Since the beginning of the 2013-14 season, Gonzaga (161 wins) and Villanova (151) are the first- and third-winningest teams in Division I basketball.
On Tuesday, they will meet for the first time.
The No. 4 Wildcats and No. 12 Bulldogs face each other in the first game -- Syracuse-Connecticut is the other -- of the annual Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Zags (7-1) boast wins over Ohio State, Texas and then-No. 25 Creighton. Their only loss was to Florida, now ranked fifth, in a 111-105 double-overtime thriller.
This is the first real test for the Wildcats (8-0) -- and it's the biggest one on Gonzaga's remaining schedule.