With a No. 17 ranking and a few days of separation following an ugly road win over DePaul, UConn men’s basketball (15-4, 6-2 Big East) returns to action Tuesday night to kick off a critical week of conference play for the Huskies. UConn will take on Creighton (12-7, 4-4 Big East) at the XL Center on Tuesday night, then head to Philadelphia for a key matchup against No. 12 Villanova on Saturday.
After playing relatively poor competition by Big East standards for the past two weeks against Butler, Georgetown, and DePaul, Creighton (No. 69 in KenPom) and Villanova (No.