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UCLA player huddle in the closing seconds of an overtime win over Villanova during an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, on Nov. 12, 2021. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo
LOS ANGELES—Two highly ranked teams and a raucous crowd packed into historic Pauley Pavilion sure made it seem like it was already March Madness.
It’s not just yet, although No. 2 UCLA backed up its Final Four run last spring with an 86–77 overtime victory against fourth-ranked Villanova on Friday night.
