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Wednesday, March 10
3:00 PM- FS1- No. 8 Georgetown vs.No. 9 Marquette
Tim Brando, Bill Raftery
Line: Marquette-3/143.5

6:00 PM- FS1- No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 10 Butler
Tim Brando, Bill Raftery
Line: Xavier-6/133.5

9:00 PM- FS1- No. 6 Providence vs. No. 11 DePaul
Tim Brando, Bill Raftery
Line: Providence -7/133


Thursday, March 11
12:00 PM- FS1- No. 1 Villanova vs. No.8 Georgetown
Tim Brando, Jim Jackson
Line: Villanova -8.5/140.5

3:00 PM- FS1- No. 4 St. John’s vs. No. 5 Seton Hall
Tim Brando, Jim Jackson
Line: Seton Hall -1.5/152.5

6:00 PM- FS1- No. 2 Creighton vs. No.10 Butler
Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery
Line: Creighton -10.5/135.5

9:00 PM- FS1- No. 3 UConn vs.No.11 DePaul
Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery
Line: Connecticut -13.5/134

Friday, March 12
6:00 PM- FS1- Semifinal No. 1
Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson

9:00 PM- FS1- Semifinal No. 2
Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson

Saturday, March 13
6:30 PM- FOX- BIG EAST Championship
Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson

Who is winning it? Who will be in the finals?

Hearing from the announcers on FOX, CBS and ESPN. Sounds like all crews will be on site. They sound super excited. Makes it great for us the viewer. Can't wait to start my vacation mid-day on Wednesday.

I can’t believe I get to peacefully watch the Wednesday games because my team actually secured a bye.

It’s been years since that happened. Probably only like the second time it’s happened since the new big East formed. Even when we made the tourney a couple years ago with Mullin we still found a way to finish 7th

I'm very excited for the Johnies right now. I feel like the Johnies and Uconn are peaking at the right time.

I suspect this BET will be full of surprises.


My personal wish is that St. John's and Connecticut meet in the Championship and that the Johnies come out on top. Yes I'm a Connecticut fan but I'll be ok with the Johnies raising the 'chip in the mecca. It would be good for everyone in this league

Hey Gtmo, my dark horse is MARQUETTE!

Nova is hobbled, so the path is there for a Saturday surprise.

I base this on the massacre in Chapel Hill, the rock fight with X and a healthy Justin Lewis.

Tim Brando and Bill Raftery on the Big East Tournament from MSG for the first 3 games of the 1st Round on FS1.

It's really a wide open tourny this year. Games should be fun.

redmen9194 wrote:It's really a wide open tourny this year. Games should be fun.

Other than MU, I'm pulling for St. John's. I've always like Mike Anderson at UAB.

No disrespect at all meant to Nova, but with their injury problems right now I see the St. John's/Seton Hall winner in the final. Right now that certainly looks like it'll be the Johnnies, but playing the same team back to back can throw a wrench into things and we've seen earlier in the year that the Pirates are capable of much more than they've been giving recently. But hey, maybe this will be the first time since realignment that Villanova gets eliminated by someone not named Seton Hall.

Hall2012 wrote:No disrespect at all meant to Nova, but with their injury problems right now I see the St. John's/Seton Hall winner in the final. Right now that certainly looks like it'll be the Johnnies, but playing the same team back to back can throw a wrench into things and we've seen earlier in the year that the Pirates are capable of much more than they've been giving recently. But hey, maybe this will be the first time since realignment that Villanova gets eliminated by someone not named Seton Hall.

No disrespect at all. We’re a wounded duck right now without our 2 best guards. It’s time to pounce if you are a rival.

I will say, though, that we’ve got a McD’s All American sitting on the bench, waiting to be unchained. So I completely understand if no one sheds a tear for us this week. Could MSG be Bryan Antoine’s coming out party? It’s up to Jay to fit the remaining pieces—hoping he can figure it out.