The first BIG EAST game between teams ranked in the top five in its current 10-team configuration happens tonight at the Cintas Center when No. 1 Villanova visits No. 5 Xavier. FS1 has the telecast at 7 p.m. ET.
Villanova has been at the top of the polls for three straight weeks and Xavier has been in the top 10 for nine of the past 10 weeks.
Not much has been decided for seeding in the BIG EAST Tournament Presented by the Jeep Brand, but a Villanova victory tonight will clinch the tourney's No. 1 seed.