At the moment that erased any doubt that his season and his career as Villanova’s head coach would soon be over, Kyle Neptune was hunched over with his hands on his knees near midcourt at Madison Square Garden,

The Villanova Wildcats find themselves at a critical crossroads following the dismissal of head coach Kyle Neptune on March 15. After three underwhelming seasons that saw the program fail to make a single NCAA Tournament appearance,

Villanova fired Kyle Neptune on Saturday, two days after the Wildcats were eliminated from the Big East Tournament by UConn in the quarterfinals. They own a 19-14 overall record and an 11-9 mark in the conference, and will very likely be on the outside looking in for the NCAA Tournament.