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The Big East tournament returns to Madison Square Garden with a number of teams looking to cement their case for the NCAA tournament committee.
Villanova is the defending national champion and the cream of the crop in this conference, but as many as seven teams are fighting for both a trip to March Madness and a high seed once they are in the bracket. While the first day of action features the bottom portion of the conference, these teams are also capable of going dancing if they can just win four games in a row.