Purdue and Villanova have only met twice and the Wildcats have won both games. The last meeting occurred at Madison Square Garden, where a very questionable flagrant foul on D.J. Byrd turned an almost certain victory into an overtime loss. Now the two teams meet in a huge early season contest, so we talked to SB Nation’s Big East Coast Bias and Robert O’Neill about it:
T-Mill: This looks like a game where each team's strengths attack the other's weaknesses. Purdue has an excellent front court against a so-so one. Villanova's guards are amazing against Purdue's unproven back court.