All the No. 3 Villanova Wildcats (24-3, 11-3) needed to snap out of their miniature slump was a date with the fourth-ranked Xavier Musketeers
In the season's most significant Big East showdown, the Wildcats reasserted themselves as the class of the conference and downed the Musketeers 95-79 on the road at a charged-up Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday.
Villanova, which topped Xavier by 24 points Jan. 10 in Philadelphia, improved to 10-1 against the Musketeers since the latter joined the Big East at the start of the 2013-14 campaign.
The win also snapped Xavier's nine-game winning streak and allowed Villanova to find its footing following losses to St.