2012 Big East Tournament Bracket Update

2012 Big East Basketball Tournament bracket (as of February 21)

First Round, March 6
#16 DePaul vs. #9 Connecticut, noon, ESPN2
#13 Pittsburgh vs. #12 Rutgers, 2 p.m., ESPN2
#10 Seton Hall vs. #15 Providence, 7 p.m., ESPN U
#11 St. John's vs. #14 Villanova, 9 p.m., ESPNU

Second Round, March 7
#8 West Virginia vs. #16/9 winner, noon, ESPN
#5 South Florida vs. #13/12 winner, 2 p.m., ESPN
#7 Louisville vs. #10/15 winner, 7 p.m., ESPN
#6 Cincinnati vs. #11/14 winner, 9 p.m., ESPN

Quarterfinals, March 8
#1 Syracuse vs. #8/9/16 winner, noon, ESPN
#4 Georgetown vs. #5/12/13 winner, 2 p.m., ESPN
#2 Notre Dame vs. #7/10/15 winner, 7 p.m., ESPN
#3 Marquette vs. #6/11/14 winner, 9 p.m., ESPN

Semifinals, March 9
#1/8/9/16 winner vs. #4/5/12/13 winner, 7 p.m., ESPN
#2/7/10/15 winner vs. #3/6/11/14 winner, 9 p.m., ESPN

Final, March 10
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m., ESPN

NOTES:

--Cincinnati and Louisville will break the tie for the six seed on Thursday, but for now the Bearcats still own the tie-breaker because of their win over Notre Dame.

--Notre Dame earns the two seed over Marquette by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker.

--Georgetown beat South Florida, and thus gets the fourth double-bye.

--West Virginia (7-7) is a half-game ahead of Connecticut and Seton Hall (7-8) for the eight seed. UConn and SHU split their two season meetings, but the Huskies get the nine seed by virtue of their win over Notre Dame.

--Rutgers (4-10) has a half-game lead over Pittsburgh and Villanova (4-11) for the 12 seed. Pitt is the 13 because it owns the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Wildcats.

--DePaul and Providence have matching 2-13 records and will play later this week, but for now the Friars get the 15 seed because of their win over Louisville.