Big East Tournament bracket (through 3/4)

[MUBasketball]

Changes since Sunday:

Providence +2
St. John's +1

Xavier -1
Marquette -2

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[TheSultan]

Hey, at least they're playing in the evening!!!

[MayorBeluga]

So a win Saturday likely puts us in the 4v5 game while a loss keeps us as the 6 seed.

[MU_Iceman]

How does the tiebreaker sort out if MU, Providence and Xavier all finish 10-8(very likely)??

[Mark Miller]

Tiebreaking Procedure
Overall Conference record, at the conclusion of the regular season, is used to seed teams numbering 1 through
10. If an institution is ineligible for tournament competition, all tiebreaking procedures will be followed, then the
ineligible team will be removed from the tournament field and seeds will be adjusted accordingly in an upward
manner.
The following procedures are set up to establish seeding for the championship and to break ties. Follow the
appropriate steps in order.
TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURE FOR SEEDING - TWO-TEAM TIE
1. Regular season head-to-head results.
• If the tied teams split their two games, then proceed to Step 2 below.
2. Each team’s record vs. the team or tied teams occupying the highest position in the standings.
• If an advantage is not determined, proceed to the next team or group of tied teams in the standings
for comparison. Continue down through the standings until one team gains an advantage.
3. COIN FLIP
• If any ties still exist after implementing all of the above tie-breaking procedures, a coin flip is
required. The procedure takes place at The BIG EAST Conference office immediately following the
conclusion of the last regular season conference game. Commissioner Val Ackerman or her designee
will administer this procedure. This session is open to the media and to athletic department
representatives of the tied teams.
TIEBREAKING PROCEDURE FOR SEEDING - MULTIPLE-TEAM TIE (3 or more teams)
1. Teams are viewed as a “mini-conference” when comparing head-to-head results. The team with the best
record vs. the other teams in the mini-conference gains the advantage. The team with the worst record vs.
the other teams in the mini-conference is seeded the lowest.
a. If only two teams have the same best winning percentage in the mini-conference, the higher seed
goes to the team winning the head-to-head serries.
b. If the two teams split their two games, then proceed to Step 2 under Two-Team ties. To seed the
remaining team(s) in this mini-conference, proceed to (e) below.
c. If three or more (but not all) teams have the same best winning percentage in the original mini
conference, then those tied teams create a new mini-conference and follow this same procedure
beginning of Step 1 (Multiple Team Tie).
d. If all teams in the mini-conference have the same mini-conference record, proceed to Step 2
below.
e. After the top or bottom teams in a mini-conference are determined, the remaining teams are
ranked by their record in the original mini-conference.
i. If there are any remaining teams tied by their record in the mini-conference, then headto-
head results will determine the higher seed.
ii. If the teams split two games, then proceed back to the two-way tie breaking procedure.
iii. If there are at least three teams remaining tied by their record in the mini-conference, they
would then form a new mini-conference and follow the procedure again at the beginning of
Step 1 (Multiple-Team Tie).

2. Compare each team’s record vs. the team or group of tied teams occupying the highest position in the
standings.
• If an advantage is not determined, proceed to the next team or group of tied teams in the standings
for comparison. Continue down through the standings until one or more teams gain an advantage.
• If two teams have the exact same advantage (i.e., having the same and better record against a
compared team relative to their mini-conference), they are separated at that point by the two-way
tiebreaker procedure. The next step would take you back to Step 1 (e) (Multiple-Team Tie).
3. COIN FLIP
• If any ties still exist after implementing all of the above tie-breaking procedures, a coin flip is
required. The procedure takes place at The BIG EAST Conference office immediately following the
conclusion of the last regular season conference game. Commissioner Val Ackerman or her designee
will administer this procedure. This session is open to the media and to athletic department representatives from the tied teams.

[Mark Miller]

Based on the above tie-breaker, I believe Marquette would be seeded No. 5 if MU, Xavier and Providence all tie for third place at 10-8. MU would be seeded the lowest among the three since it went 0-2 vs. Creighton and both Xavier and Providence own victories over the Bluejays.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Xavier would be the three if they are tied with anyone. They beat St John's (sixth if a three way tie) twice, the best anyone they could do is split with the Johnnies.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Win Saturday, we probably see Providence, followed by the Georgetown/Creighton winner. Lose Saturday, we likely get Xavier followed by the Seton Hall/'Nova winner.

Regardless, I really feel we have to win the BET to get in. As much as 20-14 with a handful of top-50 wins and a heavy quotient of top-100s would be on par with other bubble teams, there's always someone on Selection Sunday that makes a great tourney run, comes up just short, and looks like they were robbed by the committee.

I'm pretty sure we'll be in the "auto-bid only" pile by Tuesday or whenever they first meet.

[BLT]

Based on the above tie-breaker, I believe Marquette would be seeded No. 5 if MU, Xavier and Providence all tie for third place at 10-8. MU would be seeded the lowest among the three since it went 0-2 vs. Creighton and both Xavier and Providence own victories over the Bluejays.

With X losing tonight...and with PC at Creighton who has not lost at home all season, this scenario is looking likely. If Gtown beats Nova who has already clinched, MU will get two more Top 50 wins. Still hope with a SJU win and two in the BET. Wouldn't mind an X match up with Stainbrook out/hurt. That Butler loss is still burning MU.