BETology 3-5

BETology 3-5
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
X**Syracuse Orange 15-2
**Villanova Wildcats 13-4
**Pittsburgh Panthers 12-5
**West Virginia Mountaineers 12-5
X*Marquette Golden Eagles 11-6
*Louisville Cardinals 10-7
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9-8
Georgetown Hoyas 9-8
South Florida Bulls 8-9
Seton Hall Pirates 8-9
Cincinnati Bearcats 7-10
Connecticut Huskies 7-10
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 5-12
St. John’s Red Storm 5-12
Providence Friars 4-13
X-DePaul Blue Demons 1-16

**Clinched Double-bye
*Clinched opening round bye
X-Clinched Current Seeding

LAST NIGHT:
SETON HALL PIRATES 85
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 74

This win for Seton Hall keeps them in play for the opening round bye that about 5 teams are fighting for. Seton Hall is one game behind Georgetown and Notre Dame who currently hold the 7th and 8th spots. The Pirates lost to Georgetown, so they do not fair well against them in a tiebreaker, but they beat ND and own that tiebreaker. A win against Providence on Saturday could be enough to get Seton hall to that #8 spot in the standings. Rutgers has now secured a spot in the bottom 4. Rutgers plays at Pitt on Saturday.

PITT PANTHERS 73
Providence Friars 71

After 39 minutes adn 56 seconds of terrible basketball played by the Panthers, Ashton Gibbs bailed them out with a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat Providence and secure a double bye in the BET. Pitt is assured of a top 4 finish right now, but they could end up as high as #2 with a win Saturday and a Villanova loss to WVU. Providence remains in 15th place and takes on Seton Hall Saturday.

TONIGHT:
St. John's @ DePaul, 8:30, Big East Regional
WHAT IS AT STAKE:
*NOTHING, both teams stink and will be playing on the opening day at MSG.

UP COMING GAMES ON NATIONAL TV:
SATURDAY:
West Virginia @ Villanova, NOON, CBS
Syracuse @ Louisville, 2:00 pm, ESPN

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

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

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

Check back tomorrow for another update!