Big Weekend Games in the Big East-Viewer Guide

[MU/Panther]

Friday 12/9:
6:30 - Longwood @ 10 Creighton, FS1 -Vince Welch, Dickey Simpkins
Line: Creighton -35


Saturday 12/10:
10:30AM - DePaul vs. Temple, ESPNU - Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh
HoopHall Miami Invitational
Line: Temple -7

11:00AM - 1 Villanova vs. 23 Notre Dame (Newark, NJ), CBS - Carter Blackburn, Bill Raftery, Jon Rothstein
Line: Villanova -6.5

11:00AM - Massachusetts @ Providence, FS1 --Alex Faust (play by play) & Tarik Turner (analyst)
Line: Providence -8.5

1:00PM - 17 Wisconsin @ Marquette, FS1 - Justin Kutcher, Stephen Bardo
Line: Wisconsin -4

1:00PM - Georgetown vs. La Salle, ESPN2 - Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh
HoopHall Miami Invitational
Line: Georgetown -4

3:30PM - 22 Cincinnati @ 16 Butler, FS1 Tim Brando, Nich Bahe
Line: Butler -3

4:30PM Utah @ 13 Xavier on FOX, Joe Davis, Jim Jackson
Line: Xavier -11.5

Sunday 12/11:
11:00 - Long Island vs. St. John's (Barclays), FS1
ECAC Winter Festival

[Goose85]

Villanova, MU and Butler all taking on ranked non conference foes. A lot of potential to make a statement for the Big East tomorrow.

[MU/Panther]

Point Spreads are up on top post.

Wisconsin open at 2. Now is at 4.

[mufan2003]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18220529/villanova-wildcats-notre-dame-fighting-irish-highlight-big-east-big-weekend

"The Big East has nothing to prove.

Let's start there, because by now, questions about the league's viability -- whether it could survive the great college sports realignment of 2010s as a post-schism, basketball-only affair -- feel pretty silly. Of course it is viable; of course it can survive. If three years of quality basketball and a 50 percent NCAA tournament appearance average didn't seal the deal, Ryan Arcidiacono's dumpoff to a trailing Kris Jenkins signed those terms on the line which is dotted."

[MU/Panther]

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-top-25-schedule-7-storylines-to-watch-this-weekend/

5. Marquette, kind of quietly, has the biggest game of its season


The Golden Eagles haven't played a game of relevance yet this season, but their home tilt against hated in-state rival Wisconsin provides the team its best opportunity for a signature win. If Steve Wojciechowski's team does hold serve on its home floor, MU will have a case to be ranked and will enter the at-large discussion. Pivotal game. Marquette's only other win against a team with a halfway decent chance to be in the Big Dance is Georgia. (2 p.m. ET, Saturday, FS1)

[MU/Panther]

Temple 40 DePaul 23 on ESPNU
Notre Dame 19 Villanova 13 on CBS
Mass 17 Providence 16 on FS1