Coming off a two-point loss on the road at Providence, the No. 24 ranked Marquette Golden Eagles hosted No. 12 Villanova in their first home game as a ranked team this season and came away with a 83-73 victory, sweeping the Wildcats this season for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
This is Marquette’s seventh Quadrant 1 victory of the season, tying them for the most in the nation with Baylor, Kansas and Wisconsin.
“Give Shaka a lot of credit,” Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. “In an incredibly short period of time he’s put together an outstanding team.