2016 Big East women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2016
Conference:	Big East
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	10
Arena:	McGrath-Phillips Arena
City:	Chicago, IL
Champions:	St. John's
Titlecount:	4th
Coach:	Joe Tartamella
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Aliyyah Handford
Mvpteam:	St. John's
Attendance:	9,610
Television:	FS1

The 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East championship, was a tournament from March 5 to 8 at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Illinois. St. John's won their 4th Big East title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

2016 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	DePaul	16–2	24–7
2	Villanova	12–6	19–10	1–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 2–0 vs ST. JOHN'S
3	Seton Hall	12–6	22–7	1–1 vs. VILLANOVA, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 0–2 vs. ST. JOHN'S
4	St. John's	11–7	20–9
5	Georgetown	9–9	16–12	1–1 vs. MARQUETTE
6	Marquette	9–9	14–15	1–1 vs. GTOWN
7	Creighton	8–8	14–16	1–1 vs. XAVIER
8	Xavier	8–8	17–12	1–1 vs. CREIGHTON
9	Butler	4–14	9–20
10	Providence	1–17	5–23
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 5
1	2:00 PM	7 Creighton vs #10 Providence	BEDN	1,741
2	4:30 PM	8 Xavier vs #9 Butler
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
3	Noon	2 Villanova vs #7 Creighton	FS2	1,884
4	2:30 PM	3 Seton Hall vs #6 Marquette
5	6:00 PM	1 DePaul vs #9 Butler	2,234
6	8:30 PM	4 St. John's vs #5 Georgetown
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
7	3:00 PM	3 Seton Hall vs. #7 Creighton	FS1	2,131
8	5:30 PM	1 DePaul vs #4 St. John's
Championship – Tuesday, March 8
9	7:00 PM	7 Creighton vs. #4 St. John's	FS1	1,620
Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:^[1]

See also

• 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament

External links

• Big East website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament . 2015-11-13 . 2015-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025112/http://www.bigeast.com/championships/bige-16-w-baskbl-tournament.html . dead .