1. "I mean... a bunch of our best players went to the NBA so we can't be expected to be as good as we were last year."

You need to let people know that we lost some amazing players after winning the championship, that way they know why we are playing a little differently.

2. "Yeah well after every championship win we need a rebuilding year. Just like every team!"

Yeah, so you really want to use some good vocabulary like rebuilding year. Of course, we have a ton of great veteran players on our team, but we are also trying to develop a ton of new stars alongside them.

3. "Well you see what happens is, once you win a championship, a bunch of great players get drafted to the NBA and so we have to develop a whole new team"

Really drill it home that we won a the NCAA championship last year, if you can, mention the 2016 win too. The more you flex, the less affected you seem by the loss.

4. "Yeah I mean... we lost, but if you think about, we came really close considering we started almost completely fresh from last year."

You always want to make sure you acknowledge that Villanova is CONSTANTLY exceeding expections. Win or lose, we blow the critiques out of the water, we can handle a loss. We will bounce back. (Plus we are training a bunch of new players to become as great as the current and past players on our amazing amazing team)

5. "We kind of have to expect to lose a few games considering our team is so new. Really, we are doing wayyy better than any other team could if they were in our situation, you know, being in a rebuilding year and all that."

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