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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Big East seedings update

Even with just one game remaining for all 16 Big East teams, there are too many scenarios for me to wade through them all.

This much I know:
UConn will be the top seed (like you didn't know that already)

Seton Hall will be the 16th seed unless the Pirates beat Georgetown and Villanova loses to Providence in which case Seton Hall will be the 15th seed and Villanova will be seeded 16th.

UConn, West Virginia and Georgetown have clinched first and second-round byes. Notre Dame can join them with a bye into the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament with a win over UConn or a St. John's loss to Pittsburgh. If St. John's wins and Notre Dame loses, the Red Storm will get the fourth seed and the double bye.

West Virginia will earn the second seed with a win or a Notre Dame loss.

Georgetown seems likely to end up seeded third since it owns wins over both Notre Dame and St. John's.

Notre Dame's situation is pretty intriguing since the Fighting Irish can finish anywhere from second to fifth. If Notre Dame loses to UConn, it will be seeded either fourth (if St. John's loses to Pittsburgh) or fifth if ND loses and St. John's wins. If Notre Dame and Georgetown win and West Virginia loses, there will be a three-way tie for second. The tiebreaker with more than two teams is to put the teams in a mini-conference. Well, West Virginia, Notre Dame and Georgetown would each be 1-1 against each other so the next tiebreaker is the best quality win. Notre Dame would win that hand's down by beating UConn and would get the second seed. West Virginia would be seeded third based on its win over Georgetown during the regular season.

Rutgers would earn the sixth seed with a win over Louisville or DePaul loss to South Florida since Rutgers beat DePaul this season.

DePaul could slp down to the No. 8 seed with a loss and Providence win since DePaul lost to both Rutgers and Providence. Obviously being seeded eighth would put it in UConn's half of the bracket so a win could be huge plus it would give the Blue Demons another victory on its resume for the NCAA selection committee to look at.

South Florida would earn the No. 9 seed with a win over DePaul but since USF is one of five teams currently sitting either 6-9 or 5-10 in the conference, I'll wait until the conclusion of tomorrow's games to try to figure out where South Florida would end up with a loss.

The tournament will begin on Friday at the XL Center and here is the schedule

Friday
First Round

Game 1: No. 12 seed vs. No. 13 seed, noon
Game 2: No. 9 seed vs. No. 16 seed, 2 p.m.
Game 3: No. 10 seed vs. No. 15 seed, 6 p.m.
Game 4: No. 11 seed vs. No. 14 seed, 8 p.m.

Saturday
Second round

Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 seed, noon
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 8 seed, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 7 seed, 6 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 6 seed, 8 p.m.

Sunday
Quarterfinals

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. No. 4 seed, noon
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. UConn, 2 p.m.
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. No. 2 seed, 6 p.m.
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. No. 3 seed, 8 p.m.

Monday
Semifinals

Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m.

Tuesday
Championship

Game 15: Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

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