Happy Game Day (again) Nova Nation! For the 5th straight season your Villanova Wildcats will be playing under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden on a Friday night in March. Since the Wildcats joined the Big East in 1981, they’ve appeared in 21 of 39 Semi-Final rounds. That includes their first six seasons, as well as their last five.
Of their previous twenty appearances, the Wildcats have advanced to the Championship nine times, winning the title on four occasions. That includes playing in the finals in each of the past four seasons, and winning three of them.