Feb 6, 2016
12:00 PM MARQUETTE at Xavier (FS1) (X W 91% 15 Pts)
2:00 PM DePAUL at Creighton (FSN) (Creigh W 87% 12 Pts)
2:30 PM VILLANOVA at Providence (FS1) (Villanova W 67% 4 Pts)
4:30 PM Butler at St. John's (FSN) (KENPOM: Butler W 81% 9 Pts)
9:00 PM GEORGETOWN at Seton Hall (CBSSN) (SHU W 75% 7 Pts)
X, the first team in the country to get to 20 wins, needs to hold serve at home in order to be ready to tie 'Nova at the top of the standings in the event of a Wildcat loss. Marquette is sub-bubble and would need to collect a few large skins to get back in the hunt. A road win at X to go with a win at Prov would go a long way. Kenpom gives Marquette little chance of the upset.
DePaul doesn't grab many road wins in Big East play. The two impressive wins they have to-date are home wins over Providence and GW. Creighton is coming off a drubbing at 'Nova and has a ton of work to do to get back on the bubble - a loss here may end any NCAA hopes here in the first week of Feb. They face Xavier next so getting below .500 in league play with an L and then facing the Muskies would be brutal.
'Nova @ Providence is one of the two highlight games on the BE docket for Saturday - the other being the 9PM SHU-GTown tilt. Both teams face the prospect of potentially having to play without their starting 5-man. If Providence wants to remain in the nut for a BE regular season championship, they must win - falling to 5 losses with road games at X and SHU still to come would be too much to overcome. The Cats want to keep posting Ws and hope that X slips up next.
If Butler loses at St. John's - put a fork in them.
Seton Hall appears to be getting into stride in the middle of the BE schedule. 3 straight Ws by double-figures and an avenged loss against Creighton. Now the question is if they can keep that streak going against a BE team that is currently above .500. The Hoyas are leaking oil. A record of 13-10, back-to-back losses, projected to finish 10-8 in the BE and currently sitting at 6-4 … it now seems amazing they won at Xavier given they had their home game against Creighton handed to them on a silver platter - that one fortunate win is the only thing standing between them and losing 5 of their last 6 with the only win being on the road at X. Georgetown's performances have been all over the map. If they get waxed by the Hall in this one, they will be climbing a big mountain down the stretch in league play.
Here is the BE Tracker going into Saturday:
https://villanova.n.rivals.com/news/2015-16-big-east-tracker
12:00 PM MARQUETTE at Xavier (FS1) (X W 91% 15 Pts)
2:00 PM DePAUL at Creighton (FSN) (Creigh W 87% 12 Pts)
2:30 PM VILLANOVA at Providence (FS1) (Villanova W 67% 4 Pts)
4:30 PM Butler at St. John's (FSN) (KENPOM: Butler W 81% 9 Pts)
9:00 PM GEORGETOWN at Seton Hall (CBSSN) (SHU W 75% 7 Pts)
X, the first team in the country to get to 20 wins, needs to hold serve at home in order to be ready to tie 'Nova at the top of the standings in the event of a Wildcat loss. Marquette is sub-bubble and would need to collect a few large skins to get back in the hunt. A road win at X to go with a win at Prov would go a long way. Kenpom gives Marquette little chance of the upset.
DePaul doesn't grab many road wins in Big East play. The two impressive wins they have to-date are home wins over Providence and GW. Creighton is coming off a drubbing at 'Nova and has a ton of work to do to get back on the bubble - a loss here may end any NCAA hopes here in the first week of Feb. They face Xavier next so getting below .500 in league play with an L and then facing the Muskies would be brutal.
'Nova @ Providence is one of the two highlight games on the BE docket for Saturday - the other being the 9PM SHU-GTown tilt. Both teams face the prospect of potentially having to play without their starting 5-man. If Providence wants to remain in the nut for a BE regular season championship, they must win - falling to 5 losses with road games at X and SHU still to come would be too much to overcome. The Cats want to keep posting Ws and hope that X slips up next.
If Butler loses at St. John's - put a fork in them.
Seton Hall appears to be getting into stride in the middle of the BE schedule. 3 straight Ws by double-figures and an avenged loss against Creighton. Now the question is if they can keep that streak going against a BE team that is currently above .500. The Hoyas are leaking oil. A record of 13-10, back-to-back losses, projected to finish 10-8 in the BE and currently sitting at 6-4 … it now seems amazing they won at Xavier given they had their home game against Creighton handed to them on a silver platter - that one fortunate win is the only thing standing between them and losing 5 of their last 6 with the only win being on the road at X. Georgetown's performances have been all over the map. If they get waxed by the Hall in this one, they will be climbing a big mountain down the stretch in league play.
Here is the BE Tracker going into Saturday:
https://villanova.n.rivals.com/news/2015-16-big-east-tracker
