2022 Big East women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2022
Coachcount:20th
Mvpteam:UConn
Mvp:Christyn Williams
Coach:Geno Auriemma
Conference:Big East
Titlecount:20th
Champions:UConn
City:Uncasville, Connecticut
Arena:Mohegan Sun Arena
Teams:11
Gender:Women's
Division:I
Television:FS1, FS2, FloHoops
Attendance:28,094

The 2022 Big East women's basketball tournament is the postseason women’s basketball tournament for the Big East Conference and took place March 4 to 7, 2022, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn won their 20th title, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 11 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordTiebreaker
1UConn16–1
2Villanova15–4
3Creighton15–5
4DePaul14–6
5Marquette13–7
6Seton Hall12–8
7St. John's7–12
8Providence6–14
9Georgetown4–15
10Xavier4–16
11Butler0–18

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Friday, March 4
111:00 amNo. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Georgetown55–68FloHoops4,347
21:30 pmNo. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 Xavier76–69
34:00 pmNo. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Butler58–39
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
412:00 pmNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Georgetown84–38FS16,376
52:30 pmNo. 4 DePaul vs. No. 5 Marquette85–105FS2
67:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's76–524,478
79:30 pmNo. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Seton Hall65–66
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
83:00pmNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Marquette71–51FS16,434
95:30pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Seton Hall64–55
Championship – Monday, March 7
108:00pmNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova70–40FS16,459
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 BIG EAST women's basketball tournament. Bigeast.com. 2022-02-10.