The hidden truth about this Villanova team, the nation’s top offense, is that, despite being slightly undersize, it has quietly formed an energetic and complementary defensive identity. Since Feb. 24, the date of their last loss, the Wildcats are holding opponents to 66.7 points per game on 39 percent shooting. “We were going to run into a team that really buckled down, and we were going to miss shots.”Exhibit A: Sunday. There were stops at Incarnate Word, Abilene Christian, North Texas, McMurry University, Angelo State University and Arkansas-Little Rock and U.N.L.V. “He just kept saying, if we keep winning, we have a chance to keep getting better,” Brunson said of Wright.

Source: New York Times March 25, 2018 20:40 UTC