NEW YORK -- St. John's faces its third ranked team in the last four games when No. 3 Villanova pays a visit to Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon.
The Red Storm (8-10, 2/3 Big East) lost to No. 8 Creighton (85-72) on Jan. 4 and to No. 15 Xavier (97-82) on Jan. 7. St. John's opened its conference schedule with a 76-73 win over then-No. 13 Butler.
The challenge of knocking off the Wildcats (16-1, 4-1) will be a huge one. It's been close to 15 years since St. John's has defeated the defending National Champions at home.