2023 Big East men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2023
Attendance:99,060
Conference:Big East
Titlecount:1st
Champions:Marquette
Coach:Shaka Smart
Coachcount:1st
Mvpteam:Marquette
Mvp:Tyler Kolek
City:New York City
Arena:Madison Square Garden
Teams:11
Gender:Men's
Division:I
Television:FS1, Fox

The 2023 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason collegiate men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference that took place from March 8 through March 11, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 11 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. The top five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Marquette17–3
2Xavier15–5
3Creighton14–6
4UConn13–7NET 6
5Providence13–7NET 51
6Villanova10–102–0 vs. Seton Hall
7Seton Hall10–100–2 vs. Villanova
8St. John's7–13
9Butler6–14
10DePaul3–17
11Georgetown2–18

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
13:00 pmNo. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 Butler76–63FS119,812
25:30 pmNo. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 DePaul65–66
38:15 pmNo. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown80–48
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
412:00 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 8 St. John's72–70OTFS119,812
52:30 pmNo. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Providence73–66
67:00 pmNo. 2 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul89–8419,812
79:30 pmNo. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Villanova87–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
86:30 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 4 UConn70–68FS119,812
99:00 pmNo. 2 Xavier vs. No. 3 Creighton82–60
Championship – Saturday, March 11
106:30 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 2 Xavier65–51FOX19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1]

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament - Big East Conference . 2023-01-29 . www.bigeast.com . en.