2023 Big East men's basketball tournament

2023 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams11
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsMarquette (1st title)
Winning coachShaka Smart (1st title)
MVPTyler Kolek (Marquette)
Attendance99,060
TelevisionFS1, Fox
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2022–23 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Marquette † 17 – 3   .850 29 – 7   .806
No. 13 Xavier 15 – 5   .750 27 – 10   .730
Creighton 14 – 6   .700 24 – 13   .649
No. 10 UConn 13 – 7   .650 31 – 8   .795
Providence 13 – 7   .650 21 – 12   .636
Villanova 10 – 10   .500 17 – 17   .500
Seton Hall 10 – 10   .500 17 – 16   .515
St. John's 7 – 13   .350 18 – 15   .545
Butler 6 – 14   .300 14 – 18   .438
DePaul 3 – 17   .150 10 – 23   .303
Georgetown 2 – 18   .100 7 – 25   .219
† 2023 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Marquette 17–3
2 Xavier 15–5
3 Creighton 14–6
4 UConn 13–7 NET 6
5 Providence 13–7 NET 51
6 Villanova 10–10 2–0 vs. Seton Hall
7 Seton Hall 10–10 0–2 vs. Villanova
8 St. John's 7–13
9 Butler 6–14
10 DePaul 3–17
11 Georgetown 2–18

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 3:00 pm No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 Butler 76–63 FS1 19,812
2 5:30 pm No. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 DePaul 65–66
3 8:15 pm No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown 80–48
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4 12:00 pm No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 8 St. John's 72–70OT FS1 19,812
5 2:30 pm No. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Providence 73–66
6 7:00 pm No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul 89–84 19,812
7 9:30 pm No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Villanova 87–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
8 6:30 pm No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 4 UConn 70–68 FS1 19,812
9 9:00 pm No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 3 Creighton 82–60
Championship – Saturday, March 11
10 6:30 pm No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 2 Xavier 65–51 FOX 19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1]

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 8
FS1 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
FS1 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10
FS1 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
FOX
            
1 Marquette 72*
8 St. John's 70
8 St. John's 76
9 Butler 63
1 Marquette 70
4 UConn 68
4 UConn 73
5 Providence 66
1 Marquette 65
2 Xavier 51
2 Xavier 89
10 DePaul 84
7 Seton Hall 65
10 DePaul 66
2 Xavier 82
3 Creighton 60
3 Creighton 87
6 Villanova 74
6 Villanova 80
11 Georgetown 48

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "2023 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament - Big East Conference". www.bigeast.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.