Big East Midwest Division

[TennZip]

35 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Rounding off the results from @TennZip, Seton Hall beat Providence to move to 11 pts.

Current standings are below:

 

Tonight's results from around the conference did not help the Zips' chances of winning the division or making the Big East tournament...In short:

• To win the division, Akron needs to win and have Creighton draw or lose (unless Akron and Creighton both lose, and Xavier wins OR if Akron draws and Creighton losses)
• If Akron wins over Marquette, we're into the Big East tournament.
• We could make it with a draw depending on other results. (there's way too many scenarios to go through)

I also just want to note for the fun of it, Butler can still win the Midwest division, and be the only team from the division to make the Big East tournament, with one specific scenario (Butler win, Xavier/Akron/Creighton losses).

Basically, almost everything is still up in the air. 😅 (Akron is going to the NCAA tournament regardless)

As always, good analysis 

 

here are the maximum point totals for each team that can make big east tournament 

 

I am ignoring Georgetown as they have already reached the tournament 

 

Creighton can reach 15 with a home win over DePaul

 

Akron can reach 15 with a road win at Marquette

 

UConn can reach 15 with a home win over Georgetown 

 

Seton Hall can reach 14 with home win over cellar dweller Villanova

 

Butler only has 2 wins all year

they are 2-8-3 and 2-2-2 in the league 

 

however, they can reach 14 with a road win at Providence on Tuesday and a home win on Friday over Xavier

 

Marquette can reach 12 with a home win over Akron

 

Xavier can reach 12 with a road win at Butler

 

 

[TennZip]

Butler defeated Providence 3-1 on Tuesday November 3.

 

Butler now has 11 points in the league with a record of 3-2-2

 

Butler can reach 14 points if they win Friday night at home against Xavier.

 

Butler full season record is 3 wins, 8 losses and 3 ties

[Zips1991]

Updated Big East seeding going into the last day. Red teams are eliminated from tournament contention. These do not reflect any tiebreakers for current seeds. I just sorted ties however I wanted. 😆 

[MDZip]

With the way the results have fallen, Zips need a win against Marquette. A loss would almost certainly knock the Zips out of the Big East tournament and even a tie would put them on shaky ground. 

 

There are lots of scenarios outlined in the Big East web site, but the Zips make the Big East tourney if they win, but can't get the two seed without a Creighton tie/loss. 

 

https://www.bigeast.com/sports/2026/10/8/MSOC_1008263346.aspx

[UAZipster0305]

1 hour ago, MDZip said:

With the way the results have fallen, Zips need a win against Marquette. A loss would almost certainly knock the Zips out of the Big East tournament and even a tie would put them on shaky ground. 

 

There are lots of scenarios outlined in the Big East web site, but the Zips make the Big East tourney if they win, but can't get the two seed without a Creighton tie/loss. 

 

https://www.bigeast.com/sports/2026/10/8/MSOC_1008263346.aspx

There is really no difference between being the 2 or 3 seed in the conference tournament. It's the same match up, regardless. However, dropping to 4 and having to play Georgetown the first match in their (our, mine and your) back yard is a tough draw.

Edited 5 hours ago by UAZipster0305