Reynolds's 40 Points Lead Villanova Over Desperate Seton Hall Squad In Overtime

Just another day at the office in the Big East. When the 18th ranked team in the nation battles a team who lost its previous two games by a combined total of 50 points, the first thing that comes to mind is, "Here comes another laugher." But in the Big East, anything is possible. The Seton Hall Pirates, after back to back blowouts to start its Big East season against Syracuse and West Virginia, desperately needed to upset the Villanova Wildcats to have any hope of contending in the rough and tumble conference, especially with road contests against 13th ranked Notre Dame and 5th ranked Connecticut awaiting. Villanova was coming off a loss to Marquette in its first Big East battle, but without any major out-of-conference wins, they could ill-afford to lose games against lesser opponents in conference. With both teams needing wins, something had to give. And as is often the case in games like this, neither team wanted to give an inch. In a back-and-forth first half, Seton Hall mounted a late ... (link)