2023 BIG EAST Tournament Schedule Release

The Butler men's tennis team will enter the BIG EAST tournament as the No. 4 seed as announced by the conference on Monday. The Bulldogs will match up with fifth-seeded DePaul in the quarterfinals with first serve set for 4:30 p.m. on Friday. 
 
Both BIG EAST men's and women's tennis tournaments will take place in Cayce, S.C. The men's tournament starts on Friday and will conclude on Sunday. Women's play begins Thursday. 
 
Butler enters the tournament having won their last two matchups with dominant 6-1 score lines. They hold a 13-9 overall and are 4-1 in conference play. 
 
The Bulldogs are led in singles play by Thomas Brennan. The senior is 15-5 and has won six consecutive from the top court. Brennan has also set a new program record for most career wins (149). 
 
Brennan has combined with Alvaro Huete Vadillo for the team's top doubles record of 12-6. The duo earned BIG EAST weekly honors four times during the 2023 season. 
 
Scouting DePaul
Earlier in the season, Butler edged out the Blue Demons in a close 4-3 match. The Bulldogs took the doubles point as the No. 2 duo of Borja Miralles and Nicolas Arts as well as No. 3 duo of Patrick Joss and Rahulniket Konakanchi earned 6-2 and 6-1 wins respectively. The two teams split the singles matches as the top three courts went Butler's way and the bottom three went to DePaul. 
 
Leon Huck holds DePaul's top singles record at 13-6 and 7-2 from the No. 1 spot. Huck and Pablo Torres Almeida are the top doubles team for the Blue Demons after going 6-2 overall and 4-2 from the No. 1 in the regular season.  
 
Common Opponents
Notre Dame: Butler, L, 3-4 | DePaul, L, 0-7
Purdue: Butler, L, 3-4 | DePaul, W, 5-2
Cleveland State: Butler, L, 3-4 | DePaul, L, 2-4
Marquette: Butler, W, 6-1 | DePaul, L, 3-4
Xavier: Butler, W, 6-1 | DePaul, W, 5-2
Eastern Kentucky: Butler, W, 6-1 | DePaul, W, 4-2
Illinois State: Butler, W, 4-1 | DePaul, W, 4-3 
Georgetown: Butler, L, 0-7 | DePaul, L, 2-5
UIC: Butler, W, 4-3 | DePaul, W, 4-3 
Villanova: Butler, W, 5-2 | DePaul, W, 6-1
IUPUI: Butler, W, 7-0 | DePaul, W, 6-1 
 
Up Next
The winner of Friday's quarterfinal match will advance to Saturday's semifinal to play the winner of No. 1 seed Creighton and No. 8 seed Villanova. 
 
Men's Seeds
1 – Creighton
2 – St. John's
3 – Georgetown
4 – Butler
5 – DePaul
6 – Xavier
7 – Marquette
8 – Villanova
 
Men's Quarterfinals – Friday at 12:45 p.m.
#1 Creighton vs. #8 Villanova
#2 St. John's vs. #7 Marquette
 
Men's Quarterfinals – Friday at 4:30 p.m.
#3 Georgetown vs. #6 Xavier
#4 Butler vs. #5 DePaul
 
Men's Semifinals – Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
Men's Championship – Sunday at 1 p.m.