NCAA Basketball

Butler Bulldogs (14-18)


Sun. 2/19 Wed. 2/22 Tue. 2/28 Sat. 3/4 Wed. 3/8
vs. GTown 
L 62-68
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@ DePaul 
W 59-58
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vs. Marq 
L 56-72
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@ Xavier 
L 66-78
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@ StJn 
L 63-76
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St. John's beats Butler 76-63 in Big East first round

NEW YORK (AP) Joel Soriano scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead St. John's over Butler 76-63 on Wednesday in the first round of the Big East Conference Tournament.

Eight-seeded St. John's takes on top-seeded Marquette in Thursday's quarterfinals.

AJ Storr was 4 of 7 shooting and 6 of 8 from the free throw line to add 15 points for the Red Storm (18-14). Posh Alexander recorded 13 points and was 5-of-10 shooting, 3 for 7 from distance.

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Leaders
Points: J. Taylor12.9
Rebounds: S. Lukosius4.0
Assists: S. Lukosius2.9
FG%: No qualifiers
FT%: J. Taylor77.6%
3P%: S. Lukosius37.8%
Steals: E. Hunter Jr1.4
Blocks: M. Bates1.9
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama31-6
2 Houston33-4
3 Purdue29-6
4 Kansas28-8
5 Texas29-9
6 Marquette29-7
7 UCLA31-6
8 Arizona28-7
9 Gonzaga31-6
10 UConn31-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 UConn31-8
2 San Diego State32-7
3 Miami (FL)29-8
4 Alabama31-6
5 Florida Atlantic35-4
6 Houston33-4
7 Texas29-9
8 UCLA31-6
9 Kansas State26-10
10 Gonzaga31-6
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Big East Standings
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
Marquette 17-3 29-7
Xavier 15-5 27-10
Creighton 14-6 24-13
UConn 13-7 31-8
Providence 13-7 21-12
Seton Hall 10-10 17-16
Villanova 10-10 17-17
St. John's 7-13 18-15
Butler 6-14 14-18
DePaul 3-17 10-23
Georgetown 2-18 7-25
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Offense (Rank)
Points: 65.3 (328)
Rebounds: 6.5 (357)
Assists: 12.6 (213)
FG%: 43.6% (234)
FT%: 74.0% (90)
3P%: 32.7% (261)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 67.9 (113)
Rebounds: 23.5 (278)
Assists: 13.8 (258)
FG%: 44.7% (244)
FT%: 70.4% (115)
3P%: 32.1% (76)
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