Filed under: Villanova, Big East, Temple
If there were one thing college basketball proper needed to glean from Thursday's game between Villanova and Temple, it was whether the Wildcats were a legitimate top 10 team and where Temple fit in the hierarchy of college basketball. That's technically two things, yes, but the one game would be the barometer.Instead, it was a push.
Sure, No. 8 Villanova (11-1) came away with the win -- outlasting the Owls 78-74 -- and Temple played the Wildcats to the wire, but for what reason? Is Temple good enough to win on the road against big time competition? They did beat No. 9 Georgetown earlier this year. Or was this a case of a powerful Villanova squad playing down to its competition? Or, further, was this two mediocre teams in a non-conference battle?
It is likely some combination of the aforementioned, and it's really not fair to judge either team on one game. In two games against top level Big East teams, though, No. 25 Temple (9-3) has looked more than capable of being -- at the very least -- the favorite in the Atlantic 10. They have a prolific scorer in Ramone Moore -- who had 17 Thursday night and 30 against Georgetown -- and a cast of able role players. They'll get another chance to make their name in a February game against Duke, but in order to stay in the top 25, they will have to win consistently in conference.
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