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The Big East race intensifies as Butler takes on Xavier in a crucial conference battle. Both teams aim to improve their positioning as the regular season nears its end, making this matchup vital for momentum heading into the conference tournament.

The Bulldogs showed they've turned the page from years' past and have a new identity. This team will have to prove it with an NBA-like schedule upcoming.

The Bulldogs were held to a season-low in scoring, struggling in several facets against a Big East power. Here's what we learned.

The Villanova Wildcats (17-12, 10-8) look to continue their late season NCAA Tournament push Saturday when they host the Butler Bulldogs (13-15, 6-11). The Wildcats rallied from down 12 at halftime to defeat the Seton Hall Pirates in South Orange, NJ 59-54.

The bottom of the Big East has the spotlight to themselves today as the Butler Bulldogs (12-14, 5-10) are in Chicago to take on the DePaul Blue Demons (11-16, 2-14). DePaul is in the basement in the Big East alongside Seton Hall with Butler just a tick ...