Tonight at 9:25 p.m. ET, No. 15 Milwaukee (21-13, 7-9 Horizon) and No. 2 Villanova (28-4, 16-2 Big East) tipoff live from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo four Round 2 March Madness NCAA tournament action as part of the Eastern bracket. The game can be live streamed for free here. Milwaukee fans can hear all of the action on 1130 WISN while Villanova fans can do the same on WPEN 950.
Looking for the No. 1 seed in the tournament, Villanova was stunned in last week's conference quarterfinals by a 64-63 loss to Seton Hall and will be chomping at the bit to come out strong against Milwaukee.
"It was definitely a jolt to our system," Villanova coach Jay Wright said Wednesday, according to ESPN. "Seton Hall played really well. You could lose that game and be OK with it, but we didn't start that game ready to play. It was the only game all year that we had done that. I don't know what it was."
Villanova will try to shake-off two consecutive first-round knockouts in the NCAA tournament as they join the bracket for the ninth time under Wright. The team went to the Final Four in 2009 but hasn't been back since, and senior James Bell is anxious to experience ultimate success with the team.
"My goal as a leader is to get the team to play how it's supposed to, playing hard, playing smart," said Bell, the team's leading scorer (14.5) and rebounder (6.1), according to ESPN.
Milwaukee and leading scorer Jordan Aaron (15) will try to lead the team further beyond anyone's expectations as they've already defied a lot of people's perceptions by winning the Horizon League after being predicted to finish last in the conference preseason poll.
"The past few years you see the 14 and 15 seeds come out with victories," said sophomore forward Matt Tiby, who's averaging 12.1 points, via ESPN. "It's just because they have more heart and determination. That's what it comes down to."
Milwaukee won five straight games and enters the tournament for just the sixth time ever and first since 2006. The team will look to get past a rapidly improving Villanova defense which has held opponents to just 39 percent in shooting over the last six games.
With NCAA title aspirations hanging over their heads, Milwaukee and Villanova clash in Round 2 March Madness action tonight in Buffalo
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