Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET in Storrs with television coverage on FS1, streaming available via Fubo or DIRECTV, and radio on SiriusXM channel 203.
- UConn enters 17-0 overall and 8-0 in the Big East, while Villanova is 14-3 and 7-1 as the league’s second-place team.
- The Huskies have won 55 straight Big East games and are coming off a 95-54 rout of Creighton, averaging a 38.1-point margin of victory.
- Sophomore Sarah Strong leads UConn in points, rebounds, assists, and steals after a recent 18-13-6-5 performance, with Azzi Fudd and Blanca Quiñonez adding key scoring.
- UConn lists Ice Brady and Morgan Cheli as not expected to play with Jana El Alfy questionable, and Geno Auriemma says the team avoids talk of undefeated seasons to stay focused.