VILLANOVA

Don’t underestimate the value of experience.

Multiple Villanova players on the current roster were crucial to the Wildcats’ title run two years ago, and now they’re older, wiser and stronger.

That’s how they got past West Virginia’s suffocating pressure in the Sweet 16, and there’s no one tougher than the Mountaineers.

ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY SPORTS Villanova guard Mikal Bridges, who averaged 6.4 points in the title-winning season, has posted a 17.6 average this season.