Expectations of Big East coaches for Butler basketball are as low as that of preseason publications.
The Bulldogs came in eighth in the 10-team league in a coaches’ poll released Wednesday at Big East media day in New York. Villanova was picked to win a fifth consecutive regular-season championship.
The coaches’ picks were in line with other projections for the Bulldogs -- eighth by Athlon magazine, seventh by Street & Smith’s, fifth by Blue Ribbon.
Butler has made the past three NCAA tournaments, reaching the Sweet 16 last March, but that was under former coach Chris Holtmann.