interested. I'm in Sydney right now and don't have the ability to watch the game, so I'll be looking in for you guys to keep me up to date.

I really can't even explain it anymore. Maybe Jay Wright just is this poor of a late-game coach - but it feels like so much more. No lead is safe, apparently. After blowing a 19-point lead against Marquette (AT HOME), Villanova somehow upped itself last night at The Well when they blew a 20-point lead to Notre Dame.

They need Maurice Sutton of all people to save the day and give them a chance to win in overtime. But they couldn't come through in crunch time, as has been the case for the better part of 3 seasons now.

No, this Villanova team is not particularly deep, especially with both Maalik Wayns and James Bell out injured. But consider that Notre Dame played pretty much 5 players for the entire game, save a few cameos. And they're missing their best player in Tim Abromaitis. So that should be no excuse for Villanova.

It was my first game of the season that I've attended, and I already want to forget it. There are good signs on this team. Dominic Cheek had a good game, and JayVaughn Pinkston had yet another monster night. And Mo Sutton? Earlier this season it was a foregone conclusion that he shouldn't be invited back for a 5th season. Show me anyone suggesting that these days after he answered the bell yet again when given the opportunity.

But it's hard to stay positive about the future when the same old things keep happening and this team can't figure it out. It's been 3 years now of blown leads. I'm almost numb to it.

At the end of the day, it's just another heartbreaking loss in a few heartbreaking seasons.

Villanova Wildcats		Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	vs.
(11-14, 4-9 | NR		(18-8, 10-3) | 25

We've been at it all day at Villanova with trips to campus, Kelly's, Maloney's and even Erin's for one of those tasty hot dogs. We tailgated in Lot D like the good ole days and now we're inside The Well screaming our faces off for 'Nova.

Most of the TNB staff is at the game, so the recap might not be up until really late at night or tomorrow morning. Enjoy the game thread you guys, and please keep it civil. Or don't.