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No. 1 seed Villanova faces First Four winner Radford

Villanova earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season and will open postseason play Thursday night against No. 16 seed Radford at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The Wildcats captured the Big East tournament for the third time in four years with a 76-66 overtime victory over Providence. The win cemented Villanova's fourth straight 30-win season. Kansas was the last program to accomplish this feat from 2010-13.

Villanova (30-4) will face Radford (23-12) for the first time in school history.

Villanova was previously a No. 1 seed in the Minneapolis Region in 2006 and in the East Region in 2015 and 2017.