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The Villanova Wildcats and Creighton Bluejays are set to face off in the quarterfinals of the college basketball Big East Tournament.

NEW YORK — Patrick Ewing rarely raised his voice as he shuffled a mile on his creaky knees along the Madison Square Garden sideline Wednesday night. Villanova was in the process of destroying Georgetown, 80-48, in the first round of the Big East tournament, and in a 12-hour period, Ewing…

With the final poll of the season set to come out next week, the Gamecocks are poised to go wire-to-wire at No. 1 this year ahead of the NCAA Tournament.

PHILADELPHIA – With breathing room on the scoreboard hard to come by at the Wells Fargo Center Saturday night, the UConn men’s basketball team found just enough in its season finale to come away with a 71-59 victory over Villanova.

Each game between now and Selection Sunday on March 12 means that much more for these programs.

Indiana, which lost at the buzzer to then-No. 6 Iowa on Caitlin Clark’s 3-pointer on Sunday, remained No. 2.

From Kansas’s Big 12 surge to North Carolina and Kentucky staying afloat, these are the story lines to keep an eye on as the regular season winds down.

American Athletic Conference, Big East, Mountain West college basketball predictions, lines, how to watch for Saturday, February 25

HARTFORD, Conn. — Women’s basketball fans across the country may have been shocked to see No. 4 UConn upset by St. John’s on Tuesday night, but head coach Geno Auriemma wasn’t. Just like he wasn’t surprised when the Huskies fell to Marquette on the road two weeks ago.