Villanova is a solid basketball team playing some of their best hoops of the season right now. They've lost just one of their last seven and have been playing like a tournament team in that span, ranking 40th in the Torvik. They are - at least since Justin Moore's return - a formidable opponent.
Xavier lost by 1 to them at home. Under the NET system that is a Quad 3 loss.
Utah Tech is a D2 basketball program fighting its way to D1 status. They are 13-17 this year, and 3 of those wins have come against non-D1 teams.