Villanova (7-8) and DePaul (10-4) Square Off

Filed under Game Preview on January 7th, 2012

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The atmosphere will be tense at The Pavilion on Sunday as DePaul visits Villanova in a Big East showdown. It all starts at 12:00 EST and you can catch it on Big East Network, PHL 17.

DePaul is in 8th place in the conference and Villanova is in 13th place. The Wildcats stand at 7-8 overall including 0-3 in the Big East. Meanwhile, the Blue Demons have a record of 10-4 including 1-1 in the conference. Villanova is 6-1 at home and DePaul is 3-0 on the road. The Wildcats are ranked #114 in the RPI and the Blue Demons at #155. Villanova has lost four of its last five games. Last season, the Wildcats beat the Blue Demons 77-75. In four years, the Villanova record against DePaul is 4-1, and 2-0 at home.

• We're so much better than you, we get lazy. Villanova has come back to win after being down at half against DePaul 3 times since 2007.
• The Villanova rebounding leader (Mouphtaou Yarou) has more rebounds than the DePaul rebounding leader (Cleveland Melvin).
• The Villanova basketball team finishes what they start, with a better graduation rate than DePaul (100% vs 67%).
• AP voters think more highly of Villanova and have put us in the AP Top 25 more often over the past 10 years than DePaul (94 vs 0).

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