BOSTON — It should feel familiar.

It was here, on the TD Garden floor, where Villanova returned to national prominence in 2009, when Jay Wright dropped the most obvious hint of what was to come, and Scottie Reynolds dropped a buzzer-beater to send the Wildcats to the Final Four for the first time in 24 years.

“It seems like the Final Four in college basketball takes you to another level in everything,” Wright said Saturday. “It definitely gave us a cache in recruiting and in perception of getting there, and even within the team, the players having known they did that, and the program knowing that they can do that, that it’s really attainable.”

It should look familiar.

The program defined by offensive perfection — pulling one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history by shooting nearly 79 percent from the field against Georgetown in the 1985 national championship game — is approaching it again.

Entering Sunday’s East Region final against third-seeded Texas Tech, top-seeded Villanova has set an NCAA Tournament record by hitting 47 3-pointers through the first three rounds, shooting nearly 48 percent from the perimeter, and improving what was already the highest-scoring offense in the nation this season. With 11 more 3-pointers, the Wildcats will break the all-time single-season record (442), set by VMI in 2006-07.

En route to claiming the national title two years ago, Villanova hit more than 53 percent of its 3-pointers in the first three rounds, shot over 71 percent from the field in the Final Four against Oklahoma, and hit 7-of-13 3-pointers against North Carolina, before Kris Jenkins added one more.

“Watching them shoot the lights out from the sideline was amazing,” redshirt sophomore Donte DiVincenzo said. “And this year’s blown my mind with how we’ve shot the ball.”

There was an outlier in the 2016 run, which nearly cost Villanova its long-awaited title.

It came in the Elite Eight, when Villanova was held to 64 points, and 4-of-18 3-point shooting against the best defense it faced that season, pulling out a last-minute win over Kansas.

In this year’s Elite Eight, the Wildcats (33-4) will face a similar challenge, taking on a team which ranks third in the nation in defensive efficiency.

The Red Raiders (27-9) — making their first-ever Elite Eight appearance, under second-year coach Chris Beard — finished 13th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (40.3), while ranking 15th in points allowed (64.6). In their first three tournament games, they haven’t allowed a team to score more than 66 points, and held Purdue 15 points below its season average in the Sweet 16.

“We know defense wins championships, and that’s our identity,” Texas Tech guard Keenan Evans said. “We know that this game, we can’t get into a scoring match with Villanova.They’re such an offensively powerful team. We just have to defend them really well.”

Forward Zach Smith added, “We understand defense travels. We can bring defense to every game.”

Even Kevin Durant gets cold. Sometimes, even Steph Curry struggles shooting.

“Anybody can have an off-day, but we have to be the ones that make them have that off day,” senior guard Niem Stevenson said. “Contest every shot. Be urgent closing out.”

Wright remembers what it was like to be Texas Tech, to chase the Final Four for the first time.

Back then, it was the goal. Now, it’s the expectation.

“There’s a certain hunger when you’ve never been there that can elevate you, that you just want it so bad,” Wright said. “When you’re in it for the first time and you’re advancing, you’re so excited. You’re so hungry. That can be your advantage.

“We’ve got to remain humble, and we’ve got to be more hungry than Texas Tech and then hope some of our experience pays off.”

It would be familiar.