Eric Dixon Looks Like He Knows Villanova Is In For A Season From Hell As Kyle Neptune Says 'It Is What It Is' About How Deflating It Is Losing To Columbia

You wanna see the look of a guy who instantly knows he's in for the season from hell? That's it right there. Your coach, who basically the entire Nova population is ready to move on from, saying 'it is what it is' when explaining the loss to Columbia. Probably one of the worst answers I've ever heard, especially considering the circumstances. You didn't just lose to Columbia. You looked like the worse team. It wasn't a fluke loss, it was the better team won. No bad shooting night, no freak offensive outlier, just bad Villanova basketball. 

I know Dixon is getting NIL, but he would have gotten it anywhere else. The dude played in the glory days of Nova. He made a Final Four. He had Jay Wright on the sidelines. Since that Final Four loss? Zero trips to the Tournament. Bad losses every single year. A middle of the pack at best Big East team. It was one of the quicker downfalls we've seen and it had nothing to do with NIL, transfer portal, all the easy excuses fans yell about. 

You wanna give credit to Eric Dixon for sticking around one more year at Nova. He didn't have to. He could have transferred and likely would have ended up on a team that was preseason top-20. Again, he got NIL to stay, but he also probably expected some sort of decent season. At least another trip to the Tournament. Sad times in Philly for basketball.