Villanova Men's Basketball
Villanova Reaction: Wildcats Blow Late Lead, Heat on for Neptune?

Villanova set the high water mark of head coach Kyle Neptune’s three year tenure when they earned a top ten home win over UConn on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Since then, they’re 1-3 in Big East play despite holding the lead with less than two minutes to play in their loss to Xavier and remaining within a possession of taking the lead late during their loss to St. John’s.
After seeing that same tired script play out again in a 64-63 loss against the Hoyas on Monday, Jan. 20, a quick social media temperature check shows that Villanova fans are fed up… especially because this feels like a mirror of last season, when the Wildcats opened conference play on a 4-1 run before spiraling into a five game losing streak.
Villanova’s next two games won’t get any easier, as they’ll travel to Milwaukee to face No. 10 ranked Marquette on Friday, Jan. 24 before hosting a tough-as-nails Creighton team the following weekend… a prelude to a meat grinder of a February schedule.
Here’s what college basketball fans had to say about Villanova — and head coach Kyle Neptune — after the meltdown against Georgetown, one that saw Villanova hold as much as a 97.3 percent chance of winning before allowing a 9-0 run in the last three minutes.
The score was 63-55. We lost 63-64.
Get this guy out of here. pic.twitter.com/IrlRfTlNAb
— Kyle Neptune’s ExBurner (@KNeptunesXBurnr) January 21, 2025
Kyle Neptune has a strong case for being the worst high major head coach in college basketball and Kim English is 0-5 against him all time
— Hoya Apologist (@HoyaApologist) January 21, 2025
Kyle Neptune is a coward. He coaches scared. I'm sure he's a nice guy. But he's a loser basketball coach. Rip the band aid off and move on.
— Kev Kelly (@_KevKells) January 21, 2025
I've questioned whether or not Ed Cooley is a good coach. There's no such ambiguity about Kyle Neptune. https://t.co/hf5JOiHYlL
— Banners on the Parkway (@BannersParkway) January 21, 2025
Ed Cooley and Georgetown just won AT Villanova!
The Villanova tourney talks were fun while they lasted.
The Kyle Neptune experience.
— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) January 21, 2025
It can’t be overstated how much Kyle Neptune ISN’T the guy
(Complete meltdown in the final minutes at home against Georgetown.) https://t.co/5fks8dGv75
— Karl Heiser (@KHeiserCBB) January 21, 2025
Georgetown just went into Villanova and STOLE a win
Down by double digits with less than 5 minutes to play
Another soul crushing loss for the Villanova Wildcats and Head Coach Kyle Neptune
First win for the Hoyas at Villanova since 2011 pic.twitter.com/1dpLpvnrag
— Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) January 21, 2025
If choking leads and not scoring in the last 5 minutes of the game was a stat then Kyle Neptune is Coach of the Year.
Time to go play a top 10 team in the country!!!!!!
— Mr. P (@OnionBush11) January 21, 2025