It’s never easy to play a team three times in a season, especially when the first two games were close, intense games. No. 18 and top overall seed DePaul met 4-seed St. John’s in the second Big East semifinal after beating the Red Storm twice in the regular season by a combined 16 points.
St. John’s got the best of the Blue Demons this time 75-66 to secure a spot in the Big East title game against Creighton. It’ll be the first time since 2006 that a 1-seed isn’t in the Big East title game and only the fifth time ever.