Dan Hurley hopes his team can finish the non-conference schedule on a three-game winning streak, as his UConn Huskies take on reigning national champion Villanova at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
UConn improved to 9-3 with a blowout win over Drexel on Tuesday, and the Huskies will have a chance to finish with ten non-conference wins for the first time in three seasons. The contest against Villanova marks the final game of the 2018 calendar year for UConn, and the final game before facing AAC opponents exclusively.
Villanova, meanwhile, hasn’t exactly defended their national championship successfully so far.