As the 2022-23 men's college basketball season draws closer, ESPN.com's panel of experts is predicting the order of finish for the nation's top conferences. Having already looked at the mid-majors, the American and the Pac-12, the focus now shifts to the Big East.
During the offseason, surprising news sent shockwaves throughout the entire college basketball landscape when Jay Wright announced he would retire and Kyle Neptune, a former Villanova assistant who had a one-year stint as Fordham's head coach, would succeed him. Villanova's pedigree under Wright changed the national perception of the Big East, which is one of college basketball's perennial leaders each season.