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2017 BIG EAST Tournament Seeding Scenarios and TV Schedule

60% of the seeding is set

NCAA Basketball: Creighton at Villanova Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

The 2017 BIG EAST Conference Tournament is surprisingly well set with each school scheduled to play one last game on Saturday.

First, a review of the current standings.

BIG EAST Standings (March 3)

TEAM CONF GB OVR
TEAM CONF GB OVR
#2 Villanova 14-3 -- 27-3
#13 Butler 12-5 2 23-6
Creighton 10-7 4 23-7
Seton Hall 9-8 5 19-10
Providence 9-8 5 19-11
Marquette 9-8 5 18-11
Xavier 8-9 6 18-12
St John's 7-10 7 13-17
Georgetown 5-12 9 14-16
DePaul 2-15 12 9-21

At this point, six seeds are currently set for the 2017 BIG EAST Tournament:

1. Villanova

2. Butler

7. Xavier

8. St. John’s

9. Georgetown

10. DePaul

Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall, and Providence are fighting for seeds 3 through 6 with Saturday’s games.

March 4th BIG EAST Schedule

Visitor Home Tipoff Location TV
Visitor Home Tipoff Location TV
Providence St. John's 12 p.m. New York, N.Y. (MSG) TV:FS2
Villanova Georgetown 12 p.m. Washington, D.C. Live Stats TV:FOX
Xavier DePaul 2 p.m. Rosemont, Ill. Live Stats TV:FSN
Seton Hall Butler 2:30 p.m. Indianapolis, Ind. TV:FOX
Creighton Marquette 2:30 p.m. Milwaukee, Wis. Live Stats TV:FS2

Seeding Scenarios

Seed/School Marquette Creighton Providence Seton Hall
Seed/School Marquette Creighton Providence Seton Hall
3 Seed Marquette wins AND St. John's wins Creighton wins Marquette wins AND Providence wins N/A
4 Seed Marquette wins AND Providence wins Marquette wins AND Butler wins AND St. John's wins Creighton wins AND Providence wins AND Butler wins Seton Hall wins AND St. John's wins
5 Seed Creighton wins AND Providence wins AND Butler wins Marquette wins AND Providence wins AND Butler wins St. John's wins AND Butler wins AND Marquette wins -OR- St. John's wins AND Seton Hall wins AND Creighton wins Marquette wins AND Providence wins AND Seton Hall wins
6 Seed Creighton wins AND Providence wins OR Butler wins -OR- Creighton wins AND St. John's OR Seton Hall wins Marquette wins AND Seton Hall wins AND Providence wins Marquette wins AND St. John's wins AND Seton Hall wins Marquette wins AND St. John's wins AND Butler wins

BIG EAST Tournament Schedule & TV

Date Game Time Matchup TV
Date Game Time Matchup TV
1st Round: Wednesday, March 8th 1 7:00 PM #8 St. John’s vs. #9 Georgetown FS1
1st Round: Wednesday, March 8th 2 9:30 PM #7 Xavier vs. #10 DePaul FS1
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 9th 3 12:00 PM #1 Villanova vs. Winner of Game 1 FS1
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 9th 4 2:30 PM #4 TBD vs. #5 TBD FS1
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 9th 5 7:00 PM #2 Butler vs. Winner of Game 2 FS1
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 9th 6 9:30 PM #3 TBD vs. #6 TBD FS1
Semifinals: Friday, March 10th 7 6:30 PM Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 FS1
Semifinals: Friday, March 10th 8 9:00 PM Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 FS1
Championship- Saturday, March 11th 9 5:30 PM Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 FOX

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