Last week was the Big East Media Day, and as expected the Villanova Wildcats were the overwhelming favorites as the preseason’s top ranked team in the annual coaches poll. Each year the coaches are asked to rank the other teams in the conference 1-9, without voting for their own team. For the last three seasons, Villanova has received a unanimous #1 overall selection with 81 points and 9 first place votes. However, when this year’s rankings came out, they had just 80 points and 8 first place votes.
That’s right, one of the Big East coaches doesn’t think Villanova is the team to beat this season.