Nova's Back: Eric Dixon Is Saving Kyle Neptune's Career And Really Villanova's Entire Season

We're not dumb here. We know UConn didn't have Liam McNeeley, but it doesn't matter. The committee will still see Nova beat UConn and that's all that matters. Plus, we've seen Kyle Neptune lose this game over and over and over and over (you get it) again in his career. I mean, shit, UConn had 4 chances to win the game late resulting in Alex Karaban missing consecutive free throws for the first time in his career: 

But, look, this is about Eric Dixon. He's basically college basketball's Joe Burrow. He's an All-American on a bad team that is finding ways to win because of him. He's not NPOY, just like Joe Burrow isn't MVP. But everyone knows how good they are. That's the best comparison I can make. He's leading the country in scoring a 25.9 points and it's not like Nova plays some uptempo offense. Hell, it's not like Nova has many other options and all eyes go to Dixon. Wooga Poplar is becoming a fine 2nd option, but anyone that watches Nova knows it's all Eric Dixon. 

Now we're looking at Nova on the right side of the bubble. If not, they are firmly on the bubble. They play St. John's over the weekend and if they get that win, all seems right. That's why I say he's saving Kyle Neptune's career and the Nova program. Everyone assumed this was a Nova zombie season. Everyone thought they'd bottom out, fire Neptune, especially now that they have an AD, and then have to restart next year without Dixon. I do wonder this though. If I offered Nova fans a 10 seed right now with no guarantees in the Tournament from there in exchange for 2 more years of Neptune, do you do it? 

All I know is Nova is back, kind of. They aren't Jay Wright Villanova, but they aren't a fucking disaster like we all thought. Kyle Neptune should be thanking Eric Dixon every day. 

PS: This wasn't a foul

PPS: College basketball's review system is broken. 4 reviews in the last minute of the game is fucking absurd. We need challenges and stop giving free timeouts to teams.