Freshman guard Jayden Taylor drives on forward Bryce Nze during the Blue-White Scrimmage on Oct. 23. Photo taken by Grace Denckhoff.
JAREN KAWADA | SPORTS REPORTER | jkawada@butler.edu
Heading into the 2021-22 college basketball season, the Big East is shaping up to once again be one of the top conferences in the nation. Villanova leads the pack, earning a preseason top-five national ranking and still seems to be the team to beat, but not by a large margin.
In the Big East coaches’ poll, the UConn Huskies were picked to finish second in the conference behind Villanova.