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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 3883467, member: 4613"] I was just posting the same thing. Creighton is still the our nemesis. [B]Big East When[/B]: March 10-13 ([URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2021-big-east-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-dates-location-updates-live-stream-for-march-madness/live/']Big East Tournament schedule[/URL]) [B]Where[/B]: New York City [B]Jerry Palm's [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/']Bracketology[/URL][/B]: [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/NOVA/villanova-wildcats/']Villanova[/URL] (3), [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/CREIGH/creighton-bluejays/']Creighton[/URL] (6), UConn (7), [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/XAVIER/xavier-musketeers/']Xavier[/URL] (Last Four In) [B]What to watch[/B]: Oddsmakers would tell you that the Big East Tournament is not wide open and that Villanova and Creighton are deserved favorites, but it just feels wide open because of the way things unfolded for both programs over the past week. Villanova lost [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/2893420/collin-gillespie']Collin Gillespie[/URL] to a season-ending knee injury in a win over Creighton, and then its backcourt took another hit with [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/2268079/justin-moore']Justin Moore[/URL] suffering an ankle injury in a loss to [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/PROV/providence-friars/']Providence[/URL]. Creighton beat [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BUTLER/butler-bulldogs/']Butler[/URL] handily in its regular-season finale over the weekend after losing two straight, but did so with coach Greg McDermott suspended because of racially-insensitive language. The obvious candidate for a third option is a UConn team that has won six of its last seven with the only loss coming by eight at Villanova. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/3142032/james-bouknight']James Bouknight[/URL] has raised the ceiling for Dan Hurley's Huskies, without a doubt, but I wouldn't be surprised if this a year that produces a deep run from [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/SETON/seton-hall-pirates/']Seton Hall[/URL], Providence or another team from the middle of the standings. Like the ACC, the league has pretty well-defined tiers and a decent number of NCAA Tournament teams but no juggernaut that is out ahead of everyone else. [/QUOTE]

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