Getty The Villanova Wildcats take on the Temple Owls Sunday afternoon.
The No. 15 Villanova Wildcats (18-6) will head to the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia to take on the Temple Owls (13-11) Sunday afternoon.
The game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN. If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of the game on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV Stick, or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
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Sling TV
Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” package comes with 32 channels, including ESPN. It costs $20 for the first month ($30 per month after that), which makes Sling the cheapest streaming service with the ESPN channels if you plan on keeping it long term:
Or, as part of a special deal that Sling is currently offering, you can get a free Amazon Fire TV Stick if you prepay for two months:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch Villanova vs Temple live on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app. You can also watch the game on the ESPN app if you sign in using your Sling credentials.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes with 10 hours of cloud DVR storage.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) offers six different channel bundles. They range from 45 to 125 live TV channels, and they all include ESPN. The “Plus” and “Max” bundles come with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for AT&T TV Now, you can watch a live stream of Villanova vs Temple on your computer via the AT&T TV Now website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other compatible streaming device via the AT&T TV app. You can also watch the game on the ESPN app if you sign in using your AT&T TV Now credentials.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV Now — no matter what channel package you choose — comes with included cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
ESPN is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of Villanova vs Temple on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app. You can also watch the game on the ESPN app if you sign in using your Hulu credentials.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu With Live TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of space and the ability to fast-forward through commercials.
Villanova vs Temple Preview
The Wildcats are coming off a close 72-71 battle against No. 18 Marquette on Wednesday. The win ended Nova’s three-game losing skid and stopped the bleeding — for now. The losing streak was the team’s longest of the season, and considering the Wildcats had just three losses on the entire season prior to losing three in a row, how well they play in this one suddenly seems huge.
Villanova is scoring 73.5 points a game, and the team has five players averaging in double figures. Led by sophomore forward Saddiq Bey, who is scoring 15.7 points a game, and junior guard Collin Gillespie, who is right behind, averaging 15.6 points per contest, the Wildcats have been a strong unit all season.
Villanova has also done several of the little things well. They’re a very good defensive rebounding team (61st in the nation) and they have been excellent (15th in the country) when it comes to keeping other teams away from the charity stripe.
As for Temple, the Owls have won two straight and three of its last four games. In the last week, Temple has beaten SMU in overtime followed by a close 72-68 win over Tulane. The Owls were down by 11 in the fourth quarter before coming back, going on a 19-4 run to close out and win the game.
Guard Quinton Rose leads the Owls in scoring, averaging 16.2 points a game. Junior guard Nate Pierre-Louis is the only other player scoring 10+ points a game for the Owls, netting 11.2 points a contest. Temple is averaging 69.3 points a game, which is not going to win the team many games against a group as well-balanced as this Villanova squad.
Temple has not fared well against ACC opponents, however. The Owls have allowed 101.3 points for every 100 possessions against teams from the AAC.