BETology 3/5

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.

Just one game into the final week of the regular season and we have already seen some things clearing up in the standings.  There is now only 1 double bye spot remaining after Louisville staked claim to the 3^rd last night.  It still looks like most of the seeding won’t be decided until the final day of the regular season on Saturday.  However, with 3 games today and 3 more tomorrow the Big East standings will begin to sort itself out leading into the weekend.

STANDINGS:

*#Georgetown Hoyas 13-3
3-6 @ Villanova
3-9 vs Syracuse

*#Louisville Cardinal 13-4

3-9 vs Notre Dame

*#Marquette Golden Eagles 12-4
3-5 @ Rutgers
3-9 @ St. John’s

#Pittsburgh Panthers 11-6

3-9 @ DePaul

#Syracuse Orange 10-6

3-6 vs DePaul
3-9 @ Georgetown

#Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10-6

3-5 vs St. John’s
3-9 @ Louisville

UCONN Huskies 9-7

3-6 @ South Florida
3-9 vs Providence

#Villanova Wildcats 9-8

3-6 vs Georgetown

#Providence Friars 8-8

3-5 vs Seton Hall
3-9 @ UCONN

#St. John’s Red Storm 8-8

3-5 @ Notre Dame
3-9 vs Marquette

#Cincinnati Bearcats 8-9

3-9 vs South Florida

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 4-12

3-5 vs Marquette
3-8 @ Seton Hall

Seton Hall Pirates 3-13

3-5 @ Providence
3-8 vs Rutgers

South Florida Bulls 2-14

3-6 vs UCONN
3-9 @ Cincinnati

DePaul Blue Demons 2-14

3-6 @ Syracuse
3-9 vs Pitt
#- Clinched Opening Round Bye
*- Clinched Bye into Quarterfinal Round

YESTERDAYS RECAP:

Louisville- 67
Cincinnati- 51
Louisville clinched a bye into the Quarterfinals for the Big East Tournament as Rick Pitino gained his 300^th win with the school.  The Cardinal can still earn the top seed in the conference tournament in New York, but will need some help for that to happen.  Since Louisville lost to Georgetown in their only match-up this season, the only way for the Cardinals to win the regular season title is if the Hoyas lose both of their remaining games.  Georgetown plays Villanova on the road Wednesday and hosts Syracuse in the season finale Saturday.  Louisville does own the head-to-head tiebreaker with Marquette however, so either a loss by the Golden Eagles in either of their final 2 games or another win by Louisville and they clinch at worst the 2-seed in New York.

Cincinnati in now locked into playing on Wednesday and with losses to all the teams immediately ahead of them in the standings, the Bearcats will likely need to win their season finale with South Florida if they want to move out of the 10^th seed.  With the USF-Cincinnati game being played at 4pm Saturday, after Providence, St. John’s and Villanova complete their seasons, it is likely that Cincinnati will know their destiny before tip-off.

TODAY’S GAMES:

St. John’s @ Notre Dame
7:00pm ESPN2

Marquette @ Rutgers

7:00pm ESPN Regional TV

Seton Hall @ Providence

9:00pm ESPN Regional TV

UPCOMING GAMES:
Wednesday:
DePaul @ Syracuse, 6:00pm ESPN Regional TV
Georgetown @ Villanova, 7:00pm ESPN2
UCONN @ South Florida, 9:00pm ESPNU

Friday:

Rutgers @ Seton Hall, 7:00pm ESPN Regional TV

Saturday:

Providence @ UCONN, NOON ESPNU
Syracuse @ Georgetown, NOON ESPN
Pitt @ DePaul, 2:00pm, ESPN Regional TV
Marquette @ St. John’s, 2:00pm ESPN
South Florida @ Cincinnati, 4:00pm ESPN Regional TV
Notre Dame @ Louisville, 4:00pm CBS

BETology:

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

9:00pm

11 – Rutgers
Vs
14 – DePaul

WEDNESDAY March 13th:

NOON
8 – Providence
Vs
9 - St. John’s

2:00

5 – Syracuse
Vs
Tuesday 7:00 winner

7:00

7 – Villanova
Vs
10 - Cincinnati

9:00

6 – Notre Dame
Vs
Tuesday 9:00 winner

THURSDAY March 14th:

NOON
1 – Georgetown
Vs
Wednesday NOON winner

2:00

4 – Pitt
Vs
Wednesday 2:00 winner

7:00

2 – Louisville
Vs
Wednesday 7:00 winner

9:00

3 – Marquette
Vs
Wednesday 9:00 winner

Check back tomorrow for another update!