The Villanova Wildcats will return to action on Wednesday when they host the American Eagles at the Pavilion. The game is the team’s first in eight days and will be their final tune-up before Big East play begins against DePaul a week later. The Wildcats enter the game on a 17-game win streak, which is both the longest in the country and the longest in program history.
Trying to score the major upset on Wednesday is American, which enters the contest with a 2-7 overall record. While Villanova and American don’t have as much history as other non-conference Wildcats opponents, the two teams met in the first round of the 2009 NCAA tournament in Philadelphia, when the Eagles actually held a 10-point halftime lead before falling 80-67.