Free Money: Georgetown Opens As Three Point Underdog At You Con

we’d essentially have a 2 game lead over everyone vying for the bye

The sixteen members of the Big East are seeded in the tournament based on their conference records. Non-conference games are ignored. Ties are broken using an elaborate set of tiebreaker rules, with the first two tiebreakers being head-to-head record and common record against the next best conference team

The source that the article linked to no longer exists, so this info is basically unverified.

Two-Way Tie:
(1) First tie breaker is head-to-head record
(2) Second tie breaker is record against top team in conference. If this is the same, it goes to the next best team, and so on. The trick is that if the teams have played an unequal amount of games against that top team, then you have to assume a “what-if” best/worst case scenario. For example, Georgetown is 0-1 vs. ND and SJU is 1-1. This is a tie because if Georgetown had the opportunity to play ND again, they could match SJU’s record. Keep moving down the standings until one team games an advantage (GU gets the advantage on SJU because they are 1-0 vs Louisville, whereas SJU is 0-1)
(3) If the teams have the same record against the other 14 teams, then you repeat step number 2, but use winning percentage (take away the what-if scenarios).

Three or More Team Tie:
(1) A mini-conference is created between the tied teams and best team is determined by winning percentage, even if there are unequal games. If there is a two-way tie for the top spot, then you go to the above set of rules. If there is a three or more team tie, then you create a new mini conference with those teams. The remaining teams are seeded by record in the original mini conference.