Big East men’s basketball coaches pick Villanova to be among league’s top teams

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The Wildcats were fourth in the preseason coaches' poll, behind Marquette, Creighton, and defending national champion UConn.

was picked to finish fourth in the preseason Big East Coaches Poll, the league announced Tuesday at its Preseason Media Day in Madison Square Garden. The Wildcats received 76 points, finishing three behind reigning national champion UConn in third.

Marquette was the preseason champion, earning seven of the 11 first-place votes. Creighton, in second, received the other four.The poll is voted on by the league’s eleven head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own teams.was named to the preseason all-conference first team, while redshirt senior forward Eric Dixon earned a second team spot.Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner and Trey Alexander, Providence’s Bryce Hopkins and St. John’s Joel Soriano joined Moore on the first team.

With Dixon on the Second Team were UConn’s Donovan Clingan, Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman, and Marquette’s Kam Jones and Oso Ighodaro.tMoore missed most of last season recovering from an Achilles tear. In 13 games, he averaged 13.5 points and 3.2 assists. The 6-foot-8 Dixon started every game and set career highs with 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

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