Coming off a Final Four appearance, Villanova and new coach Kyle Neptune will face Tom Izzo’s Michigan State squad in one of the major attractions of the seventh Gavitt Tipoff Games.
The Big East and Big Ten Conferences announced the eight men’s basketball contests on Friday. The series will run from Nov. 14-18. Game times and television network assignments will be announced at a later date.
Neptune was hired this spring to replace Jay Wright, who left the program after 21 seasons and two national championships, saying he didn’t have the drive for another campaign. A longtime assistant, Neptune returned to run the Wildcats after a year as the head coach at Fordham.