Seton Hall jumps to their highest ranking of the season, while Butler careens to eighth as the calendar swings to February.
We've reached the halfway point of the conference season and the Big East picture is starting to look clearer.
Villanova and Xavier are the crown jewels of the conference, and Providence, not trailing far behind, have a big chance to sweep the Wildcats this year, cementing their place among the top ten teams in the nation. The Hall avenged a double-digit loss to Creighton earlier in the month with one of their own, Marquette has responded to a three-game losing streak by running off three straight wins, while Georgetown and Butler struggled to pad their NCAA tournament resumes with 1-1 weeks.