Chris Mack: Selection Sunday a great day for Big East

Villanova may have an opponent no overall No. 1 seed deserves — weather.

There are teams making their first-ever appearance in the field such as Northwestern. “We just go out there and do what we do”.

Hart is preparing to take the Villanova Wildcats, the reigning national champions, on another title run in the NCAA tournament. I think you have to be. Looking to find that under-the-radar team that will explode onto the national stage with some big wins this weekend?

Every conference in America lagged behind the Atlantic Coast Conference’s nine teams, but the Big East’s seven participants stack up well.

Villanova lost 69-67 to Seton Hall in the 2016 Big East title game, something that was used as a motivating factor. He was named the Big East Conference Player of the Year for the regular season.

– Myles Stephens had a career-high 23 points and eight rebounds and Princeton won the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, beating Yale 71-59 Sunday to clinch its first berth in the NCAA Tournament since 2011. Villanova is listed at +750 to accomplish that feat. This time around, the Wildcats are getting great contributions out of everyone in their seven-man rotation. North Carolina deserves the benefit of the doubt until the Sweet 16, although Seton Hall’s Angel Delgado could help slow down its dominance on the offensive glass, but any game after that looks like a tough out.

Villanova. Villanova is the No1 overall seed and has been the most consistent team on the college scene this season. After practice Wright said no one knows better than his team that where a team is seeded in the Big Dance doesn’t mean much.

“We’re the best. That’s all that needs to be said”. “And I coached here in NY so every time I come back here there’s a lot of friends”.

The Bulldogs are a No. 4 seed in numerous media outlets’ bracket projections, meaning they will be the favorite for each of their first two games. “That’s always our approach”. No 16-seed has ever beaten a No. 1. Bill Self’s crew has been extremely good in close games this year when tested.

The bottom of the bracket features the no. 2 Duke Blue Devils – and CBS made a point to say they couldn’t be here if they were the top #2 seed – as well as the no. 3 Baylor Bears.

On the other side of the regional from top-seeded Kansas, the Cowboys could face No. 2 seed Louisville (24-8) in the second round. In the past two seasons, the Bears have been eliminated in the round of 64; in 2015 they lost to 14th-seeded Georgia State and a year ago they lost to 12th-seeded Yale. Upsets will likely occur.

“So now we have to get back to what we were doing, and, you know, maybe how we were being collectively together as a team early on in the year and get back to that feeling”, sophomore guard Jake Lindsey said. “It’s my senior year, so I’m all in”.