Big East Sports Blog

It’s that time of year college basketball fans! The Big East Tournament tips off later today and the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament will be selected on Sunday night. This year all 16 Big East teams are invited to the 2009 Big East Tournament, so let’s take a look at the matchups:

Big East Tournament 2009 - First Round - March 10, 2009

• #9 Cincinnati v #16 DePaul - buy Big East merchandise
• #12 Georgetown v #13 St. Johns
• #10 Notre Dame v #15 Rutgers
• #11 Seton Hall v #14 South Florida

Big East Tournament 2009 - Second Round - March 11, 2009

• #8 Providence v Cincinnati/DePaul winner
• #5 Marquette v #Georgetown/St. Johns winner
• #7 West Virginia v #Notre Dame/Rutgers winner
• #6 Syracuse v Seton Hall/South Florida winner

Big East Tournament 2009 - Quarterfinals - March 12, 2009

• #1 Louisville v #8/9/16 winner
• #4 Villanova v #5/12/13 winner
• #2 Pittsburgh v #7/10/15 winner
• #3 Connecticut v #6/11/14 winner

Games will continue on Friday with the semifinals and Saturday with the Big East Tournament Championship game to crown an automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament.

The 2009 Big East Tournament schedule is set as all 16 teams will participate in the Big East Tournament for the first time this season. The Tourney tips off on Tuesday, March 10th with four games. March 11th will also feature four games as just 8 teams will remain heading into Thursday’s Big East Tournament Quarterfinals round. In the Quarterfinals we will get our first look at the #1-4 seeds who have byes up to this point. Finally, the Semifinal round features just two games as the Final Four teams work down to the two that will compete in the 2009 Big East Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 14th.