Villanova and Oklahoma faced off twice in the 2015-16 season but both programs have gone through a complete overhaul since. Both teams lost legendary coaches - Villanova’s Jay Wright and Oklahoma’s Lon Kruger. Oklahoma hired former Loyola-Chicago coach and NCAA Tournament Cinderella, Porter Moser, while Villanova hired long-time assistant, Kyle Neptune.
Villanova and Oklahoma faced off in the 2015-16 season in another early-December matchup. Although Oklahoma defeated Villanova by 23 points on December 7th, 2015, Villanova played 40 great minutes of Villanova basketball - it just ran into a buzzsaw in Oklahoma who was drilling shots from the logo all night.