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When Marquette hosts Villanova at 1 p.m. on Saturday in a game that will air on FOX, the Wildcats will become just the second Associated Press No. 1 team to visit the Golden Eagles at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The only other time was on Jan. 23, 2000, when Cincinnati scored a 72-60 victory.

Since the dawn of the AP poll in during the 1948-'49 season, Marquette has faced the AP No. 1 team just nine times ahead of Saturday's tilt, going 1-8. Below is a list of those contests:

Jan. 7, 2012 — 73-66 loss at Syracuse

Nov. 22, 2010 — 82-77 loss to Duke at the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo.

March 29, 2003 — 83-69 win vs. Kentucky in the Elite Eight in Minneapolis, Minn.

Jan. 23, 2000 — 72-60 loss to Cincinnati at the BMO Harris Bradley Center

Jan. 19, 1986 — 66-64 loss to North Carolina at MECCA Arena

March 20, 1976 — 65-56 loss to Indiana in Mideast regional final in Baton Rouge, La.

March 25, 1974 — 76-64 loss to North Carolina State in national final in Greensboro, N.C.

Dec. 16, 1955 — 65-58 loss to San Francisco in the DePaul tournament at Chicago Stadium

Jan. 10, 1953 — 88-72 loss at Kansas State

Of note: Three of the nine No. 1 teams Marquette has faced — Indiana, North Carolina State and San Francisco — went on to win the national championship. Indiana and San Francisco both finished their seasons undefeated.