Watch the No. 3 seed UConn Huskies (22-9, 14-6 Big East) head into the Big East Tournament against the No. 6 seed Villanova Wildcats (19-13, 11-9 Big East) on Thursday at Madison Square Garden,

Pick a sequence, any sequence. There were enough micro moments in the first half that contributed to the final result to fill this entire space, so let’s stick to one stretch. Villanova had a 15-point lead inside of five minutes to go in the opening frame.

The UConn men’s basketball team held Villanova to just 20 points on 20.8% shooting in the second half on Thursday night as Alex Karaban and Samson Johnson put the game away.