Wolverines to Start House-and-House Series with Villanova

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan males’s basketball staff introduced Wednesday (Aug. 6) a home-and-home sequence with Villanova. The first sport is scheduled to be performed at Crisler Center on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The return sport, at Villanova, is to be decided. Television and tip time shall be launched on a later date.

The home-and-home sequence will mark the seventh and eighth video games between the Wolverines and Wildcats. Overall, the Wolverines path 4-2 within the all-time sequence, with the final sport leading to a 63-55 U-M loss within the 2022 NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. Three of the six sequence video games have been within the NCAA Tournament, together with the 2018 nationwide title sport.

Overall, 5 of the six video games have been performed at a impartial web site. The lone campus sport was a part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games at Villanova on Nov. 14, 2018, which U-M received 73-46 at Finneran Pavilion.

The Maize and Blue is guided by Dusty May, who in his first season led the Wolverines to a 27-10 file, received the Big Ten Tournament and superior to the Sweet 16 for a sixth straight NCAA Tournament.

After three seasons at Maryland, Kevin Williard begins his first season at Villanova and returns to the Big East following a 12-year profession at Seton Hall (2011-22). Last season, he guided the Terrapins to a 27-9 file, tied U-M for second place within the Big Ten (14-6) and superior to the Sweet 16.

Basketball tickets are slated to go on sale within the fall, however Maize and Blue followers can be a part of the ticket curiosity listing to be notified when tickets can be found in addition to obtain different Wolverine basketball information.

All-Time Series (U-M trails 4-2)

vs. No. 11 Villanova (Dec. 30, 1970): W, 103-87 within the Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii)

vs. Villanova (March 17, 1985): L, 59-55 within the NCAA Tournament Second Round (Dayton, Ohio)

vs. No. 12 Villanova (Nov. 25, 2014): L, 60-55 within the Progressive Legends Classic (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

vs. No. 2 Villanova (April 2, 2018): L, 79-62 within the NCAA Championship (San Antonio, Texas)

at No. 8 Villanova (Nov. 14, 2018): W, 73-46 within the Gavitt Tipoff Games (Finneran Pavilion)

vs. No. 6 Villanova (March 24, 2022): L, 63-55 within the NCAA Sweet 16 (San Antonio, Texas)