NEWARK, N.J. -- Villanova is inching its way to becoming the first team in Big East history to win four straight regular-season titles.
With a win over Seton Hall (16-9, 6-7 Big East) on Saturday at the Prudential Center, the No. 2 Wildcats (25-2, 12-2 Big East) can distance themselves over No. 25 Butler (9-5), which is second. Each team has four regular-season games left, including a head-to-head contest Feb. 22.
Seton Hall is the only Big East team that defeated Villanova in each of the first three seasons since the conference was reconfigured in 2013-14. The Pirates knocked off Villanova in the finals of the conference tournament last season to get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but dropped a 76-46 decision -- their worst loss of the season -- at the Pavilion in January.