Lightning won’t strike twice.

Villanova was dominant a year ago, rolling through the Big East regular season at 16-2, before being stunned in the conference tournament quarterfinals by Seton Hall. That won’t happen again.

The fourth-ranked Wildcats are too good, too deep, too balanced, too explosive and too experienced not to be the last team standing Saturday night at the Garden.

Villanova will win its first Big East Tournament title since 1995 in impressive fashion, taking each game by double-digits en route to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. And it will be Brooklyn’s JayVaughn Pinkston garnering MVP honors, owning the MSG paint.

Here’s a look at all of the teams coming to the Garden for this year’s Big East Tournament:

Coach: Jay Wright

Star: Darrun Hilliard II (14.2 PPG, 1.8 SPG) — The senior led the Wildcats in scoring for the second straight year, an aggressive defender named to the All-Big East First Team.

X Factor: Daniel Ochefu (9.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG) — The big man from Baltimore has shown tremendous growth this season, but is equally capable of a double-double or a no-show.

Strength: Balance. The Wildcats share the ball as well as any team in the nation, featuring the league’s highest-scoring offense, with six players averaging more than nine points a game.

Weakness: Experience. Villanova has key upperclassmen, but few with success. This class has never reached the Big East semifinals, and also lost in its second NCAA Tournament game last year.

Can win title if: The world makes sense. The Wildcats have no peers in the conference.

Odds: 2/3 per Bovada.lv

Coach: John Thompson III

Star: G D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (16.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG) — Floor general and clutch shooter, the first team All-Big East selection makes the Hoyas go.

X Factor: F/C Joshua Smith (11.1 PPG, 63.0 FG percentage) — Best scoring big man in the Big East is automatic deep in the paint, but staying out of foul trouble is rare.

Strength: Defense. The Hoyas allow just 65.0 points per game, third fewest in the league, block 5.1 shots per game, and hold opponents to a Big East-best 39 percent shooting.

Weakness: Youth. Rely heavily on freshmen L.J. Peak and Isaac Copeland.

Can win title if: Smith-Rivera closes like Providence’s Bryce Cotton did a year ago.

Odds: 5/1

Coach: Chris Holtmann

Star: Kellen Dunham (16.6 PPG, 42.4 3-point percentage) — One of the nation’s top shooters, ranked fourth in the conference in scoring.

X Factor: Roosevelt Jones (12.9 PPG, 5.2 RPG) — Returned from missing all of last season to revitalize the Bulldogs after a ninth-place finish in their first season in the Big East.

Strength: The glass. Led by Kameron Woods (9.6 RPG), the Bulldogs are the best rebounding team in the conference.

Weakness: Free throws. Butler makes just better than 68 percent from the line.

Can win title if: The Bulldogs can keep it slow. Allowing a league-best 61 points per game, Butler will not succeed in up-and-down battles against some of the more athletic teams.

Odds: 11/2

Coach: Ed Cooley

Star: G Kris Dunn (15.5 PPG, 7.4 APG) — Arguably the conference’s most dynamic and exciting player, 6-foot-3 sophomore point guard is a potential triple-double every time out.

X Factor: F Tyler Harris (10.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG) — Production dipped this year for the Long Island forward, who desperately is needed as third scorer behind the star duo of Dunn and LaDontae Henton.

Strength: Star power. Dunn and Henton, unanimous All-Big East first-team selections, can take over any game, averaging a combined 35.6 points, by far the highest of any duo in the league.

Weakness: Friars’ 30 percent 3-point shooting is worst in the league, making early deficits difficult to overcome.

Can win title if: Freshman forward Ben Bentil continues recent progression and Harris is consistent third option.

Odds: 10/1

Coach: Steve Lavin

Star: Sir’Dominic Pointer (13.7 PPG, 2.5 BPG, 2 SPG) — The conference’s co-defensive player of the year and the league’s most improved player could land in the NBA, excelling with his speed and instincts.

X Factor: Rysheed Jordan (14.1 PPG, 3.2 APG) — Perhaps the team’s most talented player, Jordan has improved his decision-making during the team’s second-half surge, a necessity if the Red Storm are going to make a run.

Strength: Shot-blocking. Pointer and Chris Obekpa are one of the best defensive duos in the nation, intimidating offenses while allowing their teammates freedom to gamble on steals.

Weakness: Half-court offense. When the Red Storm are running, they can beat almost any team in the nation. When the fast break is stopped, the offense loses all imagination.

Can win title if: Villanova is knocked out before the semifinals. St. John’s is hotter than any team other than the Wildcats, who have beaten the Johnnies by an average of more than 27 points this season.

Odds: 8/1

Coach: Chris Mack

Star: C Matt Stainbrook (12.0 PPG, 61.7 FG percentage) — Multi-talented big man who can’t jump over the Sunday paper, Xavier’s offense revolves around the 6-foot-10 force.

X Factor: F Trevon Bluiett (12.2 PPG, 4.5 RPG) — Ultra-talented freshman has star potential, but also tends to disappear.

Strength: Aesthetically pleasing offensive team which executes as well as any in the conference, averaging 16.9 assists (sixth in the nation) and 74.7 points (30th).

Weakness: Defensively challenged, Xavier struggled with athletic teams like St. John’s and Seton Hall.

Can win title if: If guards Dee Davis and Myles Davis play above their heads.

Odds: 8/1

Coach: Oliver Purnell

Star: Billy Garrett Jr. (12.4 PPG, 3.8 APG) — Last year’s Freshman of the Year led the team in scoring and assists, while finishing fourth in the conference in free-throw percentage (83.5 percent).

X Factor: Tommy Hamilton IV (10 PPG, 45.7 3-point percentage) — The 6-foot-11 sophomore had a great start to the season, but fell flat during conference play.

Strength: The perimeter. The Blue Demons average nearly eight 3-pointers a game, while holding opponents under 31 percent from outside.

Weakness: Defense. DePaul allows a league-worst 73.4 points per game, five points more than the ninth-ranked team.

Can win title if: The first round is the last round. The Blue Demons enter the tournament on a seven-game losing streak.

Odds: 200/1

Coach: Kevin Willard

Star: G Sterling Gibbs (16.7 PPG, 3.8 APG) — Big East Player of the Year contender before fractured locker room and two-game suspension sidetracked junior.

X Factor: G Isaiah Whitehead (12.0 PPG, 3.5 APG) — McDonald’s All-American from Coney Island didn’t live up to lofty expectations in first season, but talent remains obvious.

Strength: Dynamic in the open court and flush with athletes, the Pirates are a force in transition.

Weakness: Young, inexperienced and thin in the paint, susceptible inside at both ends of the floor.

Can win title if: Gibbs recaptures his January magic and Whitehead finds his stroke.

Odds: 40/1

Coach: Steve Wojciechowski

Star: Matt Carlino (14.9 PPG, 3.3 APG) — The BYU transfer led the team in multiple categories, hitting more than 41 percent of 3-pointers.

X Factor: Luke Fischer (11 points, 4.8 rebounds) — The Indiana transfer saw the first real minutes of his career, showing flashes of what made him such a highly ranked recruit.

Strength: Creating turnovers. Marquette is tied for the league lead with nearly eight steals per game.

Weakness: Scoring. Marquette can’t count on much offensively outside of Carlino, with the team averaging just more than 65 points per game, the worst in the league.

Can win title if: They have been hustling everyone. The Golden Eagles haven’t won consecutive games since Big East play began.

Odds: 75/1

Coach: Gregg McDermott
Star: Austin Chatman (11.6 PPG, 3.7 APG) — The lone starter from last year’s runner-up, the senior guard is Creighton’s engine.

X Factor: James Milliken (8.9 PPG, 36.0 3-point percentage) — Explosive JUCO transfer has reached double-figures in three of last four games.

Strength: Coaching. McDermott is as good an in-game tactician as there is in the country.

Weakness: Perimeter defense. You can torch Creighton, allowing opponent to shoot conference-high 38 percent from beyond the arc.

Can win the title if: Doug McDermott gets three games of eligibility.

Odds: 50/1