BETology 2/21

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.

STANDINGS:

Georgetown Hoyas 10-3
2-23 @ Syracuse
2-27 @ UCONN
3-2 vs Rutgers
3-6 @ Villanova
3-9 vs Syracuse

Syracuse Orange 10-3

2-23 vs Georgetown
2-25 @ Marquette
3-2 vs Louisville
3-6 vs DePaul
3-9 @ Georgetown

Marquette Golden Eagles 10-3

2-23 @ Villanova
2-25 vs Syracuse
3-2 vs Notre Dame
3-5 @ Rutgers
3-9 @ St. John’s

Louisville Cardinal 9-4

2-23 vs Seton Hall
2-27 @ DePaul
3-2 @ Syracuse
3-4 vs Cincinnati
3-9 vs Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9-5

2-24 vs Cincinnati
3-2 @ Marquette
3-5 vs St. John’s
3-9 @ Louisville

UCONN Huskies 7-5

2-21 vs Cincinnati
2-23 @ DePaul
2-27 vs Georgetown
3-2 @ Cincinnati
3-6 @ South Florida
3-9 vs Providence

Pittsburgh Panthers 8-6

2-24 @ St. John’s
2-27 vs South Florida
3-3 vs Villanova
3-9 @ DePaul

Villanova Wildcats 8-6
2-23 vs Marquette
2-25 @ Seton Hall
3-3 @ Pitt
3-6 vs Georgetown

St. John’s Red Storm 8-6
2-24 vs Pitt
3-2 @ Providence
3-5 @ Notre Dame
3-9 vs Marquette

Cincinnati Bearcats 7-6

2-21 @ UCONN
2-24 @ Notre Dame
3-2 vs UCONN
3-4 @ Louisville
3-9 vs South Florida

Providence Friars 6-8

2-23 @ Rutgers
3-2 vs St. John’s
3-5 vs Seton Hall
3-9 @ UCONN

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 4-10
2-23 vs Providence
3-2 @ Georgetown
3-5 vs Marquette
3-8 @ Seton Hall

DePaul Blue Demons 2-11

2-23 vs UCONN
2-27 vs Louisville
3-3 @ South Florida
3-6 @ Syracuse
3-9 vs Pitt

Seton Hall Pirates 2-12

2-23 @ Louisville
2-25 vs Villanova
3-5 @ Providence
3-8 vs Rutgers

South Florida Bulls 1-13

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

YESTERDAYS RECAP:

Syracuse- 84

Providence- 59
The Orange took care of business at home Wednesday night against Providence and can now focus on Saturday’s showdown against Georgetown in a battle of 1^st place teams.  The Orange also plays the other 1^st place team, Marquette, just two days after their match-up with Georgetown.  Syracuse dominated this one from the opening tip.  Providence had their only lead of the game at 6-5 early on, from that point on the Cuse outscored the Friars 38-10 to close out the 1^st half.  Syracuse won their 38^th straight home game, which is the longest streak in the nation.  They will try to make it 39 straight on Saturday, when rival Georgetown comes to town 1 final time in Big East play.  Providence is playing to avoid Tuesday at this point.  The Friars take on Rutgers next, if they win Saturday they will get an opening round bye in the tournament.

Georgetown- 90

DePaul- 66
The Hoyas wasted no time dispatching DePaul Wednesday night.  Georgetown built a 14 point lead by halftime and cruised to an impressive 24 point win.  Georgetown, like Syracuse is now 10-3 in conference heading into Saturday’s game against each other.  The two teams will play each other twice in the last 2 weeks of the season, with the Georgetown hosting the season finale.  One concern for Georgetown will be the health status of Otto Porter, Jr. who left the game yesterday with an injured knee.  He did return after the initial injury, but was very limited after his return.  DePaul will once again be playing the opening day of the tournament this year, and if it like previous years, that will be the ONLY day the Blue Demons will be in action in New York.

St. John’s- 69

South Florida-54
The Johnnies snapped their 2 game losing streak with the win last night.  St. John’s finds themselves right in the middle of the pack in the Big East, but still has an outside shot at claiming the 4 seed and getting a 2-day bye in New York.  St. John’s will pretty much control their destiny however, as 3 of their final 4 games are against teams either tied or ahead of them in the standings.  Next up for St. John’s is Pitt, both teams will enter the game 8-6 in conference play. 

TODAY:

Cincinnati @ UCONN
7:00pm ESPN

THIS WEEKS GAMES:

Saturday:
Seton Hall @ Louisville, NOON ESPN Regional
Georgetown @ Syracuse, 4:00pm CBS
Marquette @ Villanova, 6:00pm ESPN2
UCONN @ DePaul, 8:00pm ESPN Regional
Providence @ Rutgers, 9:00pm ESPNU

Sunday:

Pitt @ St. John’s, NOON ESPN Regional
Cincinnati @ Notre Dame, 2:00pm CBS

Monday:

Syracuse @ Marquette, 7:00pm ESPN
Villanova @ Seton Hall, 9:00pm ESPNU

Wednesday:

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

BETology:

TUESDAY March 12th:

7:00pm
12 – DePaul
Vs
13 – Seton Hall

9:00pm

11 – Rutgers
Vs
14 – South Florida

WEDNESDAY March 13th:

NOON
8 – St. John’s
Vs
9 - Cincinnati

2:00

5 – Notre Dame
Vs
Tuesday 7:00 winner

7:00

7 – Villanova
Vs
10 - Providence

9:00

6 – Pitt
Vs
Tuesday 9:00 winner

THURSDAY March 14th:

NOON
1 – Georgetown
Vs
Wednesday NOON winner

2:00

4 – Louisville
Vs
Wednesday 2:00 winner

7:00

2 – Syracuse
Vs
Wednesday 7:00 winner

9:00

3 – Marquette
Vs
Wednesday 9:00 winner

Check back tomorrow for another update!