The Villanova Wildcats were able to pick up their second consecutive top 25 ranked and Quad 1 win, defeating the 19th-ranked Creighton Bluejays, 79-67, behind a career game by Eric Dixon.
It was a rocky up-and-down season filled with various challenges, but Villanova appears to be peaking at the right time and establishing itself as a team others will not want to face in the Big East Tournament.
“Nobody wants to see that team in the Garden, nobody,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. “You know, they’ve got too many guys that have had success in that building.