How much was 'Nova hurt by UConn loss?

I've been wondering for a few days how badly Villanova was hurt in the rankings by Monday's loss to Connecticut, and today I finally had time to look it up. Obviously there have been games since then, but not so many that the numbers aren't still fair.

The answer seems to be that the Wildcats didn't suffer much. They've only moved down two spots in Pomeroy and Basketball State since last Friday, and three spots in the RPI. But they were hit hard in the Sagarin rankings, falling from fourth to 40th.

A win Sunday at Pittsburgh would certainly reverse that. For now, though, all eyes are on the Palestra, which will host three games in 26 hours starting tonight. Penn plays Brown this evening and Yale tomorrow, both at 7 p.m., and Temple faces off against St. Joe's in a Big 5 game at noon tomorrow.

I'll be liveblogging Temple-St. Joe's, so please join me for that. It'll be nice to be in the Palestra for an afternoon game, which is a real treat with the sun coming through the windows in the ceiling.

Here's the weekly stats compilation. You'll note that I got rid of the table of national teams this week. I did so mainly because I feel like we know a lot about the teams in question already, and I also think that there's just too much parity out there to pick a few teams to feature.

That will make March a lot of fun, but for the moment it's making February rather frustrating.