BIG EAST Tournament Seeding Update
Following Friday night’s results, four more seeds were locked up for next week’s BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by JEEP. No. 15 Villanova defeated Providence 67-50, locking RV Creighton, which did not play on Friday, into the No. 3 seed. The Friars’ loss, combined with Butler defeating Seton Hall 76-64, and Georgetown falling at St. John’s 61-53, solidified the lower third of the bracket: No. 8 seed Butler, No. 9 seed Georgetown and No. 10 seed Providence, while Xavier had previously locked up the No. 11 seed. The Bulldogs and Hoyas will face off in the First Round on March 3 at 11 a.m. ET, followed by the Friars against Seton Hall or DePaul, and closing out with Xavier against RV Marquette, St. John’s, Seton Hall or DePaul. The BIG EAST Tournament is set for March 3-6 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. For more information, visit BIGEAST.com/WBBT
What’s On The Line On Saturday
Two games are set for Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET, including a nationally televised tilt with No. 4 UConn facing DePaul on FOX. On the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops, Xavier hosts RV Marquette. For the Huskies, they can clinch the No. 1 seed and at least a share of the regular-season title with a win over the Blue Demons; it would also lock Villanova, which doesn’t play again until Monday, into the No. 2 seed. A DePaul win would keep the Wildcats’ aspirations of a No. 1 seed and regular-season title alive, while giving the Blue Demons a shot at moving up to the No. 6 seed; a DePaul loss locks the Blue Demons into the No. 7 seed, setting up a First Round battle with 10
th-seeded Providence. In Milwaukee, a Marquette win would clinch a First-Round bye as the Golden Eagles could be only the No. 4 or 5 seed; a Marquette loss locks St. John’s into the No. 4 seed and MU will have to wait until Monday to see if they’d be the No. 5 or 6.
BIG EAST Tournament Seeding High-Low
Where teams can finish ...
Team (current record, place) High Low Of Note
UConn (16-2, first) 1 2 Holds crucial sweep over Villanova
Villanova (16-3, second) 1 2 Holds crucial sweeps over Marquette and St. John’s
Creighton (14-5, third) 3 3 Seeding is locked
St. John’s (12-7, fourth) 4 5 Notable wins over UConn, Creighton and Marquette
Marquette (11-7, fifth) 4 6 Notable win over UConn
Seton Hall (10-9, sixth) 4 7 Holds crucial sweep over St. John’s
DePaul (8-10, seventh) 6 7 Split with Seton Hall - pivotal games vs. UConn, MU left
Butler (6-13, eighth) 8 8 Seeding is locked
Georgetown (6-14, ninth) 9 9 Seeding is locked
Providence (4-15, 10th) 10 10 Seeding is locked
Xavier (0-18, 11th) 11 11 Seeding is locked
Friday in BIG EAST Women’s Basketball
Butler scored its biggest win of the season, knocking off a shorthanded Seton Hall squad 76-64. The Pirates were without leading scorer Lauren Park-Lane (20.2 ppg) and the Bulldogs capitalized to improve to 11-17 on the year an 6-13 in BIG EAST play – an impressive jump after finishing 1-27 and 0-18 in league play in 2021-22. Four Bulldogs finished in double figures, including 19 for Caroline Strande, while The Hall’s Sidney Cooks posted a game-high 22 points. No. 15 Villanova celebrated Senior Night with a 67-50 win over Providence as Maddy Siegrist scored 23 points to lead all scorers. The Friars were led by Olivia Olsen’s 15-point outing. In Queens, St. John’s drained nine triples for the second straight game and held on to defeat Georgetown 61-53. The Red Storm’s Jayla Everett and Hoyas’ Graceann Bennett tied for the game high with 17 points apiece.
Weekly Schedule
Saturday
RV/RV MARQUETTE at XAVIER, 2 p.m.
Stats BEDN on FloSports
4/5 UCONN at DePAUL, 2 p.m.
Stats FOX
Monday – Feb. 27
15/15 VILLANOVA at SETON HALL, 7 p.m.
Stats FS1
ST. JOHN’S at PROVIDENCE, 7 p.m.
Stats BEDN on FloSports
BUTLER at RV/- CREIGHTON, 7 p.m.
Stats BEDN on FloSports
XAVIER at 4/5 UCONN, 7 p.m.
Stats CBSSN
DePAUL at RV/RV MARQUETTE, 9 p.m.
Stats FS1
All times Eastern