ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has published his first version of his 2017 Bracketology and he has the Villanova Wildcats as a 1-seed.
The St. Joe’s alumn has put the Wildcats in the East to play the opening set of games in Buffalo where ‘Nova would play the winner of a theoretical Howard/New Mexico St play-in. A second round matchup against Maryland or Texas A&M could round out the first week.
‘Nova is joined on the 1-Line with Kentucky, Duke, and North Carolina. Xavier (3), Georgetown (12), Creighton (6), Butler (8), and Seton Hall (11) would also be representing the BIG EAST.