Official Site of the Big East · Dec 27, 2016
The Conference Season Is Here!
Villanova Is Ranked No. 1 Nationally At The Start Of League PlayWhen the BIG EAST tips off conference play Wednesday night with a four-game slate, it will have been 268 days since Kris Jenkins’ miraculous three-pointer at the buzzer helped Villanova defeat North Carolina for the NCAA National Championship.
Now it’s back to work for the current No. 1 team in the country.
“We feel pretty good about where we are eight now,” Villanova head coach Jay Wright said Tuesday. “Not as much because of our national ranking but more it’s just that we feel like we’re progressing and getting better. So we’re excited to start the BIG EAST season.”