After three “home” games, the Villanova Wildcats are going far from home this week, as they tip off the Battle for Atlantis tournament in Nassau, Bahamas. The first team up for Jay Wright’s band of merry men are the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers of the Conference USA.
The two teams have met once before, with the 17th-ranked Wildcats defeating the 7th-ranked Hilltoppers 92-89 in overtime of the 1971 Final Four (Yeah, it’s been a while). Wednesday’s matchup is not likely to be as competitive of an affair, and it will be the first of three straight days of games for both teams in the tourney.