Daily News | ‘It’s a different feeling’: Villanova is embracing adversity during losing streak as Cam Whitmore’s return nears
has struggled defensively, especially guarding the three-point line, and hasn’t shot the ball well itself. While the Wildcats are missing starters, they’re also starting three players – Caleb Daniels, Eric Dixon, and Slater – who started a Final Four game six months ago.
“It’s a different feeling,” Slater said. “We’re all just trying to get used to this time right now. We have to realize that we have to embrace it. We can’t hide from it. We can’t go away from it.”‘He’s one of the keepers of the flame’: Villanova’s Eric Dixon is becoming the best version of himself It’s the next game, so it’s the biggest one. But as far as Saturday afternoon games at Wells Fargo Center go, this one feels pretty big. Oklahoma is 6-1, its only defeat being an opening night, 52-51 loss to Sam Houston State . While Villanova dropped three straight in Portland, the Sooners, who are led by former Loyola Chicago coach Porter Moser, won the ESPN Events Invitational in Florida, topping Nebraska, Seton Hall and Ole Miss.Neptune said he’s seen some improvements this week.
“We’ve all adopted the attitude of, this is where we are right now and we have to come together and we have to just become a Villanova basketball team.”There have been few positives over the first month of this Villanova basketball season, but Whitmore, an explosive freshman wing with NBA lottery potential, is nearing his return., will be a game-time decision Saturday vs. Oklahoma, and has had that distinction for the last few games, Neptune said.