The Igloo

When the season began back in November, we all kind of expected Creighton to be in this year's Big East championship game, right? The same couldn't be said about Georgetown, who was picked to finish dead last in the preseason poll and were the #8 seed in this tournament. Tonight, these two teams will clash for the Big East title. For Creighton, they're gunning for their Big East title in school history after losing the title game in each of their last two appearances. As for Georgetown, they're trying to steal the Big East's automatic bid in the Big Dance and return glory and honor back to Georgetown, which would mean the world to head coach and Georgetown icon Patrick Ewing in the building he says that he owns. I'll preview this title game showdown in depth, provide my analysis on how these teams got here, forecast the All-Big East Tournament team, and try to put into words how much a Big East title this year would mean to both programs.

It was a wild Quarterfinal Thursday at the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden as top-seeded Villanova was upset by Georgetown, Seton Hall squeaked out an overtime win over St. John's, and both Creighton and UConn rolled to blowout wins over Butler and DePaul respectively. I'll have my thoughts on these games, as well as bonus coverage from yesterday's postgame press conferences. I'll also preview tonight's semifinal games and predict who will square off for the Big East championship Saturday night in "The World's Most Famous Arena."

Wednesday's first round was chalked full of upsets as Georgetown, Butler, and DePaul all advanced. I've got my analysis on those games as well as bonus coverage from the postgame press conferences. I'll also get you ready for today's quarterfinals and make my predictions for it too.