2015 March Madness Picks & Predictions – Big East Tournament Odds and Expert Picks: The odds to win the 2015 Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament have been released at the best online USA sportsbooks and the Villanova Wildcats have been installed as the strong 2/3 favorite to cut the nets down at the world’s most famous arena Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East Tournament tips off with 1st round action on Wednesday, March 11th when #8 seeded Seton Hall goes up against #9 seed Marquette at 7PM EST on Fox Sports 1 and #7 seeded DePaul goes up against #10 seeded Creighton at approximately 9:30PM EST on Fox Sports 1.
The Big East Tournament is shaping up to be a very competitive tournament despite Villanova’s regular season dominance. The Wildcats enter the Big East Tourney as the #3 rated team in the College RPI ratings and will almost certainly be a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament if they win the Big East Tournament Championship. However, that will not be easy as the Big East has 6 teams in the College RPI Top 37 and Villanova will see at least one of those teams if it reaches the Big East Tourney semifinals as it will have to take on the winner of the Providence-St John’s quarterfinals matchup. Villanova is one of the “brand names” in the Big East but has always struggled at the Big East Tournament. The Wildcats have won the Big East Title only one time in school history when it won it all in 1995.
The 2015 Big East Tournament Quarterfinals are scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 12th and those matchups will have #1 seeded Villanova going up against the winner of the Seton Hall-Marquette 1st round game at 12PM EST, followed by #4 seeded Providence going up against #5 seeded St John’s at 2:30PM EST in the afternoon set of games. In the night schedule, the first game will have #2 seeded Georgetown battling the winner of the DePaul-Creighton game at 7PM EST to be followed by #3 seeded Butler versus #6 seeded Xavier. All games will be aired LIVE on Fox Sports 1.
The Big East as a conference is in great position to get as many as 6 teams in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket when the teams are announced on Sunday, March 15th. Villanova, Georgetown, Butler, Providence and St John’s are all locks to make the field and Xavier should be a lock too. However, just to be safe, Xavier probably will need to win it’s quarterfinal game against Butler just to feel completely at ease on Selection Sunday.
Our expert March Madness handicapping expert Sonny LaFouchi has made his official 2015 Big East Tournament prediction and is picking Villanova to win it’s 2nd Big East Tournament Championship in school history. You can view the complete 2015 Big East Tournament odds and schedule below.
2015 Big East Tournament Prediction: Villanova to win at 2/3 odds at Bovada Sportsbook
2015 Big East Regular Season Standings
1 Villanova 16-2 29-2
2 Georgetown 12–6 20–9
3 Butler 12–6 22–9
4 Providence 11-7 21-10
5 St. John’s 10-8 21-10
6 Xavier† 9-9 19-12
7 DePaul 6-12 12-19
8 Seton Hall 6–12 16–14
9 Marquette 4-14 13-18
10 Creighton 4-14 12-18
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2015 Big East Tournament Schedule
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1 7:00 pm #8 Seton Hall vs. #9 Marquette FS1
2 9:30 pm #7 DePaul vs. #10 Creighton FS1
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 12:00 pm #1 Villanova vs. Winner of Game 1 FS1
4 2:30 pm #4 Providence vs. #5 St. John’s FS1
5 7:00 pm #2 Georgetown vs. Winner of Game 2 FS1
6 9:30 pm #3 Butler vs. #6 Xavier FS1
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
7 7:00 pm Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 FS1
8 9:30 pm Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 FS1
Championship – Saturday, March 14
9 8:30 pm Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 FS1
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Odds to Win the 2015 Big East Conference Tournament
Villanova
2/3
Georgetown
5/1
Butler
11/2
St. John’s
8/1
Providence
9/1
Xavier
9/1
Seton Hall
40/1
Creighton
50/1
Marquette
75/1
DePaul
200/1
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