Seton Hall Earns Fifth Seed In Big East Championship
3/5/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Seton Hall has earned the fifth seed in the 2000 AT&T BIG EAST Championship and will faced 12th-seeded Providence in the first round on Wednesday, March 8, at 3:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden. The Pirates, 19-8 overall and 10-6 in the league, finished tied for fourth place in the conference with Connecticut but the Huskies earned the fourth seed by sweeping the regular-season series.
Seton Hall's seed is its highest since the Pirates were the top seed in the 1993 BIG EAST Championship, and went on to win the title. The fourth-place finish is also Seton Hall's highest (in a one-division league) since that 1992-93 season, when the Pirates were the regular-season champions.
If Seton Hall wins on Wednesday, it will face the winner of #4 Connecticut-#13 Boston College in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 2 p.m.
The BIG EAST Semifinals are slated for 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday with the championship game on Saturday, March 11 at 8 p.m. All games of the championship will be televised live by either ESPN or ESPN2.
2000 AT&T BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP- Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Wed., March 8 - First Round
#8 West Virginia vs. #9 Georgetown, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
#4 Connecticut vs. #13 Boston College, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
#5 Seton Hall vs. #12 Providence, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
#7 Notre Dame vs. #10 Rutgers, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
#6 Villanova vs. #11 Pittsburgh, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thu., March 9 - Quarterfinals
West Virginia-Georgetown winner vs. #1 Syracuse, Noon (ESPN2)
Connecticut-Boston College winner vs. Seton Hall-Providence winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Notre Dame-Rutgers winner vs. #2 Miami, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Villanova-Pittsburgh winner vs. #3 St. John's, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Fri., March 10 - Semifinals
Afternoon quarterfinal winners, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Evening quarterfinal winners, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, March 11 - Championship, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
