Villanova's rough start led to a blunt assessment from Kevin Willard
The Wildcats were getting outscored in the paint 16-2 early on against Utah State, and Kevin Willard made his displeasure clear.
The Big East only got three teams into the NCAA tournament, and one of its March Madness participants ran into some trouble early in its first-round game. No. 8-seeded Villanova fell behind early against No.
9-seeded Utah State, trailing by as many as nine points in the first half. Coach Kevin Willard, in his first season with the Wildcats after leading Maryland to the Sweet 16 last season, was not pleased with his team's performance early in the game ā particularly the fact that it was getting outscored in the paint 16-2. He gave a blunt assessment of his coaching staff after the slow start.
"I'm going to fire my staff, because we've given up eight points on the underneath out-of-bounds defense," Willard said during an on-court interview with the TNT broadcast. "The only thing I'm going to do is fire them and get a new staff. " "The only thing I'm gonna do is fire them and get a new staff.
" Kevin Willard is NOT happy with Villanova's start vs. Utah State. š¬ pic.