The Cardinals lost to Virginia, the Jayhawks grind out a win against Kansas S, coach K is back, FSU flex some muscles and Wichita State gets his revenge.
It was a long week, with plenty of upsets and changes in the ranking. The Zags are the new #1 Duke is back into business and the other top teams survive.
An exciting start of Conference playwith Duke and UNC losing to lesser competition, UCLA getting the first loss of the season and ‘Nova staying perfect.
The Wildcats are the defending champions and coach Wright will rely on returning Hart, Jenkins and Brunson and on a deep and talented roster to get the team back to the Final Four.
“This is Villanova basketball”: that’s a recurring theme every time coach Jay Wright or any other player at roster is interviewed, it is their mantra.
A kid with “a leader’s DNA”: this is Ryan Arcidiacono according to Luca Dalmonte, assistant coach of Ettore Messina on the italian national team.
After a thrilling final decided at the buzzer the protagonists reacted in many different ways, and it was to be expected.
