Note: This is the Villanova perspective of the Big East Tournament championship game. Sean Saint Jacques is on the Seton Hall perspective, which will be a separate article/post.
The Villanova Wildcats made it to five-straight Big East Tournament championship games. Despite having been there and done that in recent seasons, this year’s run to the conference title felt a little more special.
With four players gone for the NBA Draft, assistant coaches leaving for new posts that were once vital in the 2016 and 2018 National Championship runs, and a Big East that was a lot more competitive--being able to achieve the first-ever Big East Tournament three-peat seemed like an improbable task entering this season.