18-5, 11-3 Big East

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Villanova VILL	16	8	24	19	67
Butler BTLR	19	9	13	16	57

Butler BulldogsButlerBTLR

9-14, 3-10 Big East

Villanova Wildcats @ Butler Bulldogs

Game Information

Indianapolis, IN

Referee:Rod Creech

Referee:Saif Esho

Referee:Sarah Williams

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	20-0	-	38-1
Villanova	16-4	4	25-8
Marquette	12-8	8	18-12
Seton Hall	12-8	8	19-13
St. John's	11-9	9	22-12
Creighton	11-9	9	16-15
Providence	7-13	13	15-18
Georgetown	6-14	14	14-17
Butler	6-14	14	12-19
DePaul	5-15	15	8-24
Xavier	4-16	16	11-19

Women's College Basketball News

UConn's Strong, USC's Watkins headline preseason AP All-America women's team

UConn's Sarah Strong and USC's JuJu Watkins, who have won The Associated Press Player of the Year award the past two years, headline the preseason AP All-America women's college basketball team released Thursday.

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Ex-Iowa State star Crooks left for Oklahoma State after 'honest conversations'

Former Iowa State women's star Audi Crooks, who was second nationally in scoring last season, said she left the Cyclones for Oklahoma State after "honest conversations" with her former team.

How top 2027 women's basketball commits fit at their schools

Here's how these women's college basketball recruits will impact their respective programs in 2027-28.

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