Dan Shanoff of The Sporting News posed an interesting question on his blog today: would you rather be Duke or Villanova?

Which would you consider the better season? A year spent in the top five of the AP poll, ending in an early exit from March Madness? Or a season spent on the bubble, capped with a run to the Sweet Sixteen?

(As a St. John's fan and Fordham graduate, I'd be happy with a season that ended in the NIT at this point... Several seasons of terrible basketball have beaten higher expectations out of me.)