| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | Big East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Madison Square Garden |
| City: | New York City |
| Champions: | Villanova |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Jay Wright |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Mikal Bridges |
| Mvpteam: | Villanova |
| Attendance: | 93,949 |
| Television: | FS1, FOX |
The 2018 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 7 through March 10, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. No. 2 seed Villanova defeated No. 5 seed Providence in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament.[1] [2] It was Villanova's second straight tournament championship.[3]
Providence participated in three straight overtime games in the tournament, setting a Big East tournament record.[4]
All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records.[5] The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Notably, no Big East team had secured its tournament seed before the final day of the 2017–18 regular season.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xavier | 15–3 | |||
| 2 | Villanova | 14–4 | |||
| 3 | Seton Hall | 10–8 | 3–1 vs. Creighton, Providence | ||
| 4 | Creighton | 10–8 | 2–2 vs. Seton Hall, Providence | ||
| 5 | Providence | 10–8 | 1–3 vs. Seton Hall, Creighton | ||
| 6 | Butler | 9–9 | 2–0 vs. Marquette | ||
| 7 | Marquette | 9–9 | 0–2 vs. Butler | ||
| 8 | Georgetown | 5–13 | |||
| 9 | St. John's | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. DePaul | 0–2 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Villanova | |
| 10 | DePaul | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. St. John's | 0–2 vs. Xavier, 0–2 vs. Villanova |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 St. John's | 77–88 | FS1 | 16,866 | |
| 2 | 9:30 pm | No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 DePaul | 72–69 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 | ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 9 St. John's | 88–60 | FS1 | 17,647 | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Providence | 68–72 OT | |||
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Marquette | 94–70 | 19,812 | ||
| 6 | 9:30 pm | No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Butler | 74–75 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 | ||||||
| 7 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 5 Providence | 72–75 OT | FS1 | 19,812 | |
| 8 | 9:30 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Butler | 87–60 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 10 | ||||||
| 9 | 6:30 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 5 Providence | 76–66 OT | FOX | 19,812 | |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
[7] * denotes overtime period