The BIG EAST Conference is on the verge of setting up a competitive final day at the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge, as South Florida is battng in the bottom of the 8th with a 6-4 lead on Purdue while Notre Dame exploded for eight 7th-inning runs and also now bats in the 8th with a lead (13-7).
If those scores hold up, the tournament will head into Sunday with the Big Ten holding a 9-7 advantage in games won. The BIG EAST would need to win six of the eight games on Sunday to claim the symbolic "win" in this eight-team event. The conference battle likely would be tighter, if nationally-ranked and BIG EAST favorite Louisville were participating in this event (the Cardinals already were committed to a series at Florida).
Assuming that USF and ND win tonight, CollegeBaseball360 projects that the BIG EAST likely would be favored in at least three of the Sunday games (UConn vs. Northwestern, West Virginia vs. Illinois, and USF vs. Indiana). It's also coneivable that Seton Hall can keep rolling in its game with Penn State.
Should the above games fall the BIG EAST's way, that would leave the following four games to decide the winning conference (in this scenario, a split of these games would leave each conference with 12 wins; if a conference wins three of the four, they win the tournament): Michigan vs. St. John's, Ohio State vs. Cincinnati, Iowa vs. Georgetown, and Notre Dame vs. Purdue.
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