The Big East Tournament continues this afternoon at Madison Square Garden with the Marquette Golden Eagles (22-9, 13-7) taking on the Xavier Musketeers (21-10, 13-7). Xavier needs to win in order to cement their case for a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Musketeers have won seven in a row and nine out of ten.

Using balanced scoring and tenacious defense, St. John's rolled into the Big East Tournament semifinals with a 78-57 win over Butler on Thursday.