The 2021 Big East Men’s Basketball tournament tips off on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden between No. 8 Georgetown and No. 9 Marquette. Villanova, Creighton, Connecticut, St. John’s, and Seton Hall all earned a first-round bye and will not play until Thursday in the quarterfinals.
This year’s Big East tournament is now absolutely wide open after the regular season champion Villanova Wildcats lost star point guard Colin Gillespie (MCL) for the season last week. In addition, the Wildcats were dealt another blow on Saturday when they lost their second-leading scorer Justin Moore with an ankle injury in a loss at Providence.