Men's Basketball: Big East Tourney Field Set
March 06, 2010 10:17 PM | General
March 6, 2010
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT BRACKET
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia's 68-66 overtime victory at Villanova locked up a No. 3 seed for the Mountaineers in this year's 2010 Big East Tournament, presented by New York Life, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
West Virginia (24-6, 13-5) was one of four teams to earn double byes for the tournament, joining league regular season champion Syracuse (28-3, 15-3), second-seeded Pitt (24-7, 13-5) and fourth-seeded Villanova (24-6, 13-5).
The first of four opening round games on Tuesday, March 9, will pit ninth-seeded USF (19-11, 9-9) against 16th-seeded DePaul (8-22, 1-17) at noon on ESPN2. Twelfth-seeded Connecticut (17-14, 7-11) will face 13th-seeded St. John's (16-14, 6-12) at 2 p.m. on ESPN2.
The evening games will pair 10th-seeded Seton Hall (18-11, 9-9) and 15th-seeded Providence (12-18, 4-14) at 7 p.m. on ESPNU, while the nightcap will have 11th-seeded Cincinnati (16-14, 7-11) battling 14th-seeded Rutgers (15-16, 5-13) at 9 p.m. on ESPNU.
Eighth-seeded Georgetown (20-9, 10-8) will play the USF-DePaul winner at noon Wednesday, March 10, on ESPN. Fifth-seeded Marquette (20-10, 11-7) will play the UConn-St. John's winner at 2 p.m. on ESPN.
In Wednesday's evening session, seventh-seeded Notre Dame (21-10, 10-8) will play the Seton Hall-Providence winner at 7 p.m. while sixth-seeded Louisville (20-11, 11-7) will face the Cincinnati-Rutgers winner at 9 p.m.
Thursday's March 11 games will feature Syracuse playing the noon game, Villanova playing the 2 p.m. game with Pitt (7 p.m.) and West Virginia (9 p.m.) playing in the evening session.
All four games will be televised on ESPN.
The semifinals will take place on Friday, March 12, with the championship game being played Saturday, March 13, at 9 p.m.
The conference will announce its major award winners Tuesday afternoon in New York City.
