Villanova has dominated the Big East since realignment four years ago, racking up four consecutive outright conference championships. They’ve gone a combined 63-9 over that time in conference play, and no team has finished better than 2 games behind them. That regular season dominance has also earned them four straight #1 seeds in the Big East Tournament and what should be the easiest path to victory.
However, in the past three seasons, Villanova has only come out on top once. In fact, they haven’t even made the finals every year. In doing some research, I’ve found that this has been a problem for all Big East #1 seeds.