The Big East wins the Big East-Big 12 Battle and takes out No. 1 in the process

The Big East has officially won the Big East-Big 12 battle with a dominating 8-2 showing.

No. 18 Villanova knocked off No. 1 Kansas, 56-55 on Saturday, meaning there will be a sixth No. 1 team on Monday. There were four No. 1s all of last season.

Providence then hammered Texas, 70-48, and Xavier finished up by taking care of TCU, 67-59, on Sunday.

The Big East also has nine of 10 teams in the top 60 of the NET rankings and could have 7-8 teams make the Big Dance.

Big East fans this weekend: https://t.co/b7S9QNbyEA pic.twitter.com/yGVux2RjLY

— Thomas Zinzarella (@zinz21) December 21, 2019

The four-year agreement continues through 2022-23 with an equal number of games played in each conference’s home market each year.  The matchups were jointly determined. 

RESULTS:

Wednesday, Dec. 4

Georgetown 81, Oklahoma State 74                 

DePaul 65, Texas Tech 60                                  

Saturday, Dec. 7

St. John’s 70, West Virginia 68 (Story here)

Marquette 73, Kansas State 65                        

Sunday, Dec. 8

Iowa State 76, Seton Hall 66

Tuesday, Dec. 10

Baylor 53, Butler 52

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Creighton 83, Oklahoma 73

Saturday, Dec. 21

Villanova 56, Kansas 55

Providence 70, Texas 48

Sunday, Dec. 22

Xavier 67, TCU 59

Photo: Villanova Athletics

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