With two weeks and 18 games remaining in the regular season, the daily gaze at the standings and the BIG EAST Tournament seeding projections become more intense.
In the only league game on Tuesday, Xavier hosts DePaul at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network. The Musketeers (17-10, 6-8 BIG EAST) have won four of their last six contests. Xavier is a half-game behind sixth-place Butler (7-8) and a game ahead of eighth-place Georgetown (5-9). The Musketeers’ Tyrique Jones is on a streak of nine straight games with a double-double and ranks third nationally with a season total of 19.