We're about six weeks away from the start of the 2021-22 college basketball season, and now we have Villanova's full schedule as the 'Cats aim for another national championship. After releasing the non-conference schedule a week and a half ago, the Big East schedule was released on Thursday, giving us a complete picture of the Wildcats' opponents for the season.

'Nova will kick off Big East play on December 17 at Creighton. The Big East home opener will be on December 21 against Xavier. The regular season will close with a trip to Butler on March 5, and the Big East Tournament will take place March 9-12.

Villanova will also return to the Wells Fargo Center for three contests this season: Butler on January 16, UConn on February 5 and Seton Hall on February 12.

Here's the Big East portion of the schedule...

Dec. 17 at Creighton
Dec. 21 Xavier
Jan. 1 at Seton Hall
Jan. 5 Creighton
Jan. 8 at DePaul
Jan. 12 at Xavier
Jan. 16 Butler (Wells Fargo Center)
Jan. 19 Marquette
Jan. 22 at Georgetown
Jan. 25 DePaul
Jan. 29 St. John's
Feb. 2 at Marquette
Feb. 5 UConn (Wells Fargo Center)
Feb. 8 at St. John's
Feb. 12 Seton Hall (Wells Fargo Center)
Feb. 15 at Providence
Feb. 19 Georgetown
Feb. 22 at UConn
Mar. 1 Providence
Mar. 5 at Butler

Times and TV information are still to be announced.