FULL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BETTING BREAKDOWNS
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The 2021 Big East men’s basketball tournament tips off Wednesday at Madison Square Garden between No. 8 Georgetown and No. 9 Marquette. Villanova, Creighton, UConn, 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 regular-season champion Villanova 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. It remains unclear whether Moore will suit up for the three-time national champions in New York or if he will be held out until the NCAA tournament next week. Either way, the Wildcats—without Gillespie, have now become long shots to earn their fifth Big East tournament title in the last six years.