NEW YORK – With four starters returning from a team that compiled a 24-7 overall record and a 13-5 conference mark, Villanova has been chosen to win the 2020-21 regular-season crown in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Wildcats, who tied Creighton and Seton Hall for last year’s regular-season title, received nine first-place votes and a total of 99 points in the poll. Coaches do not place their own teams on their ballots.
Villanova has been tabbed for first place in the preseason poll in six of the last seven years and the Wildcats have won or shared the BIG EAST regular-season crown six of those times under coach Jay Wright.