Villanova Basketball: Preview of Wildcats 2020-21 depth chart

VILLANOVA, PA - DECEMBER 30: Justin Moore #5, Collin Gillespie #2, and Jermaine Samuels #23 of the Villanova Wildcats react against the Xavier Musketeers in the first half at Finneran Pavilion on December 30, 2019 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Villanova Wildcats defeated the Xavier Musketeers 68-62. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

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VILLANOVA, PA – DECEMBER 04: Justin Moore #5, Brandon Slater #3, Collin Gillespie #2, Jermaine Samuels #23, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #24 of the Villanova Wildcats(Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

Despite the departure of Sadiq Bey, Villanova Basketball has more than enough to compete for the Big East and National Crown in 2020-21.

From coaches Jack Kraft to Rollie Massimino, to Steve Lappas, to Jay Wright, Villanova basketball has been a juggernaut since 1962. But since the renovation of the Big East in 2013, Wright has taken Villanova basketball to unimaginable heights.

The Wildcats have finished either first or second in the conference in each of the new Big East’s seven seasons, have won at least 24 games each year, and casually won a couple of National Championship to top it off. They were also on the shortlist of favorites to make a run for the national title before the tournament was canceled last March.

This run of success has to come to an end sometime, right? The college basketball world is just waiting for Villanova, one of the most successful hoops programs the past decade, to fall. I mean, the Wildcats lost its best player in Sadiq Bey (16.1 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 2.4 Ast) to the NBA Draft. There’s no way they can actually be better this upcoming season, can they?

Unfortunately, for the rest of the Big East and college basketball, they can. Villanova just might be the best team in the country. They return four starters, eight former top-100 recruits, and add to the roster one of the top sit-out transfers from a season ago in former All-AAC guard Caleb Daniels (Tulane) to the rotation.

The 2020-21 Villanova roster is as ready-made as to any team in college basketball, apart from maybe Baylor, to win a National Championship, and it would be the third in six years for the Cats. With Wright at the helm, a seasoned starting point guard back to run the show in Collin Gillespie and multiple guys on the team who could be the Big East Player of the Year, the Wildcats are certainly one of the favorites.

Without further ado, let’s examine the rotation.