UCLA-Villanova: Wachovia Center factoids

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No. 6-seeded UCLA and No. 3 Villanova haved tipped off at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. Some useful -- and useless -- information about the Wildcats’ ‘other’ home:

• 16.1 -- Driving miles from Villanova to the Wachovia Center.
• 20-23 -- Villanova’s record at the Wachovia Center.
• 2-2 -- Villanova’s record at the Wachovia Center this season.
• 21,305 -- Largest crowd in the arena’s history, for a 76ers-Bulls game in 1998.
• 7,334,693 -- Number of pretzels served in 13 years, more than 10 times the number of cheesesteaks.
• 1,389,882,931 -- Pounds of snow plowed from Wachovia Center parking lots in the last 13 years.

-- Adam Rose