With Villanova the clear favorite to win its fourth consecutive regular-season title, the Wildcats also have two of the four players most likely to be named 2016-17 Big East Player of the Year.
The Big East has come a long way since the big split during the 2013 offseason that left the conference a shell of its former self, and there are a ton of legitimate candidates for conference POY. Like Villanova, Xavier has a pair of studs in Trevon Bluiett and Edmond Sumner. Butler's Kelan Martin will likely lead the conference in scoring. And don't sleep on Creighton or Mo Watson Jr.