2016-17 Men's Basketball
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Contacts: John Paquette FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Web: BigEast.com March 13, 2017 Twitter: @BigEastMBB Facebook: /BigEastConference 2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 STANDINGS BIG EAST OVERALL W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Villanova (1/1) 15-3 .833 8-1 7-2 31-3 .912 14-1 10-2 7-0 Won 5 Butler (21/24) 12-6 .667 6-3 6-3 23-8 .742 13-3 7-4 3-1 Lost 2 Providence 10-8 .556 6-3 4-5 20-12 .625 15-3 4-7 1-2 Lost 1 Marquette 10-8 .556 7-2 3-6 19-12 .613 14-3 4-6 1-3 Lost 1 Seton Hall (rv/-) 10-8 .556 7-2 3-6 21-11 .656 12-2 4-6 5-3 Lost 1 Creighton (rv/rv) 10-8 .556 5-4 5-4 25-9 .735 13-4 7-4 5-1 Lost 1 Xavier (-/rv) 9-9 .500 5-4 4-5 21-13 .618 12-4 4-8 2-1 Lost 1 St. John’s 7-11 .389 5-4 2-7 14-19 .424 10-7 4-8 0-4 Lost 1 Georgetown 5-13 .278 3-6 2-7 14-18 .438 9-8 3-7 2-3 Lost 6 DePaul 2-16 .111 1-8 1-8 9-23 .281 8-10 1-9 0-4 Lost 4 (Rankings in March 13 Associated Press Poll /USA Today Poll) NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT EAST REGION BIG EAST LEADS WITH 70 PERCENT Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Thursday, March 16, Buffalo, N.Y. NCAA REPRESENTATION March 8-11 No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 Mt.St.Mary’s/UNO - CBS .7:10 The BIG EAST landed seven of its 10 teams in the NCAA Championship, the highest percentage of NCAA Championship Game Friday, March 17, Greenville, S.C. representation for any conference this year. The 70 Villanova 74, Creighton 60 No. 10 Marquette vs. No. 7 South Carolina - TBS ....9:50 percent is the second highest mark in BIG EAST history. In 1991, the league placed seven of nine teams in the Semifinal Round Wednesday, March 15, Dayton, Ohio NCAAs. In its current 10-team alignment, the BIG EAST Villanova 55, Seton Hall 53 has earned 22 NCAA bids in four years. Providence vs. USC - truTV ......................................9:10 Creighton 75, Xavier 72 Villanova is the No. 1 seed in the East Region and Quarterfinal Round MIDWEST REGION the top overall seed in the NCAA Championship after compiling a 31-3 record which included BIG EAST Villanova 108, St. John’s 67 Friday, March 17, Sacramento, Calif. Xavier 62, Butler 57 No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 Rhode Island - TBS .........4:30 regular-season and tournament titles. The Wildcats are the defending national champions and a No. 1 seed for Creighton 70, Providence 58 the third time in school history. Seton Hall 82, Marquette 76 SOUTH REGION Thursday, March 16, Milwaukee, Wis. Butler is the next highest ranked BIG EAST team with a First Round No. 4 Butler vs. No. 13 Winthrop - TNT ...................1:30 No. 4 seed, the highest in school history, in the South St. John’s 74, Georgetown 73 Region. The Bulldogs begin play in Milwaukee, Wis., Xavier 75, DePaul 64 against No. 13 seed Winthrop. Butler is making its third Friday, March 17, Greenville, S.C. consecutive NCAA appearance. The Bulldogs have won No. 9 Seton Hall vs. No. 8 Arkansas - TNT ................1:30 nine of their last 10 NCAA openers. BIG EAST TOURNAMENT HONORS WEST REGION Creighton, the BIG EAST Tournament runner-up, is Thursday, March 16, Orlando, Fla. the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region and travels to Dave Gavitt Trophy (MOP) Sacramento, Calif., for a first-round game against No. 11 Josh Hart, Villanova No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 6 Maryland - TNT ...................6:50 seed Rhode Island. The Bluejays are making their 20th NCAA appearance in school history and have been to All-Tournament Team the postseason in 19 of the last 20 years. Jalen Brunson, Villanova Seton Hall was slotted as the No. 9 seed in the South Kris Jenkins, Villanova Region. The Pirates will meet No. 8 Arkansas on Friday Marcus Foster, Creighton in Greenville, S.C. Seton Hall is making back-to-back Angel Delgado, Seton Hall trips to the NCAAs for the first time since 1993-94. Trevon Bluiett, Xavier Marquette has returned to NCAA play for first time since 2013 when the Golden Eagles reached the Elite Eight. MU is the No. 10 seed in the East Region, but is with Seton Hall in Greenville for a game against No. 7 seed South Carolina. Xavier has received an NCAA berth for the fourth straight year and in 11 of the last 12 seasons. The Musketeers are the No. 11 seed in the West Region. They will play No. 6 seed Maryland in Orlando, Fla. Xavier has won eight straight neutral court games in the state of Florida. Providence has set a school record with its fourth straight NCAA Championship invitation. The Friars will play USC on Wednesday in a First Four game in Dayton, Ohio. Coincidentally, the Friars beat USC 70-69 in the first round last year in Raleigh, N.C. 2016-17 BIG EAST BASKETBALL BIG EAST NCAA News & Notes 2016-17 GAMES DECIDED BY ... OT or Villanova Won BIG EAST Tournament 0-5 6-10 11-15 16+ Total Villanova’s Josh Hart led the way with 29 points to propel the Wildcats to a Butler 7-4 8-3 1-0 7-1 23-8 74-60 victory over Creighton in the BIG EAST Tournament championship game Creighton 3-2 3-4 9-1 10-2 25-9 on March 11 at Madison Square Garden. Jalen Brunson added 17 points for DePaul 5-5 1-5 0-7 3-6 9-23 the Wildcats. Villanova advanced the final after edging Seton Hall 55-53 in the Georgetown 5-7 1-4 2-2 6-5 14-18 semifinals and beating St. John’s 108-67 in the quarterfinals. It was the 35th BIG Marquette 3-5 4-3 3-2 9-2 19-12 EAST Tournament played at the World’s Most Famous Arena. Providence 5-4 5-2 4-4 6-2 20-12 St. John’s 4-2 4-4 1-8 5-5 14-19 Seton Hall 7-5 5-2 5-2 4-2 21-11 Josh Hart Named Most Outstanding Player Again Villanova 4-1 6-2 7-0 14-0 31-3 Villanova guard Josh Hart was named the winner of the Dave Gavitt Trophy as the Xavier 8-4 3-3 5-3 5-3 21-13 Most Outstanding Player of the BIG EAST Tournament. He became only the third Overtime Records – Butler (2-0), Creighton (0-0), DePaul (0-1), Georgetown (0-2), player to earn multiple MVP honors in the BIG EAST tourney. Hart won in 2015 Marquette (1-0), Providence (0-1), St. John’s (0-0), Seton Hall (2-1), Villanova (0-0), as a sophomore. The other players to win twice are Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing Xavier (1-0). in 1984-85 and Louisville’s Peyton Siva in 2012-13. BIG EAST Teams Completed Non-Conference Play With 98-29 Mark BIG EAST PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR Josh Hart, Villanova, G, Sr., 6-5, 215, Silver Spring, Md. BIG EAST teams have compiled a 98-29 (.772) record against non-conference competition for the regular season. Last year, league squads compiled a 96-30 BIG EAST PRESEASON FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (.762) mark against outside competition. The league was a combined 94-30 Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, G, Fr., 6-1, 165, Brooklyn, N.Y. (.758) in the 2014-15 regular season. BIG EAST PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM Hart, Ponds Showed Why They Were Preseason Honorees Kelan Martin, Butler, F, Jr., 6-7, 220, Louisville, Ky. Villanova’s Josh Hart and St. John’s Shamorie Ponds showed why they were BIG Maurice Watson Jr., Creighton, G, Sr., 5-10, 175, Philadelphia, Pa. EAST Preseason Player of the Year and Preseason Freshman of the Year, respec- Kris Jenkins, Villanova, F, Sr., 6-6, 235, Upper Marlboro, Md. tively. At the end of regular-season play, Hart was among the league leaders in Trevon Bluiett, Xavier, G, Jr., 6-6, 205, Indianapolis, Ind. scoring (18.7-1st), rebounding (6.5-4th), steals (1.5-6th) and assist/turnover ratio Edmond Sumner, Xavier, G, So., 6-6, 183, Detroit, Mich. (1.7-9th). Ponds is ranked in scoring (17.6-5th), steals (2.1-1st), 3-pointers made (70-5th), free throw percentage (.828-5th) and assist/turnover ratio (1.7-8th). BIG EAST PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM Billy Garrett Jr., DePaul, G, Sr., 6-6, 210, Chicago, Ill. Four In-Season Tournament Titles For BIG EAST Teams Isaac Copeland, Georgetown, F, Jr., 6-9, 220, Raleigh, N.C. Four BIG EAST teams have won in-season tournaments -- Butler (Las Vegas Invi- Luke Fischer, Marquette, C, Sr., 6-11, 250, Germantown, Wis. Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall, G, Jr., 6-4, 195, Brooklyn, N.Y. tational), Creighton (Paradise Jam), Villanova (Charleston Classic) and Xavier (Tire Angel Delgado, Seton Hall, F, Jr., 6-10, 6-10, 240, Bajos De Haina, D.R. Pros Invitational, Orlando, Fla.). PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION Guards Are The Top Scorers Marcus Foster, Creighton, G, Jr., 6-2, 210, Wichita Falls, Texas It may not be a complete surprise, but eight of the 10 BIG EAST teams have L.J.