 Before the beginning of the season the league's coaches voted Georgetown, the 2006-07 Big East regular season and tournament winner, and Louisville to share the conference title.Additionally, it was decided that each team's conference schedule would expand from 16 to 18 games so all of the teams would play each other.Fifteen Big East teams reached the beginning of their conference schedules with winning records, with four teams having only one loss and three others with only two losses.