SAN ANTONIO -- While spending Saturday night on the River Walk with his family, new Louisville coach Chris Mack caught some of the Final Four games -- including Villanova's record-setting avalanche of 3-pointers against Kansas.
And he wasn't surprised.
"I've seen that barrage happen, up close and personal," Mack said.
As the coach at Xavier, Mack played Villanova at least twice a season for the past five years -- and won just once, back in 2016. The Wildcats hit double-digit 3-pointers in seven of the 11 games they played against Xavier. Just this season, a campaign in which the Musketeers beat out Villanova for the Big East crown, the Wildcats still beat Xavier by 24 points in their first meeting and then hit 11 first-half 3-pointers in the second game -- going on a 30-9 run to essentially end the game.