The secret is out. The Villanova Wildcats have two closed-door, “secret” scrimmages set up for the 2022-23 season.
They will scrimmage against VCU in Washington D.C. on Oct. 22. The ‘Cats will also square off against a familiar face, when they play Kevin Willard’s Maryland Terrapins in an Oct. 29 scrimmage.
Per NCAA rules, Division I college basketball teams are allowed to have two preseason contests, and they can choose to mix-and-match between a closed-door scrimmage against another Division I program, or schedule public exhibition games, that would also be open to fans, against Division II, III or NAIA schools.