The Deacs did play well. For the first time this year, they stomped on an inferior team.
Davidson will be a reasonable test of progress. They are from the same conference and are better than either St. Joe's or Richmond. This is the type of game where the value of coaching and retaining players shows. There is not a single player on Davidson that WF would offer; there is not a single player on WF that Davidson wouldn't love to have; there are no future NBA players on Davidson. Yet, because Davidson has an elite coach, a perpetuating system in place and has had continuity for a decade plus, they are currently a superior basketball program. Seems like a bad matchup for WF, but if WF can beat Davidson in 10 days, fair to say that the program has made some progress.