Every season, the Big East Basketball Tournament in Madison Square Garden is one of the hottest tickets of the year. With the expanded Big East adding more nationally prominent teams to the mix, the Madison Square Garden Event has become a ‘must-see’ and ‘be-seen’ event for the who’s who in the Northeast. On Wednesday at high-noon, the 2008 Big East Conference Tournament kicks off and our ‘Hot Ticket’ feature previews the action below.

In an odd development, each game on Wednesday matched us teams that have already met twice previously in the regular season. So, these teams are all pretty familiar with one another and will get after it on Wednesday.

Check below for our 1st Round Previews and a quick glance at potential Quarterfinal match-ups:

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The NBE Blogger was 3-0 in picking games outright last night, but just 1-2 against the posted spreads as only Syracuse’s projected win over Seton Hall found us on the correct side of the posted lines.

Tonight is a double-dip on Thursday night and you can find pre-game story links to the games, as well as our match-up analysis and a prediction from the NBE Blogger by visiting the team sites below:

Connecticut @ Providence

DePaul @ Cincinnati

The NBE Blogger was 1-0 outright and against the spread Monday night as West Virginia cruised past Pittsburgh.  Tonight, three games are on the Big East schedule as the regular season winds down.  For links to all the local media game stories and previews, as well as out match-up analysis and a prediction from the NBE Blogger, view the linked team sites below:

Syracuse @ Seton Hall

South Florida at Villanova

St. John’s @ Notre Dame

The NBE Blogger had a tough day on Saturday, going 2-3 as Seton Hall, Syracuse and Marquette ALL blew large leads with the NBE Blogger on their side.  Agonizing losses for all three teams.

Tonight, the NBE Blogger has a prediction on the Backyard Brawl as Pittsburgh travels to Morgantown to meet Bob Huggins and West Virginia.  To see all the local media links to the game previews and stories, as well as our match-up analysis and the NBE Blogger’s prediction, you can visit either our Pittsburgh Team Page or our West Virginia Team Page.

The NBE Blogger was 1-0 on Thursday picking games outright, but the wacky finish got him against the spread. For the season to day, the NBE Blogger is 76-31 picking winners outright and 56-50-1 against the posted Vegas spread.

Saturday is a busy day in the conference with five Big East contests. In today’s article we take a look at each game and preview the match-up, link a few pregame articles and previews and the NBE Blogger gives his prediction on each outcome.

Enjoy the match-ups…and, welcome to the month of March!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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