Villanova’s three-game exhibition tour of Barcelona and Madrid served a great purpose. It hit the reset button after last season’s National Championship, allowed new faces in the program to bond with their teammate, and got some much-needed game time for several players.
With three wins - two blowouts and one close affair - against Spanish professionals, Villanova proved not only that they’re still the class of the conference entering 2016-17, but the repeat talk is definitely warranted.
Here are three things we learned from watching the ‘Cats in Spain.
Player redshirting for Villanova is the best player in practice: a tradition unlike any other.