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Pregame Primer: Creighton Opens 2019 Big East Tournament Against Xavier in Battle of League’s Two Hottest Teams

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The 4/5 game in this year’s Big East Tournament features the league’s two hottest teams over the last month — four seed Xavier has won six of their last seven games, and five seed Creighton has won five straight. It’s a cruel twist of fate that these two teams meet in the quarterfinals; one of them will win and move closer to a possible NCAA Tournament berth, and the other will be headed to the NIT.

It’s essentially a toss-up, with KenPom favoring Creighton by three and Vegas favoring the Jays by 2.5, and the rare conference tourney game where the two previous meetings don’t tell us a heckuva lot about the third matchup.