Even with UConn having the day off, the Huskies turned out to be winners as DePaul's 68-55 loss to Louisville allowed UConn to clinch the top seed in the upcoming Big East tournament as well as a share of the Huskies' record 19th Big East regular-season title.

UConn leads DePaul and Notre Dame by two games with two games remaining and the Huskies own the tiebreaker against both teams thanks to its victory over DePaul and sweep of the two games against Notre Dame. UConn can secure the outright conference championship with a win Saturday at Georgetown or by winning at home against Syracuse on Monday.

This will be the 18th time in the last 23 years that the Huskies have earned the top seed in the conference tournament and fifth year in a row they go in as the No. 1 seed. UConn has won the Big East tournament 14 times as the top seed and reached the finals 16 times. The only time the Huskies earned the top seed and failed to reach the championship game came in 2004 when fifth-ranked Boston College upset the Huskies in the semifinals en route to becoming the lowest seed to win the title since fifth-seeded Syracuse captured the 1985 Big East tournament championship.

UConn will receive a bye into the quarterfinals and will play at 2 p.m. on March 6. With a win, UConn would play at 6 p.m. on March 7 in the first of the two semifinals. The Big East final is March 8 at 7 p.m.