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**Final Regular Season Games** We made it, congrats!

12:00PM- CBS- Georgetown at Connecticut
CARTER BLACKBURN, CLARK KELLOGG

2:30 PM- FOX- Villanova vs. Providence
TIM BRANDO, DONNY MARSHALL

5:00 PM- FOX- Butler vs. Creighton
KEVIN KUGLER, NICK BAHE

7:00 PM- FS1- Seton Hall vs. St. John's
KEVIN BURKHARDT, JIM JACKSON

9:00 PM- FS1- Xavier vs. Marquette
BOB BRAINERD, JESS SETTLES




Big East Women's Tournament
12:00 PM- FS1- (W) Big East Women's Quarterfinal #1- UConn vs TBD
JOHN FANTA, KIM ADAMS

3:00 PM- FS2- (W) Big East Women's Quarterfinal #2- DePaul vs. Villanova
JOHN FANTA, KIM ADAMS

6:00 PM- FS2- (W) Big East Women's Quarterfinal #3- Marquette vs TBD
JOHN FANTA, KIM ADAMS

9:00 PM- FS2- (W) Big East Women's Quarterfinal #4- Seton Hall vs TBD
JOHN FANTA, KIM ADAMS

Sunday, March 7
3:00 PM- FS1- (W) Big East Women's Semifinal #1
LISA BYINGTON, SARAH KUSTOK

6:00 PM- FS1- (W) Big East Women's Semifinal #2
LISA BYINGTON, SARAH KUSTOK

UConn over Georgetown
Nova over Providence
Creighton over Butler
Seton Hall over St. John's
Xavier over Marquette

I love these days with the entire conference (we except DePaul) playing. Every year kick off and season end should be like this. And yes in both cases DePaul needs to earn its way back into participating any of these games; they should be odd men out.

I'll take:

UConn
Nova
Butler
Johnnies
X

GumbyDamnit! wrote:I love these days with the entire conference (we except DePaul) playing. Every year kick off and season end should be like this. And yes in both cases DePaul needs to earn its way back into participating any of these games; they should be odd men out.

I also like that each game has it's stand alone time.

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Four of the Tournament Seeds have already been determined: No. 1 Villanova, No. 2 Creighton, No.3 UConn, and No. 11 DePaul.

Big East Conference Live Scoreboard and Live Play-by-play – ESPN

Big East Basketball Standings – ESPN – Friday afternoon, March 5, 2021

Team • Conf. W-L (Conf. W-L %)

Villanova Wildcats • 11-3 (.786)
Creighton Bluejays • 13-6 (.684) • 0.5 games behind Villanova
UConn Huskies • 10-6 (.625) • 2 games behind Villanova

Seton Hall Pirates • 10-8 (.556) • 3 games behind Villanova
Xavier Musketeers • 6-6 (.500) • 4 games behind Villanova
St. John's Red Storm • 9-9 (.500) • 4 games behind Villanova

Georgetown Hoyas • 7-8 (.467) • 4.5 games behind Villanova
Providence Friars • 8-10 (.444) • 5 games behind Villanova

Butler Bulldogs • 8-11• 5.5 games behind Villanova
Marquette Golden Eagles • 7-11 • 6 games behind Villanova
DePaul Blue Demons • 2-13 • 9.5 games behind Villanova

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Big East Conference Schedule – Final Day of Regular Season – ESPN

Saturday, March 6 • Georgetown @ UConn
Saturday, March 6 • AP #10 Villanova @ Providence
Saturday, March 6 • Butler @ AP #14 Creighton
Saturday, March 6 • Seton Hall @ St. John's
Saturday, March 6 • Xavier @ Marquette

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Notes Concerning Saturday’s Outcomes and Consequential Big East Tournament Seeding

Big East Tournament Seed Locks: No. 1 Villanova, No. 2 Creighton, No.3 UConn, and No. 11 DePaul

1. Villanova loses and Creighton wins: Villanova 11-4 (.733) and Creighton 14-6 (.700) ==> Villanova retains No. 1 Seed

2. Creighton loses and UConn wins: Creighton 13-7 (.650) and UConn 11-6 (.647) ==> Creighton retains No. 2 Seed

3. UConn loses and Seton Hall wins: UConn 10-7 (.588) and Seton Hall 11-8 (.579) ==> UConn retains No. 3 Seed

4. Seton Hall loses and Xavier wins: Seton Hall 10-9 (.526) and Xavier 7-6 (.538) ==> Xavier takes No. 4 Seed from Seton Hall

5. Seton Hall loses and St. John's wins: TIE Seton Hall 10-9 (.526) and St. John's 10-9 (.526) ==> Two-Team Tiebreaker Rule Applies – Step 2

SIDEBAR wrote:
Two-Team Tie:

If two teams are tied, the following steps are taken in order:

1. Regular season head-to-head results. If the tied teams split their two games or did not play, then proceed to Step 2.

2. Each team’s winning percentage vs. the team or tied [group of] teams occupying the highest position in the standings. Only common opponents will be considered. If an advantage is not determined, proceed to the next team or group of tied teams in the standings for comparison. Continue down through the standings until one team gains an advantage.

7. Coin Flip. If any ties still exist after implementing all of the above tie-breaking procedures, a coin flip is required.

Seton Hall Pirates Schedule 2020-21 – ESPN

Friday, Dec. 11 vs. St. John's • Won 77-68
Saturday, March 6 @ St. John's • Loses to St. John's by a yet-unknown score.

Apply Step 2 after Saturday’s games are completed.

6. St. John's loses and Xavier wins: St. John's 9-10 (.474) and Xavier 7-6 (.538) ==> Xavier retains No. 4 or 5 Seed (depending on Seton Hall result.

7. Xavier loses and St. John's wins: Xavier 6-7 (.462) and St. John's 10-9 (.526) ==> St. John's take No. 4 or 5 Seed from Xavier

8. Both Xavier and St. John's lose, and Georgetown wins: Xavier 6-7 (.462), St. John's 9-10 (.474), and Georgetown 8-8 (.500) ==> Georgetown jumps to the No. 5 Seed a gets a First Round bye in the Tournament.
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Big East Conference Tournament - First and Second Round Games

First Round - Wednesday, March 10

Game 1: No. 9 vs. No. 8
Game 2: No. 10 vs. No. 7
Game 3: No. 11 v. No. 6

Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 11

Game 4: Game 1 Winner vs. No. 1.
Game 5: Seed No. 5 vs. Seed No. 4
Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. No. 2
Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. No. 3

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To quote MUPanther, "We Made It"!

That, in and of itself, is truly impressive. A few months ago, I really wasn't sure we'd get very far into the season before it would get called off. I've been so happy to have the distraction to get through the past few months of winter and Covid.

Overall, not the best year for the Big East, but the league is strong and will bounce back in a big way. I'm parking myself in front of the TV tomorrow for all 5 games and will be doing the same next week for the BET.

Lots of exciting hoops ahead!

Just hoping the results tomorrow give SJU a bye on Wednesday. It's been years since we didn't have to play on opening night.....

I wonder if Marquette is going to (1) want revenge (2) at their place (3) on senior night.

Jason Carter CANNOT start this game and should only see limited minutes. Deal with Marquette's talented frontcourt as best you can, but turn the young guns loose.

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Georgetown at Connecticut -- UCONN. They're rolling as well as they're happy to be back in the BE.

Villanova vs. Providence -- NOVA. They'll win one for Gipper Gillespie.

Butler vs. Creighton -- BLUEJAYS. That dog was already beyond ugly (sorry Hoyas), but it's about to take a skillet to the face.

Seton Hall vs. St. John's -- JOHNNIES. They can smell it, especially with the Hall probably feeling that their ship has sailed.

Haven't been in the tourney since '16. We ain't playin around today.

Georgetown...