Staff Predictions for the 2017-18 Men’s Basketball Season

14 VU Hoops staff members offered their predictions for the 2017-18 Villanova Wildcats’ season.

They predicted the outcome for every game this year, answered will ‘Nova win the Big East regular season and/or tournament titles, and gave how far the team would go in March—as well as some team awards.

The VU Hoops staff unanimously picked Villanova to win its fifth-straight Big East regular season title, but only six members thought the Wildcats would win another Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden.

As for the NCAA Tournament, it was mixed. Six predicted the ‘Cats to go as far as the Elite Eight, while the remainder of the votes were split at four between the Sweet 16 and Final Four.

A majority thought that Jalen Brunson will be the leading scorer this season, with Donte DiVincenzo right behind. Brunson edged DiVincenzo, 8-6. However, Brunson left no doubt in the VU Hoops Staff’s mind, as he was the overwhelming favorite to be Team MVP.

For Most Improved, five different names were listed, but Eric Paschall got the most votes with six.

Here is how each member of the VU Hoops staff voted and predicted each outcome. (Table scrolls left and right on computers.) What do you think? Agree or disagree? Discuss your sentiments and your own predictions in the comments section.