The Wildcats are a 3\/1 favorite to win the national title<\/a> at William Hill, just ahead of Duke (4\/1) and other contenders including Kansas (6\/1), Kentucky (7\/1), and Gonzaga (7\/1).<\/p>\nBut Villanova (-5) knows they will have a tough test in the Sweet 16 when they take on West Virginia (26-10). The fifth-seeded Mountaineers play a fast-paced game with lots of pressing on defense, which can pose a unique challenge for opponents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pressure they bring with all the guys they play \u2013 it\u2019s 40 minutes of pressure,\u201d said Villanova guard Phil Booth. \u201cThey have one of the most rare styles of play in all of college basketball. The preparation for that is going to be big for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other matchups in the Sweet 16 include No. 3 seed Michigan (-2.5) taking on Texas A&M, Gonzaga (-6) battling upset-minded Florida State, and a Friday night contest between Purdue (-1.5) and Texas Tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament begins on Thursday night, with both traditional powerhouses and some surprising upstarts still alive in the hunt for a national championship. The first two rounds of the tournament saw numerous upsets, leaving plenty of low seeds still remaining in the field. Two No. 11 seeds are part of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":73564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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