At the conclusion of play on Saturday night, which as it happens was after Marquette wrapped up their 66-59 victory over Xavier, the Big East put the official 2021 men’s basketball conference tournament bracket out via Twitter. As I type this on Sunday morning, there is still not an official press release up on BigEast.com, so if I miss something, that’s why.
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We’re here for Marquette reasons, of course, and so we have to point out that the Golden Eagles are seeded ninth out of 11 teams in this year’s event after finish the regular season with an 8-11 record in conference play.