Catholic Rivals Notre Dame and Villanova Set to Ignite Historic Hoops Showdown in Rome!

Catholic Rivals Notre Dame and Villanova Set to Ignite Historic Hoops Showdown in Rome!

The schools said Pope Leo XIV, an Augustinian friar and Villanova alumnus, was the inspiration for scheduling the game.

Those attending the Italian excursion will have the opportunity for a shared Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, a planned papal audience with Pope Leo XIV before the games and private tours of the Vatican Museums.

The men’s game will air nationally on Fox at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, with the women’s game broadcast on FS1 at noon.

College teams playing overseas is expected to become more common amid a growing influx of international talent. Twenty-three of the 62 players on Final Four rosters listed a foreign country as their hometown, and NCAA data shows the number of international players on D-I rosters (888) has more than doubled since 2010.

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