2017-18 Men's Basketball
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Contacts: John Paquette FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Web: BigEast.com January 2, 2018 Twitter: @BigEastMBB Facebook: /BigEastConference 2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 STANDINGS BIG EAST OVERALL W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Xavier (5/4) 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 14-1 .933 10-0 3-0 1-1 Won 9 Seton Hall (21/21) 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 13-2 .867 10-0 1-1 2-1 Won 4 Butler (rv/rv) 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 12-3 .800 9-0 1-1 2-2 Won 4 Villanova (3/3) 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 13-1 .929 6-0 3-1 4-0 Lost 1 Creighton (rv/24) 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 11-3 .786 9-0 1-2 1-1 Won 1 Marquette 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 10-4 .714 7-3 1-0 2-1 Won 1 Providence 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 10-5 .667 7-1 1-3 2-1 Lost 1 St. John’s 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 10-4 .714 6-1 0-1 4-2 Lost 2 Georgetown 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 10-3 .759 9-2 1-1 0-0 Lost 2 DePaul 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 7-7 .500 5-3 1-2 1-2 Lost 2 (Rankings in Jan. 1 Associated Press / Jan. 2 USA Today Polls) 2017-18 SCHEDULE WEEKLY HONORS Monday, January 1 MBB Minute – Butler-Xavier, Georgetown-DePaul On BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK No Games Scheduled Tap For Tuesday Kelan Martin, Butler, F, Sr. Martin keyed a 2-0 week for the Bulldogs. In a 91-89 Tuesday, January 2 The first BIG EAST games of 2018 have Butler visiting double-overtime win at Georgetown, Martin tied BUTLER at XAVIER - FS1 ...........................................7:00 No. 5 Xavier Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET followed by the game with two free throws in the final minute GEORGETOWN at DEPAUL - FS1 ..............................9:00 Georgetown at DePaul at 9 p.m. FS1 will telecast both and made the winning basket with three seconds contests. left. Martin finished with 27 points. He followed that Wednesday, January 3 performance with a team-high 24 points and eight Butler and Xavier are off to 2-0 starts in league play. rebounds in a 101-93 victory over top-ranked Villanova. MARQUETTE at PROVIDENCE - CBSSN ....................6:30 Butler is coming off a 101-93 win over Villanova while He shot 4-of-4 from 3-point range. For the two games, ST. JOHN’S at CREIGHTON - FS1 ...............................8:00 Xavier beat DePaul 77-72. The Bulldogs won both Martin averaged 25.5 points and 6.0 rebounds while regular-season meetings against the Musketeers last shooting 53.1 percent from the field, 55.6 percent from Thursday, January 4 year, including an 88-79 victory at Cintas Center before 3-point range and 80 percent from the foul line. No Games Scheduled the Musketeers turned the tables and beat the Bulldogs 62-57 in the quarterfinal round of the BIG EAST BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Friday, January 5 Tournament. Jamal Cain, Marquette, F, Fr. No Games Scheduled Cain averaged 12.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 Georgetown and DePaul are both looking for their first steals in a 1-1 week. He had a collegiate-high 16 Saturday, January 6 conference wins. The road teams won close decisions points in a 91-87 loss to Xavier. In a 74-65 victory over XAVIER at PROVIDENCE - FOX ................................Noon in both of last season’s meetings. The Hoyas won 76-73 Georgetown, Cain made 3-of-4 shots from the floor and CREIGHTON at GEORGETOWN - FSN ......................Noon on the Blue Demons’ floor. The Hoyas’ Jessie Govan finished with eight points. For the two games, he shot DEPAUL at ST. JOHN’S (CA) - FSN ..............................2:00 is averaging 18.4 points and a league-leading 12.2 66.7 percent both from the floor and 3-point range. SETON HALL at BUTLER - FS1 ...................................2:30 rebounds. DePaul’s Max Strus is the BIG EAST’s top MARQUETTE at VILLANOVA - FS1 ............................8:00 scoring newcomer with an 18.6 average. Last week, he BIG EAST Honor Roll averaged 26.5 points in games against Villanova and Martin Krampelj, Creighton, F, So. Sunday, January 7 Xavier. Averaged 18.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in a 1-1 week No Games Scheduled while shooting 57.1 percent from the field. Had 23 Seton Hall and Creighton remained unbeaten on their points and 10 rebounds in a loss at Seton Hall (90-84). CA - Carnesecca Arena home floors with wins on New Year’s Eve. Andrew Rowsey, Marquette, G, Sr. Seton Hall took a 75-70 decision from St. John’s in a Averaged 33.0 points and 2.5 steals in a 1-1 week. Had dogfight at Prudential Center. The Hall held off a late 35 points in a victory versus Georgetown (74-65). Shot rally by the Johnnies, who played without injured 46.2 percent (12-of-26) from beyond the arc for the guards Shamorie Ponds and Marcus LoVett. Khadeen two games. Carrington scored a game-high 24 points for the Pirates. The Pirates (13-2) improved to 2-0 in BIG EAST Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall, F, Sr. play and 10-0 at home. Tariq Owens led the visitors Scored 23 points in wins over Creighton (90-84) and with 19 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. St. John’s (75-70). Also averaged 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals. At a sold-out CenturyLink Center, Creighton used a balanced scoring attack to defeat Providence 83-64. Jalen Brunson, Villanova, G, Jr. Marcus Foster led five Bluejay players in double figures Averaged 23.5 points and 5.0 assists in a 1-1 week. with 18 points. Toby Hegner added 15 points and Tied his career scoring high with 31 points in a 101-93 Martin Krampelj finished with 13 points and eight loss at Butler. rebounds. Creighton (11-3, 1-1) is 9-0 at home. PC’s Kyron Cartwright aggravated an ankle injury in the first Trevon Bluiett, Xavier, G, Sr. half and was limited to 22 minutes. Freshman Nate Averaged 19.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in a Watson scored a collegiate-high 20 points for the Friars 2-0 week. Had 23 points and six rebounds in a win at (10-5, 1-1). Marquette (91-87). 2017-18 BIG EAST BASKETBALL BIG EAST NCAA News & Notes 2017-18 GAMES DECIDED BY ... OT or Villanova Makes It To No. 1 Again 0-5 6-10 11-15 16+ Total In the Associated Press poll of Dec. 11, Villanova moved into the No. 1 position Butler 3-0 2-0 1-3 6-0 12-3 and stayed there for three weeks. It’s the third year in a row that the Wildcats Creighton 1-0 2-2 1-0 7-1 11-3 have reached the top spot. In the Jan. 1 poll, Xavier moved into the No. 5 spot to DePaul 0-3 1-1 1-1 5-2 7-7 give the BIG EAST two teams in the top five (Villanova was No. 3). In the previous Georgetown 0-2 2-1 2-0 6-0 10-3 two seasons, the BIG EAST had two top-10 teams for a total of 15 weeks. Marquette 1-1 4-1 1-2 4-0 10-4 Providence 4-0 1-2 1-2 4-1 10-5 BIG EAST Teams Record 15-8 Mark In November Tournaments St. John’s 3-1 2-1 0-1 5-1 10-4 BIG EAST squads put together a 15-8 record in multi-team tournaments on Seton Hall 2-1 3-1 2-0 6-0 13-2 neutral floors in November. Villanova won the Battle 4 Atlantis and Providence Villanova 0-0 3-1 2-0 8-0 13-1 took the 2K Classic. Xavier reached the final of the Las Vegas Invitational. Xavier 4-0 2-0 1-0 7-1 14-1 Marquette placed third in the Maui Invitational and St. John’s was third in the Overtime Records – Butler (2-0), Creighton (0-0), DePaul (0-1), Georgetown (0-1), Advocare Invitational. Marquette (1-0), Providence (1-0), St. John’s (0-0), Seton Hall (0-0), Villanova (0-0), Xavier (0-0). The Top Players Are Back The BIG EAST has plenty of returning firepower in 2017-18. Four All-BIG EAST ALL-BIG EAST First Team First Team and four All-BIG EAST Second Team performers return. The first Kelan Martin, Butler, F, Sr., 6-7, 220, Louisville, Ky. teamers are: Creighton’s Marcus Foster, Seton Hall’s Angel Delgado, Villanova’s *Marcus Foster, Creighton, G, Sr., 6-3, 210, Wichita Falls, Tex. Jalen Brunson and Xavier’s Trevon Bluiett. The second teamers are: Butler’s Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall, G, Sr., 6-4, 195, Brooklyn, N.Y. Kelan Martin, Providence’s Kyron Cartwright and Rodney Bullock and Seton Hall’s *Angel Delgado, Seton Hall, F, Sr., 6-10, 245, Bajos De Haina, D.R. Khadeen Carrington. *Jalen Brunson, Villanova, G, Jr., 6-3, 190, Lincolnshire, Ill. *Trevon Bluiett, Xavier, G, Sr., 6-6, 198, Indianapolis, Ind. BIG EAST Earned Seven NCAA Bids in 2016-17 The BIG EAST landed seven of its 10 teams in the 2017 NCAA Championship, the All-BIG EAST Second Team highest percentage of NCAA representation for any conference.