Jay Wright and the Villanova Wildcats took down the UConn Huskies, 68-60, on Saturday February 20th. UConn rejoined the Big East Conference after the split in 2013. The ‘Cats grinded this game out on both ends of the floor for a win. It was nice to see an old school Big East battle between two March Madness playoff hopefuls.

Let’s take a look at the takeaways from this win:

Defense is improving

After a couple of shaky defensive performances, Villanova seemed to come out with a renewed energy and confidence on defense.