BETology 2-20

BETology 2-20
This is The Rant’s daily look in at the Big East conference as we creep closer to the BET in New York City, which begins March 9th.
STANDINGS:
Big East Official Tie-Breaking formula
Syracuse Orange 12-2
Villanova Wildcats 11-2
West Virginia Mountaineers 10-4
Pittsburgh Panthers 9-4
Louisville Cardinals 8-5
Georgetown Hoyas 8-6
Marquette Golden Eagles 7-6
Cincinnati Bearcats 6-7
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 6-8
Seton Hall Pirates 6-8
South Florida Bulls 6-8
Connecticut Huskies 5-8
St. John’s Red Storm 5-9
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 4-9
Providence Friars 4-10
DePaul Blue Demons 1-12

TODAY:
WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS 75
Seton Hall Pirates 63

Seton Hall made a run and cut the WVU lead to 4 with under 4 minutes remaining in the game but WVU woke up and put the Pirates away late. The loss drops Seton Hall 1 spot in the seedings and into a 3 way tie with South Florida and Notre Dame for 9th place. Notre Dame gets the advantage and holds the 9th spot dropping Seton Hall to the 10th seed. WVU jumps above Pitt once again holding a half game lead over the Panthers. WVU finishes with 4 tough games. They have home games against Cincinnati and Georgetown and road games at UCONN and Villanova still on the schedule. Seton Hall has two games with Rutgers remaining and one each against Marquette and Providence.

ST.JOHN'S RED STORM 74
South Florida Bulls 58

This was a tough loss for South Florida, not because it was a devastating loss for their NCAA chances, but it dropped them from 8th to 11th for the Big East Tournament. Going into the game they were in position to get a bye in New York, now they will have a lot of work to do to get back to that spot with just 4 games remaining. In those 4 games USF has games @ Villanova, vs Providence, @ DePaul and vs UCONN. St. John's helped their seeding in the BET, but it may be too little too late. StJ is currently in 13th, one half game ahead of Rutgers and one half game behind UCONN.

Louisville @ DePaul, 2:00 pm, ESPNU
UCONN @ Rutgers, 4:00 pm, Big East Regional

SUNDAY:
Villanova @ Pitt, NOON, CBS
Marquette @ Cincinnati, 2:00 pm, Big East Regional

UP COMING GAMES ON NATIONAL TV:
MONDAY:
West Virginia @ UCONN, 7:00 pm, ESPN
TUESDAY:
Syracuse @ Providence, 7:00 pm, ESPNU
Georgetown @ Louisville, 7:00 pm, ESPN2
WEDNESDAY:
Pitt @ Notre Dame, 7:00 pm, ESPN2

BETology:
TUESDAY
March 9th:
NOON
9 – Notre Dame
Vs
16 – DePaul
2:00
12 – UCONN
Vs
13 – St. John's
7:00
10 – Seton Hall
Vs
15 – Providence
9:00
11 – South Florida
Vs
14 – Rutgers

WEDNESDAY
March 10th:
NOON
8 – Cincinnati
Vs
Tuesday NOON winner
2:00
5 – Louisville
Vs
Tuesday 2:00 winner
7:00
7 – Marquette
Vs
Tuesday 7:00 winner
9:00
6 – Georgetown
Vs
Tuesday 9:00 winner

THURSDAY
March 11th:
NOON
1 – Syracuse
Vs
Wednesday NOON winner
2:00
4 – Pitt
Vs
Wednesday 2:00 winner
7:00
2 – Villanova
Vs
Wednesday 7:00 winner
9:00
3 – West Virginia
Vs
Wednesday 9:00 winner

Check back tomorrow for another update!