2018 Big East women's basketball tournament explained

The 2018 Big East women's basketball tournament ended the 2017–18 season of Big East Conference women's basketball. The event was held March 3–6, 2018, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.^[1] Big East regular-season co-champion and tournament host DePaul won the tournament and with it the Big East's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2018 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
1	Marquette	15-3	21-8	1-1 vs DePaul, 2-0 vs. Villanova
2	DePaul	15-3	23-7	1-1 vs Marquette, 1-1 vs. Villanova
3	Villanova	12-6	22-7
4	Creighton	11-7	17-11
5	St. John's	9-9	16-13	2-0 vs. Georgetown
6	Georgetown	9-9	14-14	0-2 vs. St. John's
7	Seton Hall	7-11	15-14
8	Butler	6-12	14-16
9	Providence	3-15	10-20	1-1 vs. Xavier, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 2-0 vs. St. John's
10	Xavier	3-15	10-19	1-1 vs. Providence, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 0-2 vs. St. John's
‡ – 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.

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
1	4:00 PM	9 Providence vs. #8 Butler	BEDN	1,950
2	6:30 PM	10 Xavier vs. #7 Seton Hall	BEDN	1,950
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3	12:00 PM	1 Marquette vs. #8 Butler	FS2	1,991
4	2:30 PM	4 Creighton vs. #5 St John's		1,991
5	6:00 PM	2 DePaul vs. #7 Seton Hall		2,147
6	8:30 PM	3 Villanova vs. #6 Georgetown		2,147
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
7	3:00 PM	1 Marquette vs. #4 Creighton	FS1	2,192
8	5:30 PM	2 DePaul vs. #6 Georgetown	FS1	2,192
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
9	6:00 PM	1 Marquette vs. #2 DePaul	FS1	2,264
Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:^[1]

* denotes overtime period

http://www.bigeast.com/tournaments/?id=63 2018 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament