Big East Tournament bracket (through 3/2/16)

[MUBasketball]

No changes from last Sunday's bracket:

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I see they moved the championship game from 8:00 pm to 5:30 on Saturday Night. That will be a quick turnaround. I think that must have happened in the last month.

[bjf123]

Looks like we could get another shot at Seton Hall. I want that.


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I would say the 2 vs 3 slots are set in stone right now, though both have to advance. Slots 4 through 8 are all in flux. Creighton is #4 now, but they could end up substantially lower. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.

Predictions?

1 Nova
2 Xavier
3 The Hall
4 Providence
5 Butler
6 Creighton
7 Marquette
8 Georgetown
9 DePaul
10 St. Johns

In my scenario the 4 team in is the winner of the 4 vs 5 game Butler vs Providence.

But Butler really needs to beat Seton Hall, and after watching todays game I don't see that as likely. It is a home game though, and Butler has their backs firmly against the wall. Like the cornered animal that we met today, that is not always a happy environment.

In that scenario we would have to defeat Marquette, Seton Hall, and Villanova to win the title if the seeds play out. Winning those games along with the season finale would put us at an RPI of around 2 and an SOS in the mid to low 20s.

That would be a great result, the best one I can imagine.

[XUMIOH12]

almost impossible to predict 4-8 its so close. tough to get a feel of who we could play in the quarterfinals.

[GIMMFD]

I want to advance. Play Seton Hall and stomp the living shit out of them.

[xu 89]

sorry if I missed this but if we end up in a tie with SH who wins the tie-breaker?

[MUBasketball]

Movement since Sunday:

Marquette +1
Georgetown -1

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As I predicted in the last thread, we will be playing Marquette.

They are a challenge. I have said before because of their youth they pose a darkhorse threat to win the Big East Tournament. They have the talent to do it, and they nearly beat us at home while they controlled the whole game.

We are gonna have our hands full with Marquette. They have nothing to lose and they are not afraid of us one bit. We need to bring our A game because if I am going to Madison Square I will be pretty damn pissed if we lose our first game.

Myles Davis will lead us to victory.

[sirthought]

Henry Ellenson rolled his ankle in tonight's MU/GT game. No report yet on how bad it was, but that has to hurt their chances somewhat. That dude has skills. Not sure if it's enough to put St. Johns ahead for our matchup, but nothing would surprise me.

I see several dark horse threats with this conference. I'm confident XU can succeed, but it won't be easy.