Big East 3rd-Ranked Conference Beginning Fox Sports 1 Marathon Tuesday

Otto Porter (pictured) is gone to the NBA, and national contenders Louisville and Syracuse have left the conference. However, the Big East has shocked many by ranking as the third best conference in the country overall at www.kenpom.com, making the gamble by Fox Sports 1 look good during Tuesday’s noon to midnight coverage of every team. However, what has been missing is big wins, as the Big East has played many close games among top 50 opponents away from home, but is only 6-19 with only one more such game out of conference.

The following is a complete rundown of Big East games vs. Top 50 teams on www.kenpom.com as well as the Fox Sports 1 TV schedule for Tuesday.

Noon ET – St. John’s at Xavier

2:30 pm – Seton Hall at Providence

5 p.m. – DePaul at Georgetown

7:30 p.m. – #11 Villanova at Butler

10 p.m. – Marquette at Creighton

BE Team	Opp Rnk	Top 50 Opponent	Wins (6)
Creighton	38	Arizona St.	W, 88-60
Gtown	29	VCU	W, 84-80
Nova	6	Kansas	W, 63-59
Nova	13	Iowa	W, 88-83
Xavier	35	Cincinnati	W, 64-47
Xavier	44	Tennessee (H)	W, 67-63
BE Team	Opp Rnk	Top 50 Opponent	Near Miss (11)
Butler	3	Oklahoma St.	L, 69-67
Butler	37	LSU	L, 70-68
Creighton	31	San Diego St.	L, 86-80
Gtown	21	Oregon	L, 82-75
Marquette	7	Wisconsin (A)	L, 70-64
Marquette	31	San Diego St.	L, 67-59
Marquette	38	Arizona St. (A)	L, 79-77
Marquette	46	New Mexico	L, 75-68
Providence	23	Massachusetts (A)	L, 69-67
St. Johns	5	Syracuse (H)	L, 68-63
Xavier	13	Iowa	L, 77-74
BE Team	Opp Rnk	Top 50 Opponent	10+ Loss (8)
DePaul	14	Wichita St.	L, 90-72
DePaul	38	Arizona St. (H)	L, 78-56
Gtown	6	Kansas (A)	L, 86-64
Marquette	2	Ohio St. (H)	L, 52-35
Nova	5	Syracuse (A)	L, 78-62
Providence	9	Kentucky	L, 79-65
St. Johns	7	Wisconsin	L, 86-75
xavier	44	Tennessee	L, 64-49
BE Team	Opp Rnk	Top 50 Opponent	Remaining (1)
Gtown	12	Michigan St.	Sat Feb 1