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Final regular season

Their seed line will be interesting...big win at UK

Watched the second half of the women's BE tournament last night before attempting to watch the men. The #7 team put up a spirited effort against an all-round better #2 Creighton team. Any changes expected on Tony B's staff? Can he/they survive another seventh place finish?

A good guy. The Fordham job is tough made tougher by the AD he had. A less than good guy named Roach. Those of us in the know would call it being Roached. Also would suggest that Baker Dunleavey was foolish.

Glad he’s made it back.

Great to see all these former SHU players killing it as Head Coaches. Well done!

I am in for all locations but Spokane.

Curious on peoples thoughts re travel. Are you in for just a few locations? All locations or none?

By Zach Braziller

and next few weeks are peak time for it

Final regular season

1. Connecticut 28-3 12-2
Grossly underrated in the preseason by the Big East coaches

2. Creighton 23-8 14-6
Ho hum in Omaha

3. Marquette 23-8 14-6
Was it Smart for this team to be preseason #1

4. Seton Hall 20-11 13-7
A couple of blown whistles Jan 20 from 2nd place

5. St. John's 19-12 11-9
Gonna be fun Thursday

6. Villanova 17-14 10-10
Hot seat?

7. Providence 19-12 10-10
Respectable once Hopkins went down

8. Butler 18-13 9-11
Nice job by Matta

9. Xavier 15-16 9-11
Fait accompli once the injuries struck

10. Georgetown 9-22 2-18
How happy was everyone in Rhode Island?

11. DePaul 3-28 0-20
Is it DePaul or A pall

Congratulations to @GrMtWoods, our season long BIG EAST prediction contest champion! Our winner led WIRE-TO-WIRE, going 3-2 in the first session back in December and never looking back. The incredible final record of 93-17 (.845) was enough to win by two games over @hallball and @vegaspaul82. I believe this is the best record in the now 11 seasons we have been running this contest on the board, though @HallBall'n can confirm as he has the results of the prior contests.

@GrMtWoods wins a $100 donation to the school/fund of his/her choice. HallBall'n will reach out to you, if he has not already. THANK YOU ALL for playing. This contest always makes the season more fun and interesting over the winter. I will be posting a new thread for any and all to post their picks for the Big East Tournament. No prizes, strictly for fun.

AP- not coaches award. Announced a few minutes ago. They also put KR on their second team, not first.

Are they waiting for Sha and the boys to win the BET first before they announce it?

We have made it to the final session: Games 106-110 of the two and a half month Big East season. Our season long title is still a bit up in the air as multiple players are mathematically alive. @GrMtWoods continues to lead at an impressive 88-17, but the lead has been trimmed to two games over three players who have made late season charges: @hallball, @hoops41, and @vegaspaul82 are tied for second at 86-19 entering the final day. @SPK145 and @Hall Is Life are also alive at 85-20 but will likely need to go 5-0 and get a lot of help in order to have a shot at the title.

10 players went 5-0 in the last session. Thank you to all 19 remaining players for continuing to play and protecting the integrity of the contest. Will the Big East get 6 or maybe even 7 teams into the field of 68? A few of these games will go a long way in deciding that.


Saturday, March 9

Georgetown (9-21, 2-17) @ St. John's (18-12, 10-9) - 12:00 PM - FOX - MSG/NYC

#10 Creighton (22-8, 13-6) @ Villanova (17-13, 10-9) - 2:30 PM - FOX - Wells Fargo/Philly

#8 Marquette (22-8, 13-6) @ Xavier 15-15 (9-10) - 5:00 PM - FOX - Cintas/Cincy

#2 Connecticut (27-3, 17-2) @ Providence (19-11, 10-9) - 8:00 PM - FOX - AMP/Providence

DePaul (3-27, 0-19) @ SETON HALL (19-11, 12-7) - 8:30 PM - FS1 - The Rock/Newark

Seed Prediction Contest:

- Make a donation equal to the seed you think the Pirates will receive in the NCAA Tournament. All donations that are correct will be immediately entered into a raffle to receive 2 tickets to the Pirates first tournament game.