2019 Big East Tournament Bracket Projections

[DanMcQ]

As of 2/11/2019, Hoyas would be the 5 seed:


www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/archives/brackets-19.htm


This feature will be updated weekly through Feb. 24 and daily until March 9.

[RockawayHoya]

Bizarre world we live in where Depaul is the 3 seed and St. John's is playing on Wed. night.

[DanMcQ]

As of 2/17/2019, Hoyas would be the 6 seed:

www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/archives/brackets-19.htm

[FrazierFanatic]

5th seed with a bullet.

[hoyarooter]

How many days have scheduled games remaining? That's how many times we can expect this to change. It's just crazy having eight teams separated by two games.

[kbones17]

Feb 21, 2019 21:28:36 GMT -5 hoyarooter said:

How many days have scheduled games remaining? That's how many times we can expect this to change. It's just crazy having eight teams separated by two games.

We can still very easily end up third or tenth in the BE. Pretty crazy.

[DanMcQ]

As of 2/24/19, the Hoyas would be the 6th seed:

www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/archives/brackets-19.htm

[daveg023]

Xavier beating Nova. Not good for us...

[daveg023]

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

1.) Marquette - 15-3: 3-0 vs Creighton, at SH, vs Gtown
2.) Villanova - 14-4: 2-0 vs Butler, at SH
3.) Xavier - 9-9: 1-1 at Butler (L), vs SJ (W)
Xavier would have tiebreaker over SJ
4.) St Johns - 9-9: 1-1 at DePaul (W), at Xavier (L)
5.) Seton Hall - 8-10: 1-2 at Gtown (W), vs Marq.(L), vs Nova (L)
Seton Hall would have tiebreaker over Gtown and Creighton
6.) Creighton - 8-10: 2-1 at Marquette (L), vs PC (W), vs DePaul (W)
Creighton has tiebreaker over Gtown
7.) Georgetown - 8-10: 1-2 vs SH (L), at DePaul (W), at Marq. (L)
8.) Providence - 7-11: 1-1 at Creighton (L), vs Butler (W)
PC would have tiebreaker over Butler
9.) Butler - 7-11: 1-2 vs Nova (L), vs Xavier (W), at PC (L)
10.) DePaul 5-13: 0-3 vs SJ (L), vs Gtown (L), at Creighton (L)

While I think less likely if we go 1-2 with a win over SH instead of DePaul that would help us avoid Weds night. If we lose to them it’s highly likely we’ll be in a 3 way tie at 8-10 and we’d lose tiebreakers with both those teams.

I don’t see Creighton losing to PC or DePaul at home nor do I see Xavier or SJ going 0-2.

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

While I know many here are dreaming of NCAAs, but to me Saturday’s game is as important for the BET, where I desperately want us to have at least a Thursday game. If we win and can get the 6 seed I’d like a path of Xavier/SJ then Nova to get to a final.

[prhoya]

Mar 1, 2019 18:33:20 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

1.) Marquette - 15-3: 3-0 vs Creighton, at SH, vs Gtown
2.) Villanova - 14-4: 2-0 vs Butler, at SH
3.) Xavier - 9-9: 1-1 at Butler (L), vs SJ (W)
Xavier would have tiebreaker over SJ
4.) St Johns - 9-9: 1-1 at DePaul (W), at Xavier (L)
5.) Seton Hall - 8-10: 1-2 at Gtown (W), vs Marq.(L), vs Nova (L)
Seton Hall would have tiebreaker over Gtown and Creighton
6.) Creighton - 8-10: 2-1 at Marquette (L), vs PC (W), vs DePaul (W)
Creighton has tiebreaker over Gtown
7.) Georgetown - 8-10: 1-2 vs SH (L), at DePaul (W), at Marq. (L)
8.) Providence - 7-11: 1-1 at Creighton (L), vs Butler (W)
PC would have tiebreaker over Butler
9.) Butler - 7-11: 1-2 vs Nova (L), vs Xavier (W), at PC (L)
10.) DePaul 5-13: 0-3 vs SJ (L), vs Gtown (L), at Creighton (L)

While I think less likely if we go 1-2 with a win over SH instead of DePaul that would help us avoid Weds night. If we lose to them it’s highly likely we’ll be in a 3 way tie at 8-10 and we’d lose tiebreakers with both those teams.

I don’t see Creighton losing to PC or DePaul at home nor do I see Xavier or SJ going 0-2.

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

While I know many here are dreaming of NCAAs, but to me Saturday’s game is as important for the BET, where I desperately want us to have at least a Thursday game. If we win and can get the 6 seed I’d like a path of Xavier/SJ then Nova to get to a final.

Thanks for this. Whether we agree or not, I’ll use it to follow along this weekend.

[daveg023]

Mar 1, 2019 19:17:16 GMT -5 prhoya said:

Mar 1, 2019 18:33:20 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

1.) Marquette - 15-3: 3-0 vs Creighton, at SH, vs Gtown
2.) Villanova - 14-4: 2-0 vs Butler, at SH
3.) Xavier - 9-9: 1-1 at Butler (L), vs SJ (W)
Xavier would have tiebreaker over SJ
4.) St Johns - 9-9: 1-1 at DePaul (W), at Xavier (L)
5.) Seton Hall - 8-10: 1-2 at Gtown (W), vs Marq.(L), vs Nova (L)
Seton Hall would have tiebreaker over Gtown and Creighton
6.) Creighton - 8-10: 2-1 at Marquette (L), vs PC (W), vs DePaul (W)
Creighton has tiebreaker over Gtown
7.) Georgetown - 8-10: 1-2 vs SH (L), at DePaul (W), at Marq. (L)
8.) Providence - 7-11: 1-1 at Creighton (L), vs Butler (W)
PC would have tiebreaker over Butler
9.) Butler - 7-11: 1-2 vs Nova (L), vs Xavier (W), at PC (L)
10.) DePaul 5-13: 0-3 vs SJ (L), vs Gtown (L), at Creighton (L)

While I think less likely if we go 1-2 with a win over SH instead of DePaul that would help us avoid Weds night. If we lose to them it’s highly likely we’ll be in a 3 way tie at 8-10 and we’d lose tiebreakers with both those teams.

I don’t see Creighton losing to PC or DePaul at home nor do I see Xavier or SJ going 0-2.

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

While I know many here are dreaming of NCAAs, but to me Saturday’s game is as important for the BET, where I desperately want us to have at least a Thursday game. If we win and can get the 6 seed I’d like a path of Xavier/SJ then Nova to get to a final.

Thanks for this. Whether we agree or not, I’ll use it to follow along this weekend.

Rooting interest should be on Nova (at Butler) Marquette (vs Creighton) and DePaul (vs St Johns) this weekend. Xavier and PC are both off.

If those results happen (DePaul vs SJ is much less meaningful) coupled with a Hoya win, we’d have around a 75 pct probability of a Top 6 seed no matter what happens the last two games. Lose and I think it’s 25 pct at best.

[DFW HOYA]

Mar 1, 2019 18:33:20 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

Worst case scenario. It would be exceeding difficult for this team to beat DePaul three times, and twice within a week. This was the scenario in 2014 (GU sweeps DePaul, loses on Wednesday).

[lichoya68]

ok as i read it there are seven teams that could be third or tenth yup think thats it what a league every game counts,. yup cant play on wednesday unless we have to all those teams could be third to ten omg welcome to the new old big east. wowoowowowowowowowowowowowwowowwo MUST BEAT THE HALL nuf said.

[lichoya68]

Also i think we are the only team by far to get so many games vs those whove had a weeks rest i think we got SIX and noone else anywhere NEAR that but it is what it it. GO HOYAS

[Ranch Dressing]

Mar 1, 2019 20:11:55 GMT -5 DFW HOYA said:

Mar 1, 2019 18:33:20 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

Worst case scenario. It would be exceeding difficult for this team to beat DePaul three times, and twice within a week. This was the scenario in 2014 (GU sweeps DePaul, loses on Wednesday).

...thus ushering in the painful post-Otto decline, the downfall of JT3, and our glorious resurrection under Coach Patrick Ewing...

[daveg023]

PC's games next week are also huge (at Creighton and vs Butler). We need to be big fans and the side benefit is if PC could win both, they'd prob move into the Top 75, and we'd pick up additional Q2 wins.

[Ranch Dressing]

This weekend, we root for Nova over Butler, DePaul over SJU, and Marquette over Creighton. Coupled with a Hoya win over the Hall, and we are tied for third with Xavier heading into DePaul.

I’ll take that and a bag of chips.

[FrazierFanatic]

Mar 1, 2019 18:33:20 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

1.) Marquette - 15-3: 3-0 vs Creighton, at SH, vs Gtown
2.) Villanova - 14-4: 2-0 vs Butler, at SH
3.) Xavier - 9-9: 1-1 at Butler (L), vs SJ (W)
Xavier would have tiebreaker over SJ
4.) St Johns - 9-9: 1-1 at DePaul (W), at Xavier (L)
5.) Seton Hall - 8-10: 1-2 at Gtown (W), vs Marq.(L), vs Nova (L)
Seton Hall would have tiebreaker over Gtown and Creighton
6.) Creighton - 8-10: 2-1 at Marquette (L), vs PC (W), vs DePaul (W)
Creighton has tiebreaker over Gtown
7.) Georgetown - 8-10: 1-2 vs SH (L), at DePaul (W), at Marq. (L)
8.) Providence - 7-11: 1-1 at Creighton (L), vs Butler (W)
PC would have tiebreaker over Butler
9.) Butler - 7-11: 1-2 vs Nova (L), vs Xavier (W), at PC (L)
10.) DePaul 5-13: 0-3 vs SJ (L), vs Gtown (L), at Creighton (L)

While I think less likely if we go 1-2 with a win over SH instead of DePaul that would help us avoid Weds night. If we lose to them it’s highly likely we’ll be in a 3 way tie at 8-10 and we’d lose tiebreakers with both those teams.

I don’t see Creighton losing to PC or DePaul at home nor do I see Xavier or SJ going 0-2.

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

While I know many here are dreaming of NCAAs, but to me Saturday’s game is as important for the BET, where I desperately want us to have at least a Thursday game. If we win and can get the 6 seed I’d like a path of Xavier/SJ then Nova to get to a final.

That's a tough guess - especially since we are favored over Seton Hall. We're gonna win tonight and Wednesday, won't have to worry about opening night at the BET!

[daveg023]

Mar 2, 2019 16:32:54 GMT -5 FrazierFanatic said:

Mar 1, 2019 18:33:20 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

If I had to guess at the bracket with 2-3 games left this is my guess:

1.) Marquette - 15-3: 3-0 vs Creighton, at SH, vs Gtown
2.) Villanova - 14-4: 2-0 vs Butler, at SH
3.) Xavier - 9-9: 1-1 at Butler (L), vs SJ (W)
Xavier would have tiebreaker over SJ
4.) St Johns - 9-9: 1-1 at DePaul (W), at Xavier (L)
5.) Seton Hall - 8-10: 1-2 at Gtown (W), vs Marq.(L), vs Nova (L)
Seton Hall would have tiebreaker over Gtown and Creighton
6.) Creighton - 8-10: 2-1 at Marquette (L), vs PC (W), vs DePaul (W)
Creighton has tiebreaker over Gtown
7.) Georgetown - 8-10: 1-2 vs SH (L), at DePaul (W), at Marq. (L)
8.) Providence - 7-11: 1-1 at Creighton (L), vs Butler (W)
PC would have tiebreaker over Butler
9.) Butler - 7-11: 1-2 vs Nova (L), vs Xavier (W), at PC (L)
10.) DePaul 5-13: 0-3 vs SJ (L), vs Gtown (L), at Creighton (L)

While I think less likely if we go 1-2 with a win over SH instead of DePaul that would help us avoid Weds night. If we lose to them it’s highly likely we’ll be in a 3 way tie at 8-10 and we’d lose tiebreakers with both those teams.

I don’t see Creighton losing to PC or DePaul at home nor do I see Xavier or SJ going 0-2.

What I hate the most about this scenario painted above is we’d be playing DePaul for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, and much like last year against SJ it’s tough to beat a team 3 times in a year.

While I know many here are dreaming of NCAAs, but to me Saturday’s game is as important for the BET, where I desperately want us to have at least a Thursday game. If we win and can get the 6 seed I’d like a path of Xavier/SJ then Nova to get to a final.

That's a tough guess - especially since we are favored over Seton Hall. We're gonna win tonight and Wednesday, won't have to worry about opening night at the BET!

I’m cautiously optimistic but we’ll know soon enough.

[DanMcQ]