BETology 2-18

This is The Rants daily look in at the Big East conference as we creep closer to the BET in New York City, which begins March 10th.

STANDINGS:
Big East Official Tie-Breaking formula
Connecticut Huskies 12-2
Pittsburgh Panthers 11-2
Marquette Golden Eagles 11-2
Louisville Cardinals 10-2
Villanova Wildcats 8-4
Providence Friars 8-5
Syracuse Orange 7-6
Cincinnati Bearcats 7-6
West Virginia Mountaineers 6-6
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5-7
Seton Hall Pirates 5-8
Georgetown Hoyas 4-8
South Florida Bulls 3-9
St. John’s Red Storm 3-10
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 1-11
DePaul Blue Demons 0-13

YESTERDAY:
Marquette Golden Eagles 79
Seton Hall Pirates 67
Marquette needed this game to keep pace with the top part of the Big East after dropping two of their past three. Now the tough stretch comes for the Eagles. MU has the toughest remaining schedule of any team in the conference. Marquette starts out in D.C against Georgetown, and then plays all three teams whom they are tied for first place with in succession. The Eagles get UCONN at home first then have back-to-back road games in Louisville and Pittsburgh, before finishing at home against Syracuse. As for Seton Hall, they have a few winnable games left on the schedule. Before games with Pitt, Louisville and Cincinnati to finish the season, the Pirates face St. John’s and South Florida. At 5-8 now, getting to 8-10 for the season would be a realistic goal for Seton Hall to shoot for.

GAMES TODAY:
Georgetown Hoyas @ South Florida Bulls
7:00 pm Local Television

Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ West Virginia Mountaineers
7:30 pm Local Television

Providence Friars @ Louisville Cardinals
7:30 pm ESPN2

UP COMING GAMES ON NATIONAL TV:
Thursday:
Duke Blue Devils @ St. John’s Red Storm ESPN
Rutgers Scarlet Knights @ Villanova Wildcats ESPN2
Saturday:
Marquette @ Georgetown ESPN
Sunday:
Villanova @ Syracuse CBS
Monday:
Louisville @ Georgetown ESPN

BETology:
TUESDAY
March 10th:
NOON
9 - West Virginia
Vs
16 – DePaul
2:00
12 – Georgetown
Vs
13 – South Florida
7:00
10 – Notre Dame
Vs
15 – Rutgers
9:00
11 – Seton Hall
Vs
14 – St. John’s

WEDNESDAY
March 11th:
NOON
8 – Cincinnati
Vs
Tuesday NOON winner
2:00
5 – Villanova
Vs
Tuesday 2:00 winner
7:00
7 – Syracuse
Vs
Tuesday 7:00 winner
9:00
6 – Providence
Vs
Tuesday 9:00 winner

THURSDAY
March 12th:
NOON
1 – UCONN
Vs
Wednesday NOON winner
2:00
4 – Louisville
Vs
Wednesday 2:00 winner
7:00
2 – Pitt
Vs
Wednesday 7:00 winner
9:00
3 – Marquette
Vs
Wednesday 9:00 winner
Check back tomorrow for another update!