Sam Newberry: Certainly looks like it. Barring the whackiest of whacky occurrences (I mean, it is the Big East, so you can’t take those possibilities off the table), Xavier will dethrone Villanova. Not that I dislike ‘Nova, but it’s nice to see other teams stepping up to the challenge and competing for the league title instead of one team running rampant all season.
Kevin Urquhart: Looks like it. But beyond winning the conference, Xavier has convinced me (after putting Villanova #1 in the power rankings every week… except that one week I picked St John’s lol) that it truly is the best team in the league.