4. Creighton Bluejays (2-2, 13-4)
What a difference a week makes. After I said they would getexposedas Big East play continues,Greg McDermott‘s squad narrowly lost to a struggling Villanova team and had a quality win over Xavier.Marcus Zegarowskileads the way with 17.1 ppg followed byTy-Shon Alexanderwith 16 ppg.
3. Villanova Wildcats (3-1, 12-3)
The training wheels are starting to come off forJay Wright‘s squad. His program doesn’t have marquee names likeJosh Hart,Jalen Brunson,Mikal Bridges,Eric Paschall, andDonte DiVincenzo, all who won a title during their time in Philadelphia, anymore. It doesn’t mean that Nova is short on talent.
Saddiq Bey is your@serviceexpertsTwitter Player of the Game from yesterday’s victory over Georgetown- thanks for voting,#NovaNation!pic.twitter.com/bDBBDQVcZj
— Villanova MBB (@NovaMBB)January 12, 2020
Collin Gillespie,Jermaine Samuels, andSaddiq Beycould become the next household names to bring the Wildcats a third championship in the millennium. Wright’s squad has to work on their long-range shooting. They were absolutely pitiful from three-point land, 6-for-33 to be exact, against Creighton.
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2. Butler Bulldogs (3-0, 15-1)
The only reason Butler dropped to second in my poll this week is the fact they only played one game last week, a 70-58 win over Creighton. Nothing new to report here. The Bulldogs have pretty much locked up a postseason berth. Six more wins and they are definitely in.
1. Seton Hall Pirates (4-0, 12-4)
Myles Powell has returned and maybe, just maybe, be better than ever. Only a few games back since his concussion, the consensus preseason All-American and Big East Player of the Year notched Big East Player of the Week for the fifth time in his storied career at Seton Hall.
Kevin Willard is a phenomenal coach. The only key in my eyes for the Pirates continued success is that they should be able to monitor their relatively young/ inexperienced bench and see them grow over conference play. Because let’s face it, the rest of their regular-season games are a great tune-up for the Big Dance.
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