Don't think a team that just lost to Illinois has an easy road to a sweet sixteen. And Villanova could have easily been a 1 seed although I think they have been overrated playing in a weak conference. Plus I can't stand Jay Wright.
My favorite story about jay wright is from Mario Chalmers. Wright cut Chalmers and Sherron Collins from Team USA for the Pan Am games in favor of his own Villanova guy in the summer of 2007. Flash forward to NCAA tournament that year, KU is playing Nova in the sweet sixteen.
Chalmers said this
"So when it came to the Villanova game, Coach Self called Sherron and me into his office and said, “How do you feel about this Villanova game?” I said, “Coach, this is personal to me. I don’t like Jay Wright.” He was like, “I understand that, but keep it out of the media.” So when the media asked if it was a personal game, we’d say, “No, it’s not personal. It’s just another game.” But during the game we were talking all kinds of s--- to Jay Wright. We’d run by him and tell him, “Sit your a-- down! We got this!” Another time we said to him, “This is what you get for cutting us. We’re about to dog you!” Anytime we were throwing the ball in from the sideline, when he was standing up trying to call a play, we’d tell him to shut his mouth and sit down. There was one play where I threw a lob to Shady on an inbounds pass and he dunked over Scottie Reynolds. Right before I threw it I looked at Jay Wright and said, “Watch this!” That game was definitely personal for Sherron and me."
They beat Nova 72-57.
My favorite story about jay wright is from Mario Chalmers. Wright cut Chalmers and Sherron Collins from Team USA for the Pan Am games in favor of his own Villanova guy in the summer of 2007. Flash forward to NCAA tournament that year, KU is playing Nova in the sweet sixteen.
Chalmers said this
"So when it came to the Villanova game, Coach Self called Sherron and me into his office and said, “How do you feel about this Villanova game?” I said, “Coach, this is personal to me. I don’t like Jay Wright.” He was like, “I understand that, but keep it out of the media.” So when the media asked if it was a personal game, we’d say, “No, it’s not personal. It’s just another game.” But during the game we were talking all kinds of s--- to Jay Wright. We’d run by him and tell him, “Sit your a-- down! We got this!” Another time we said to him, “This is what you get for cutting us. We’re about to dog you!” Anytime we were throwing the ball in from the sideline, when he was standing up trying to call a play, we’d tell him to shut his mouth and sit down. There was one play where I threw a lob to Shady on an inbounds pass and he dunked over Scottie Reynolds. Right before I threw it I looked at Jay Wright and said, “Watch this!” That game was definitely personal for Sherron and me."
They beat Nova 72-57.
