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Villanova looking to add one more record to historic season Monday night

Published Apr. 2, 2018 4:45 p.m. ET

There's quite a few statistically noteworthy items Villanova will be chasing on Monday night.

If the Wildcats beat Michigan, they'll be the third team in NCAA men's Division I history to win at least 36 games and the national championship -- joining Kentucky (38-2 in 2012) and Kansas (37-3 in 2008).

Villanova has already set the national record for 3-pointers made in a season, and if the Wildcats score at least 59 points on Monday night they'll also finish the year as the highest scoring team in the country for the first time since 1950.

The last team to lead the nation in scoring and win the NCAA title was North Carolina in 2005.

The only others to do it since the NCAA began compiling the stats were Ohio State in 1960 -- and Loyola of Chicago in 1963.

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