College Basketball Power 10: Who Runs The Pac-12?

Feb 8, 2017; Tucson, AZ, USA; Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier (35) and center Dusan Ristic (14) and forward Lauri Markkanen (10) walk up court during the second half against the Stanford Cardinal at McKale Center. Arizona won 74-67. Mandatory Credit: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports /

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2. Villanova (25-2)

Villanova beat a stingy Georgetown team by 12 and controlled the whole game against Xavier in their 73-57 road win last week. Plus, on Monday, they demolished DePaul for their 25th win of the season.

Their win over Xavier gave the Wildcats their third straight ranked win, helped them improve to 6-1 against ranked teams this season and gave Jay Wright his 500th career win.

Senior guard Kris Jenkins also had his first good three-point shooting game in a couple of weeks. He made 4-of-7 from behind the arc, as he finished with 12 points against Xavier. It ended a five game stretch of him failing to make more than two threes.

Jenkins shot a miserable 7-of-33 (21.2 percent) from three during that stretch, too.

For as good as Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson are, Villanova needs a third scoring option if they want to repeat as national champions. Jenkins is comfortably third in scoring on Villanova, plus his 6.9 threes per game is 1.8 more than anyone on the Wildcats.

After a small rough patch, Villanova is seemingly back and once again hitting their stride with three straight double-digit wins. That’s a scary thought for the rest of the Big East.

Villanova travels to Seton Hall this week.