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Villanova Shows Its Core Is Still Championship Ready in Win over Creighton

Not many teams can consistently win with six players, but Villanova can.Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

Villanova isn't deep, but it is ready for another deep run in the NCAA tournament.

Three days after a disappointing home loss to Butler, No. 2 Villanova got back on the right track with a 79-63 victory over No. 23 Creighton.

The Wildcats have a long way to go to match the run Kansas has been on in the Big 12 for more than a decade, but the win clinched a fourth consecutive outright Big East regular-season championship. Not too shabby for a program that went 31 years without an outright conference title before Josh Hart and Kris Jenkins arrived.