A roller-coaster season is flattening out in a good way for the twice-defending champs. UConn has won five in a row outright, covering four times by comfortable margins of 14, 12, 29 and 17 points. The Huskies hold a semi-home court advantage at Madison Square Garden, where they've been much more successful than Creighton. The Bluejays nearly were taken down by the Big East tourney's 10th seed Thursday, needing two overtimes to survive after never leading in regulation. Jamiya Neal played every second while the Jays' premier player, Ryan Kalkbrenner, put in 47 minutes. The deep Huskies could drive Creighton to exhaustion.