the regular season comes to a close...seeds 2-6 need to shake out . SHU and WVU contend for the 8 seed ... USF ,UC , WVU, and UConn try to pad their resumes.

Friday
Providence (4-13) @ Notre Dame (12-5)

Saturday
Pittsburgh (5-12) @ UConn (7-10)
West Virginia (8-9) @ USF (12-5)
Cincinnati (11-6) @ Villanova (5-12)
Georgetown (12-5) @ Marquette (13-4)
Louisville (10-7) @ Syracuse (16-1)
Seton Hall (8-9) @ DePaul (2-15)
St Johns (6-11) @ Rutgers (5-12)

All will be set about 10pm Saturday night

The fun at MSG starts Tuesday at noon.

You forget to mention that WVU and UConn are also battling it out for the #10 seed. It all depends on how the games turn out on Saturday...

UConn beats Pitt 70-65.

WVU beats USF 50-44. WVU made free throws and USF looked horrible in the last minute. USF charges while down 3 with 40 seconds left, then they let WVU run the clock down to 13 seconds before they foul (that's on Heath). Then Collins takes a 17 footer when he could have driven to the rim without resistance with 10 seconds left when down 4.

I don't know what the announcers are smoking though, talking about WVU as a lock with the win. Sorry but when you come into the day as a 12 seed, a win over another bubble team is excellent, but doesn't make you a lock.

I tend to agree, CC. A win or 2 in the BET would make me feel much more comfortable...

WV played a good game and had a good gamelan stuff the middle and force USF to shoot threes.

I think the BET just became more important for many teams today. Despite what Lunardi was saying, I thought UConn and WVU were in the worst shape of the bubble teams in the league this morning and they both picked up wins. I'll remove Cincy as a bubble team and say we have 6 locks.

That leaves UConn, USF, WVU, and Seton Hall. This morning this was the ESPN seeding:
Seton Hall- 11
WVU- 12 (5th-7th last team in)
UConn- 12 (5th-7th last team in)
USF- 13 seed (play-in game, 4th to last in)

Some may feel safer than others, but I wouldn't feel comfortable as a fan of any of those teams if they lost their opening game in MSG.

Congrats WV, good game today.

Big game coming up for the Aztecs today. Final conf. game and a victory for the Aztecs gives them a tie for conf. champs and the #1 seed in the MWC tourney.

At TCU at 4pm PST. TCU is playing REAL well and has not lost a conf. game at home this year.

Go Aztecs!!!

Bearcats win @ Nova. If Marquette wins then UC gets a double bye in NYC.

Anybody think Cincinnati is on the bubble? Ha, Bearcats are a no worse than 8 or 9, maybe higher.