Benson scores 18 off the bench, DePaul knocks off Georgetown in Big East Tournament
DePaul (14-18) will play No. 2 seed Creighton in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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DePaul (14-18) will play No. 2 seed Creighton in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Georgetown (6-15, 1-9) won its first Big East game since March 13, 2021.
DePaul pulled off the victory after a 10-0 second-half run erased a three-point deficit and gave them the lead at 68-61 with 7:22 left in the half.
This was the first meeting between the schools.
Javon Freeman-Liberty scored 25 points and made a layup and two free throws in the final 59 seconds to lift DePaul to a victory over Georgetown on Thursday night.
David Jones had the first triple-double in program history with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists to lift DePaul to a win over Georgetown on Wednesday night.
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D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 19 points, and Georgetown held off DePaul.
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 25 points to lead Georgetown.
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Sherwood Brown scored 24 points and Bernard Thompson had 23 to lead Florida Gulf Coast to an incredible NCAA tournament debut, a 78-68 win over second-seeded Georgetown on Friday night in the second round of the South Regional.
The death of the Big East as we know it hit home last week as 14 teams arrived at the World's Most Famous Arena (Connecticut was ineligible). Next season, the "Catholic 7" will be reportedly joined by Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in a basketball-only conference that has paid to keep the Big East name.
The Big East tournament will have a touch of a wake to it this week. When games end, there will be plenty of reminiscing about rivalries and talk of what is to come.
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored a career-high 33 points — the most by any Georgetown player this season — and the No. 11 Hoyas moved back into a tie for first place in the Big East with a 90-66 win over DePaul.
Otto Porter scored 19 points to lead Georgetown to a 63-47 victory over No. 24 Notre Dame on Monday night, the Fighting Irish's third loss in four games.
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Playing at home for the last time, Jason Clark and Henry Sims combined for 25 points, 12 rebounds and six assists on "Senior Day," helping No. 11 Georgetown beat No. 20 Notre Dame 59-41 on Monday night in a key game for Big East tournament seeding.
The members of the selection committee are feeling much better about themselves after the first weekend of the tournament.
It's time to put on your dancing shoes, make those last minute tweaks to your bracket and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with corned beef, green beer and what is sure to be a full day of crazy tournament action.
As expected the Big East got 11 teams in the NCAA Tournament. The record-setting number is as much of a product of the toughness of the league, as it is a show of the weakness of the entire field.
It was another court-storming weekend for college basketball. The top ranked team went down for the third week in a row.
