The Big East says The Show Must Go On at all cost...

Five players should be suspended for incidents during a completely out of control Big East semifinal tilt between Marquette and Seton Hall.

In a game which featured nearly sixty fouls, the highlight was a scrum melee with about 12 minutes to go in the game.

The clip is on ESPN's page on the game, but #13 of Seton Hall is pushed to the ground by #4 of Marquette, he doesn't like it and squares up.  The two #2s square up with each other, and #23 of Seton Hall gets a cheap shot in.

I'm not even sure all five players got ejected -- at least three did.

The officials, who had no control of the game whatsoever because the game required the officials to start threatening termination (to complete the game that The Show Must Go On required 88 free throws - the D1 record is 108, no word on the regulation record)...

But the referees did not, on the floor, rule that entire melee a fight.

Really?

Or is that going to damage the NCAA tournament branding of the Big East as at least two players (and possibly the head coach) would have to sit the first round, and three Seton Hall players would have to sit the conference final against Villanova.