It was just a week ago when we were lamenting the fact that it appeared quite possible that Philadelphia could get shut out of the NCAA men’s hoops tourney altogether.

What a difference a week makes. Now we have three teams going to the “dance.”

Temple took care of business by topping Saint Joe’s and winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament. That gave them an automatic entrée into the NCAAs.

Villanova and Saint Joe’s were left sitting on the bubble, spending 24 hours waiting and wondering if they might get in, or if they would have to settle for the NIT.

You could make the argument for Saint Joe’s, since they beat No. 9 Xavier twice, once in the regular season and once in the A-10 tourney.

Villanova beat Syracuse and had the pedigree of playing the rugged Big East schedule.

The bubble did not burst for either team.

Villanova captured a 12th seed in the Midwest bracket. They will play No. 5 seed Clemson Friday night.

Temple gets the 12th seed in the South Regional and will tackle the No. 5 seed Michigan State. They’ll play Thursday.

And Saint Joe’s gets an 11 seed in the East Region and will play the No. 6 seed Oklahoma in Birmingham.

Let the madness begin!