Happy New Year’s Eve!
The No. 22-ranked Villanova Wildcats (8-4, 1-1 Big East) will open 2022 with a Saturday afternoon showdown in New Jersey, when they head on the road to play No. 15 Seton Hall (9-2, 0-1 Big East).
Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Saturday. The game will be on CBS.
COVID shakeups
Both teams have been affected by COVID, but Seton Hall definitely had it worse. For Villanova, its game against Temple was postponed due to positive cases in the Owls’ program.
As for Seton Hall, the Pirates canceled a non-conference game against Iona, then had their Big East conference games against St.