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Kevin Willard scorches Big 5 format, points blame elsewhere: ‘They killed it’ Craig Meyer, USA TODAY Oct 23, 2026 39 mins ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Villanova men’s basketball lost to No. 10 Virginia, 93-71, in a preseason exhibition Thursday, Oct. 22, but there was something else after the 22-point drubbing that had the Wildcats’ coach upset.During his postgame news conference, second-year Villanova coach Kevin Willard teed off on what he saw as inaccurate reporting from the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier that day over the Wildcats’ role in the disintegration of the famed Big 5, noting the development “wasn’t a Villanova decision.”“You’re talking to the school that wanted to keep it alive. The other five schools broke it off,” Willard said. “I know the only way he could get clicks is to put Villanova in it because if he didn’t put Villanova, nobody would click on his article. Talk to the other schools. This is not a Villanova issue. The other schools opted out. They didn’t want to play us. Talk to them.” While Willard lambasted the Inquirer, much of what he d...