Conference tournament predictions: Big East

This tournament at Madison Square Garden is perhaps the most famous of them all, probably due to the wall to wall coverage by ESPN. Crazy things usually happen, such as #9 seed Syracuse coming from nowhere to win the tournament two years ago. Given the turbulence of the league this year, with no one team separating themselves as a clear cut #1, until Georgetown beat Louisville last weekend, I'm predicting another unexpected result. Either I will look like a genius by the end, or an idiot.

All tournament games in New York, NY, televised on ESPN

FIRST ROUND:
8 Villanova
9 Syracuse

5 West Virginia
12 Providence

6 Marquette
11 Seton Hall

7 Pittsburgh
10 Cincinnati

QUARTERFINALS:
1 Georgetown
9 Syracuse

4 UConn
5 West Virginia

3 Notre Dame
6 Marquette

2 Louisville
7 Pittsburgh

SEMIFINALS:
1 Georgetown
5 West Virginia

2 Louisville
6 Marquette

CHAMPIONSHIP:
2 Louisville
5 West Virginia