Hold your horses

While I knew I had to root for my hometown squad, I was excited to watch Kevin Durant, who's being touted as an automatic NBA lottery pick, in person. But against Villanova at the Wachovia Center today, Durant sure looked like a freshman.

Durant was never able to get into the flow of the game and stumbled to a 4-for-15 shooting performance.

Villanova's ball pressure and trapping disrupted the No. 21 Texas offense (23 points in the first half) and limited the freshman standout's touches inside. As a result, Durant threw up eight threes and made only one. With his team within four with under a minute to go Durant took the first available shot - a three from some 25 feet out - and 'Nova eventually ran out the clock.

Much of Durant's inability to do anything on the offensive end had to do with the Villanova defense, but the lanky 6-foot-9 freshman must bulk up, stop floating around the perimeter and get touches on the inside. He's got immense talent, but the NBA can wait.

An interesting tidbit: Penn's 99-89 loss to Villanova still marks the highest point total that the Wildcats have given up all season. Their next two highest point totals allowed were 87 in the win over No. 20 Notre Dame and 81 in the loss to Drexel.