No. 20 Georgetown continued their hot play with a win over No. 7 Villanova at The Pavilion.

The Hoyas have won four straight after dropping three consecutive games earlier this month.

"We wanted to concentrate on getting the ball to Austin [Freeman]," point guard Chris Wright said. "It's stupid not to give him the ball."

Freeman, who finished with 30 points, scored 10 of Georgetown's final 12 points.

The Wildcats have lost three of four overall and dropped to 0-4 this season when being held under 70 points.

"Georgetown just played better tonight," Villanova coach Jay Wright said. "We made a run at the end but they just played smarter and better early in the game."We are close to being the team we want to be but we definitely are not there yet."

Providence defeated No. 7 Villanova 83-68 on Wednesday night for their second-straight victory over a ranked opponent.

It's been 12 years since the Friars had consecutive wins against ranked teams.

"We proved that we can compete against the best in the country when we play our hardest," Friars coach Keno Davis said.

Providence upset No. 19 Louisville over the weekend.

The last time the Friars won back-to-back games against ranked teams they beat ninth-ranked Purdue 87-82 on Dec. 27, 1998, and No. 23 Pittsburgh 83-68 three days later.

While Ohio State maintained the top slot in RealGM's college basketball rankings for the week of January 24th, Pittsburgh moved up to the second slot with their win over the previously undefeated Syracuse.

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No. 7 Villanova topped No. 3 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon.

Maalik Wayns scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half of the Wildcats' 83-72 victory.

Syracuse had won 16 straight at the Carrier Dome dating to last February, but disappointed a season-high crowd of 33,736, second-largest in the building's history.

The crowd for Saturday's game between No. 7 Villanova and No. 3 Syracuse could break the NCAA attendance record that the pair set just last year.

Syracuse officials said Wednesday that more than 33,000 tickets had been sold for the game.

Last February's game between the teams drew 34,616, an NCAA record for the largest on-campus crowd to see a college basketball game.

Kemba Walker shot just 6-for-18 from the field, but drove down the lane with 2.5 seconds left to give Connecticut a 61-59 victory over Villanova on Monday afternoon.

No. 8 UConn's win snapped No. 7 Villanova's 11-game winning streak.

Walker scored the last seven points of the game for the Huskies.

He hit a game-winner against Texas in overtime on Jan. 8.

Villanova coach Jay Wright knows quite a bit about Connecticut star Kemba Walker.

When the Wildcats and Huskies face off on Monday, Wright will be going against a player he coached last summer.

Wright was a co-coach of the USA Select team — college stars picked to scrimmage against the USA National team before their trip to Turkey for the World Championships.

“I know what he did for us against Kevin Durant, so now we have to go against him,” Wright said. “It’s scary.”

UConn has won 16 of their last 24 meetings against Villanova.

“I can’t wait. I’m looking forward to it,” Walker said. “I think we’re going to come with a lot of effort and intensity.”

Villanova used a 19-0 run in the second half to defeat Maryland 74-66 on Saturday afternoon at The Pavilion.

"We hit some big shots, we got the crowd into it," Maalik Wayns said, "But I had no idea at the number. I didn't even realize it was 19-0."

Overall, Villanova outscored Maryland by 11 points in the second half.

The Wildcats trailed by 12 midway through the second half.

No. 7 Villanova defeated No. 25 Cincinnati 72-61 on Sunday afternoon, handing the Bearcats their first loss of the season.

Corey Fisher scored 20 of his 21 points in the first half and Maalik Wayns had 13 of his 15 in the second.

Wayns was 6 for 6 from the field and 8 for 8 from the line in the second half.

"I just had to keep being aggressive and play the same game," said Wayns, who played with four fouls in the second half. "Take my aggressiveness away and I don't play the same. I have to play the same way."

Villanova upped its winning streak at The Pavilion to 45 straight. The streak began on Jan. 17, 2007, and now includes 19 wins over Big East teams.

Duke, Ohio State, Kansas and Syracuse maintained their position in the top-four of RealGM's college basketball rankings for another week.

With their victory over Connecticut last week, Pittsburgh took their Big East rival's spot in the top-five.

San Diego State, Villanova and Missouri all moved up in the rankings and are at sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

Georgetown's loss to Notre Dame sent them from 9th to 13th.

There are now eight Big East teams in the RealGM Top-25, followed by six Big 12 representatives, four from the Big Ten, three from the Mountain West, two SEC schools and one apiece for the ACC and Conference-USA.