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The Big East Tournament tipped off Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The NCAA's longest running conference tournament at one location (1983) always brings fans in droves to The Mecca, eager to see high-level basketball in a conference rooted with rich history.

Xavier head coach Sean Miller leads the No. 4 seed Musketeers to Manhattan to face No. 5 Marquette in the quarterfinals Thursday.Where is Xavier in latest bracketology?
Xavier is on the cusp of securing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Xavier is one of the "Last Four In" in latest updates from ESPN's Joe Lunardi, Fox Sports' Mike DeCourcy and CBS Sports' Jerry Palm, along with several other bracketologists.

TeamRankings.com bumped Xavier's NCAA Tournament chances to 80.5% overall and 73.5% to be an at-large. That's the highest Xavier's odds have been to go dancing. TeamRankings also lists Xavier as most likely to get a No. 10 seed (21.8%), meaning the Musketeers avoid the First Four in Dayton.

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