UConn and Syracuse have made magical runs as No. 9 seeds to Big East tournament champs. Will Cinderella's slipper fit Butler, too?

The Big East is back - and it's not just UConn.The top portion of the conference features some of the best teams in the country with St. John's leading the way. The Red Storm have been terrific, earning the No.

The Butler Bulldogs will play in the Big East Tournament opener Wednesday in New York. Here are the schedule, bracket and expert predictions.

St. John’s could easily come away victorious here, but its odds of doing so are a bit short considering a dangerous field that includes a solid Marquette squad, as well as Creighton, Villanova and Dan Hurley’s battle-tested and back-to-back defending national champion UConn team.

The Butler Bulldogs earned the No. 9 seed in the Big East Tournament after dropping its regular season final 87-74 to Creighton on Saturday night. The Bulldogs (13-18, 6-14 Big East) will play No. 8 Providence in the first round of the tournament at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

It has been 39 years since St. John’s was the No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament. It has been a quarter century since the Red Storm reached the title game or won the event.