Are Seton Hall and St. John’s headed for a first-round matchup in the Big East Tournament?

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Are Seton Hall and St. John’s headed for a first-round matchup in the Big East Tournament?

If the annual Garden party began today, they would meet up in the quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m. on March 14. The winner would likely get No. 1 seed Marquette in the semifinals on March 15.

.⁦@SetonHallMBB⁩ – ⁦@StJohnsBBall⁩ on Thursday afternoon at the ⁦@BIGEASTMBB⁩ anyone ?

⁦@Joshua_Newman⁩ bring your Black Card buddy. pic.twitter.com/MAExFwlfqr

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 1, 2019

St. John’s could’ve solidified possession of third place in the conference behind Marquette and Villanova with a home win over Xavier on Thursday night. Instead, they let Atlantic City native Naji Marshall go off for a career-high 31 points and Xavier won it’s fifth straight, 84-73. Coach Travis Steele’s club is now the No .3 seed.

St. John’s (20-9, 8-8) closes out the season with two road games — at DePaul on Sunday and at Xavier March 9. Mustapha Heron (tendonitis) is expected back for the DePaul game after sitting out the Xavier game.

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