Big East Wednesday

The matchup up between Villanova and Xavier today is the highest matchup of two ranked teams in the new Big East. Xavier is looking for revenge for their Big East opening loss at the Pavilion, where they lost by 31 after watching their starting PG Edmond Sumner get taken off the court on a stretcher roughly 2 mins into the game. Ever since their loss to Creighton Xavier has been playing some great basketball winning their last 3 by an average of 15 points. 

Chris Mack will have his team prepared to play this game and they also get to play home, but how will they respond to the hype surrounding the Top 5 matchup up? Nova has proven they can play big games as they have been ranked number 1 for te past 3 weeks and haven't seemed to feel the pressure of being th top ranked team in the country, and that's a credit to the leadership of Arcidiacono, Ochefu, and Hart. 

The Cintas center will be live tonight and expect the X-Men to come ready to play especially Sumner, but in the end I think the Cats will prove just too much to hadle and win a close close game and loc up the Bug East regular season title by doing so. 

The other game tonight is an extremely important game for at least one team involved. Creighton is looking to sneak in the tournament. Currently sitting at 17-10 and 8-6 in the Big East, ahead of two tournament teams Providence, and Butler.  With a current RPI of 83 they will have chances to improve that with games left against Providence and Xavier. Getting in may require them going 3-1 down the stretch and winning at least a game or 2 in the Conference tourney if not winning out. But if they are able to beat Providence and say Butler in a 4/5 Big East Tourney matchup? It certainly makes for an interesting discussion. As for tonight they keep the conversation alive with a win over Marquette. 

Come back tomorrow for some more Big games in the Big East that could decide who's still playing in 3 weeks.