Eight of the ten teams in the Big East have three games left with only Villanova and Butler playing just two league games over the next 9 days. The bottomline is that the regular season comes to a conclusion on March 4th with all ten teams in action and the likelihood is that many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 8th at Madison Square Garden. I’ll be doing this “Seed Watch” post regularly over the final days of the regular season and there will be more detail about tiebreakers and scenarios as the season gets closer to a conclusion. For now, I’ll give you the Big East Tournament bracket as it would be today and what a win for certain teams this weekend means for the seeding outlook.
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Providence Sending Four Players to 2016 Big East Media Day
The Big East will hold their annual Media Day on Tuesday, October 11th at Madison Square Garden. All ten member schools send their head coach and usually a few players to NYC each year to hear Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman give her “State of the Big East” speech and meet with the media ahead of the upcoming season. Providence will have four players in attendance this year, the league announced today via the Big East Men’s Basketball Twitter account. Juniors Rodney Bullock and Kyron Cartwright will be joined by sophomores Ryan Fazekas and Isaiah Jackson as Providence’s player representatives.
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Labor Day Weekend Providence Basketball Update
The Labor Day Weekend is a time for people to hit the beach or lake or [insert other fun summer activity here] one last time before saying goodbye to summer and hello to the school year. The students are back on campus in Friartown after a weekend that is meant to be relaxing and slow-paced, but there was plenty of Providence hoops news that broke over the last few days before the start of classes.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/11/16
- ICYMI – Opening Line: (4) Providence +10.5 vs (1) Villanova 3/11/16
- ICYMI – Friars Win: (5) Butler 60, (4) Providence 74
- ICYMI – Notes and Quotes: Providence Beats Butler in Big East Tourney Quarterfinals
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – PC 74, Butler 60: Friars roll to Big East semis behind Bentil’s 38 points
- Pawtucket Times – Brendan McGair – Providence rolls past Butler in Big East tourney opener
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Providence advances in Big East Tournament with win over Butler
- Sporting News – Kami Mattioli – Ben Bentil single-handedly shatters Butler’s Big East Tourney hopes
- Friarbasketball.com – Craig Belhumeur – Butler Post Game Interviews
2016 Big East Tournament Bracket
The final day of the regular season played out as expected and the final league standings are locked in, which means the seeding for this year’s Big East Tournament are also locked in. The Big East Tournament begins on Wedneday, March 9th. The announcer pairings were released on Thursday afternoon and you can find the schedule of games below.
Big East Tournament Seed Watch Final Edition of 2016
All ten Big East teams are in action on Saturday and only half the league is locked into their Big East Tournament seed as of now. Providence, Butler, Creighton, Marquette and Georgetown have scenarios where they could move out of their current slots and I’ll detail all of those scenarios in this final edition of the Big East Tournament Seed Watch. The Big East Tournament begins on Wedneday, March 9th. The announcer pairings were released on Thursday afternoon and you can find the schedule of games below.
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Big East Tournament Seed Watch 3/2/16
We’re coming down the final stretch with games on Wednesday night being the 17th for all teams involved. It’s funny that tonight’s matchups would be the matchups in the Big East Tournament if the season ended yesterday. The bottomline is that the regular season comes to a conclusion on March 5th with all ten teams in action and the likelihood is that many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 9th at Madison Square Garden.
