St Joe's heads into this rivalry game feeling a bit better about themselves coming off a solid 10 point win on the road against Princeton in their last outing. The Hawks are looking to be an upper tier team in the A-10 this season. The Hawks have faced a tough schedule and have picked up some nice wins against teams like Old Dominion, Wake Forest, and Illinois Chicago. Villanova looks like they're going to take a further step back this season than most were anticipating, but this group has been showing some positive progress over the past couple weeks.

Anything can happen in rivalry games and given how up and down these two teams have been this result could go a number of ways. We feel Saint Joe's has the talent to hang around with Villanova in this city rival game.