Villanova vs Notre Dame: Game Preview

Villanova Wildcats (0-0) vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-0)

Where: Palazzo dello Sport (Rome, Italy)

When: Sunday, November 1 at 9:30 AM EST

Betting Line: Villanova -7.5 (subject to change)

How to Watch: FOX

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How to Listen: Villanova Sports Radio Network

KenPom: Villanova 32, Notre Dame 83

Torvik: Villanova 30, Notre Dame 81

Evan Miya: Villanova 30, Notre Dame 83

About Notre Dame:

Micah Shrewsberry, the former Penn State head coach, is going into his fourth season with Notre Dame. Shrewsberry took over for Mike Brey, who coached the team for the previous 23 years. Brey had this program nationally relevant more often than not throughout his tenure, but that has yet to be the case for Shrewsberry. In his final season with Penn State, Shrewsberry led the Nittany Lions to an NCAA-Tournament birth and a second round game against No. 2 Texas, coming up just short in a 71-66 loss. The expectations were that he would parlay that into success with Notre Dame, but through three seasons his combined record is 41-56.

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Things are not expected to go any better this year for the Fighting Irish, as they were picked to finish 16th in an 18-team ACC. Notre Dame had no players selected for preseason honors. The only two programs selected to finish behind the Fighting Irish were Boston College and Georgia Tech, both of whom have new coaches.

Notre Dame played two exhibition games, both away from home. The first game came at Dayton, where Notre Dame fell 75-65. In the second contest, the Fighting Irish took down fellow Big East team DePaul 71-63.

Notre Dame’s leading scorer in the Dayton game was Penn transfer Ethan Roberts, who Villanova fans should be familiar with over the past two seasons. Roberts averaged 16.9 points, three rebounds and 3.9 assists per game for the Quakers a year ago, and he projects as a potential leading scorer for Notre Dame this season. He was the only player in double-figures on the night with 11.

In the contest with DePaul, starting center Logan Duncomb…

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