Three minutes in, a composed Villanova Wildcat team had jumped out to a 9-2 lead over the Virginia Cavaliers. Six straight made threes – yes, you read that right – and the Virginia Cavaliers had a 23-14 lead and were effectively never challenged again.

There was simply no stopping junior guard Isaac McKneely Friday evening. Villanova looked on helplessly as he buried three-pointer after three-pointer. Some of them came with yards of separation. Others came on running, contested, twisting attempts.

Virginia and Villanova square off as we continue our college basketball odds series with a Virginia-Villanova prediction and pick.

Virginia basketball improved to 3-0 on the season and picked up its first major conference victory by storming past Villanova for a 70-60 win in the Hall of Fam

A nightmare week for Villanova Basketball has come to an end. After suffering a loss to Big 5 rival Saint Joseph’s earlier on Tuesday, Villanova headed down to Baltimore for the Hall of Fame Series against Virginia and played from behind for a majority of the game.