No. 6 UConn wins 20th Big East title, tops Villanova

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There wasn’t too much doubt that UConn would win its 20th Big East championship.

Now Geno Auriemma and the Huskies will turn their attention to trying to win a 12th national title. And they’ll need Paige Bueckers to continue to get healthier to do it.

"She’s got a lot of work to do. She has her good days, her bad days," Auriemma said. "She has her good days mentally, her bad days mentally. My big thing is, yeah, get her physically feeling better. She has to get her mind right now. She hasn’t been in that mode for three months or whatever it is now. That will be job number one (the) next 10 or 11 days."

Even without getting much from Bueckers, the Huskies had more than enough to beat Villanova 70-40 on Monday night in the Big East title game and win their ninth straight conference championship — seven coming when they were in the American Athletic Conference.

Evina Westbrook scored 13 points and No. 6 UConn put forth another dominant defensive effort.

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Connecticut players celebrate with the championship trophy after defeating Villanova in an NCAA college basketball game in the Big East tournament finals at Mohegan Sun Arena, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

"We are pretty efficient on defense and that’s what we hold ourselves to," said Aaliyah Edwards, who had 12 points. "Being able to switch one through five is very impactful and shows how aggressive we can be on defense, which leads to being aggressive on offense as well."

UConn avenged a loss last month to the Wildcats. That three-point defeat ended UConn's 169-game conference winning streak dating to