BETology 2/26

The Rant will be your daily site to find out exactly how your team stacks up against the rest of the conference as we creep closer to the Big East Tournament in New York City, which begins March 12th.

Two full weeks remain in the Big East Regular season and yet not one team has clinched their seed for the conference tournament.

STANDINGS:

#Georgetown Hoyas 11-3
2-27 @ UCONN
3-2 vs Rutgers
3-6 @ Villanova
3-9 vs Syracuse

#Marquette Golden Eagles 11-4

3-2 vs Notre Dame
3-5 @ Rutgers
3-9 @ St. John’s

#Louisville Cardinal 10-4
2-27 @ DePaul
3-2 @ Syracuse
3-4 vs Cincinnati
3-9 vs Notre Dame

#Syracuse Orange 10-5

3-2 vs Louisville
3-6 vs DePaul
3-9 @ Georgetown

#Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10-5
3-2 @ Marquette
3-5 vs St. John’s
3-9 @ Louisville

UCONN Huskies 9-5

2-27 vs Georgetown
3-2 @ Cincinnati
3-6 @ South Florida
3-9 vs Providence

#Pittsburgh Panthers 9-6

2-27 vs South Florida
3-3 vs Villanova
3-9 @ DePaul

#Villanova Wildcats 9-7

3-3 @ Pitt
3-6 vs Georgetown

#St. John’s Red Storm 8-7
3-2 @ Providence
3-5 @ Notre Dame
3-9 vs Marquette

#Providence Friars 7-8

3-2 vs St. John’s
3-5 vs Seton Hall
3-9 @ UCONN

#Cincinnati Bearcats 7-8

3-2 vs UCONN
3-4 @ Louisville
3-9 vs South Florida

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 4-11

3-2 @ Georgetown
3-5 vs Marquette
3-8 @ Seton Hall

Seton Hall Pirates 3-13

3-5 @ Providence
3-8 vs Rutgers

DePaul Blue Demons 2-12

2-27 vs Louisville
3-3 @ South Florida
3-6 @ Syracuse
3-9 vs Pitt

South Florida Bulls 1-13

2-27 @ Pitt
3-3 vs DePaul
3-6 vs UCONN
3-9 @ Cincinnati

#- Clinched Opening Round Bye

YESTERDAYS RECAP:
Marquette- 74
Syracuse- 71
Marquette, coming off a loss over the weekend, returned to the comfy confines of the Bradley Center to beat Syracuse.  Both teams entered the game with 10-4 records in conference play, trying to stay in the top 4 in the standings to get a double bye.  Syracuse jumped out to an early lead, extending it to as many as 11 in the 1^st half.  The Cuse also held Marquette to 42% shooting and 24% from 3-point range.  However, the Golden Eagles out rebounded Syracuse by 4 and outscored them from the foul line 29-5.  Marquette is now 15-0 at home this season and hosts Notre Dame Saturday.  The Golden Eagles have all but secured a double bye in New York with the victory.  Syracuse on the other hand is in a world of uncertainty.  The Orange have now lost 5 of their last 9 and if they are not careful could find themselves out of the top 4 when the season concludes.  Syracuse has 3 games remaining, 2 of which are against teams ahead of them in the standings.  The Orange now have 5 conference losses and put themselves in position to get jumped in the standings over the final 2 weeks.  Both Pitt and Villanova hold tiebreakers over Syracuse if it were to get to that point.

Seton Hall- 66

Villanova- 65
Seton Hall pulled off the upset to get their 3^rd win of the season in conference and snap a 9 game losing streak.  Seton Hall is already slated to play on Tuesday in New York, so the result effected Villanova much more than the Pirates.  With the loss Villanova all but assures that they will be playing on Wednesday in New York.  What is more important for Nova is that they are a “bubble” team for the big tournament and losing to a team like Seton Hall doesn’t help at all.  Villanova finishes the season with Pitt and Georgetown and will probably have to win at least 1 of those as well as a few games in New York to be getting some good news on Selection Sunday.

TODAY’S GAMES:

No Big East Game Scheduled

UPCOMING GAMES:

Wednesday:
Georgetown @ UCONN, 7:00pm ESPN2
South Florida @ Pitt, 7:00pm ESPN Regional
Louisville @ DePaul, 9:00pm ESPNU

Saturday:
Louisville @ Syracuse, NOON CBS

UCONN @ Cincinnati, 2:00pm ESPN Regional
Notre Dame @ Marquette, 2:00pm ESPN
St. John’s @ Providence, 8:00pm ESPN Regional
Rutgers @ Georgetown, 9:00pm ESPNU

Sunday:

Villanova @ Pitt, NOON ESPN Regional
DePaul @ South Florida, 2:00pm ESPN Regional

BETology:

TUESDAY March 12th:
7:00pm
12 – Seton Hall
Vs
13 – DePaul

9:00pm
11 – Rutgers
Vs
14 – South Florida

WEDNESDAY March 13th:

NOON
8 – St. John’s
Vs
9 - Providence

2:00

5 – Notre Dame
Vs
Tuesday 7:00 winner

7:00

7 – Villanova
Vs
10 - Cincinnati
 
9:00
6 – Pitt
Vs
Tuesday 9:00 winner
 

THURSDAY March 14th:

NOON
1 – Georgetown
Vs
Wednesday NOON winner

2:00

4 – Syracuse
Vs
Wednesday 2:00 winner

7:00

2 – Marquette
Vs
Wednesday 7:00 winner

9:00

3 – Louisville
Vs
Wednesday 9:00 winner

Check back tomorrow for another update!