Joe Lunardi’s Monday bracket is out and he still has 6 teams in the field from the Big East. Xavier is on the bracket as an 8 seed but the Musketeers were moved down a line and swapped spots with Ole Miss due to principals and procedures rules as Xavier could have potentially met Butler in the Round of 32. That can’t happen because the principles and procedures document states “teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals (Sweet 16) if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.”
Joe Lunardi came out with his regular Thursday bracket update and now Jerry Palm is out with his Friday bracket update. Lunardi and Palm both have 6 teams in from the Big East but Palm is higher on St. John’s than Lunardi and they also disagree on seed lines for a couple other Big East schools.
It’s been a couple of weeks since the last Big East Bracketology update and there has been a few significant changes throughout the conference over that span. Seton Hall has taken a nosedive while Butler, Providence and Georgetown continue to look like NCAA Tournament locks with each passing day. Xavier got a nice road win at Cincinnati last night to help their bubble resume and St. John’s is still teetering on the bring. Let’s get into Joe Lunardi’s Thursday bracket release.
Joe Lunardi came out with his most recent bracket on Thursday and he now has 6 Big East teams in the field of 68. St. John’s had been teetering on the edge and snuck in on his Monday bracket after beating Providence but have now fallen out after losing at Butler. Let’s get to the rest of the league.
Monday brackets are out courtesy of Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm. The weekend of games saw some upsets and teams have moved around a bit as a result. Let’s get right into it.
Joe Lunardi will be doing a weekly Saturday article with his “Bracket Math” and then he’ll breakdown the weekend’s most important games with teams that would be “In With a Win”, “Out Without” and who has the “Most at Stake” which could describe a team that would lose any chance of getting into the NCAA Tournament or just a team whose seeding could be affected by a win or loss.
Lunardi identified St. John’s as being in with a win against Providence today and the Seton Hall/Xavier game was on with the most at stake.
Thursday means new brackets from both Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm. Lunardi and Palm both still have 6 and 7 Big East teams in their fields, respectively. Some of the seeding has changed since their Monday updates though.
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