The Heckler’s sports experts breakdown and break up with each Big East team for the 2014-15 season.
Villanova Wildcats
Strengths: Ability to get their head in the game
Weaknesses: Boys with wavy brown hair and blue eyes
Key Stat to Watch: Their win/loss record
Strengths: Wonderful internship opportunities in DC
Weaknesses: Core curriculum
Team Needs: More players with hyphenated last names.
Strength: Perennial contender in the NIT
Weakness: NCAA tournament selection committee
Key questions: What is a Red Storm? Is that racist or something?
Strengths: Vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience
Weaknesses: Ability to keep any of those vows
Key Player to Watch: Drunk fan in section 331 seat 435
Key Goals: Plans for offense to cut greenhouse emissions by 30% by 2020.
Key Questions: Are we alone in the universe?
Creighton Bluejays
Strengths: Very good at basketball
Weaknesses: Zone defense and a perpetual feeling of emptiness
Strength: High level of social and emotional intelligence
Weaknesses: Peanut Allergies
Key offseason change: Coach Steve Wojciechowski will now carpool to work
Key Challenges: Spray painting their eagle mascot gold and not having it die this time
Strengths: Ability to copy our mascot
Weakness: Compromising photos
Bold Prediction: This Butler team will be at the Final Four this March, watching Duke and Kentucky play on TV.
Strength: Consistency
Weaknesses: Consistently bad
Goals: Too embarrassing to list.