American college basketball postseason tournament
The 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference , held March 9–12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden in New York City . The winner of the tournament, the Villanova Wildcats , received 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.
Schedule
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1
4:30 pm
No. 8 Xavier vs. No. 9 Butler
82–89OT
FS1
17,163
2
7:00 pm
No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul
92–73
3
10:10 pm
No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Georgetown
57–53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4
12:00 pm
No. 1 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler
65–61
FS1
19,812
5
2:30 pm
No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Marquette
74–63
6
7:00 pm
No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's
66–65
19,812
7
9:30 pm
No. 3 UConn vs. No. 6 Seton Hall
62–52
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8
6:30 pm
No. 1 Providence vs. No. 4 Creighton
58–85
FS1
19,812
9
9:00 pm
No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 UConn
63–60
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10
6:30 pm
No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 Villanova
48–54
FOX
19,812
Game times in Eastern Time . Rankings denote tournament seed. [ 1]
Bracket
First round Wednesday, March 9FS1
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 FS1
Semifinals Friday, March 11 FS1
Championship Saturday, March 12FOX
1
#11 Providence
65
8
Xavier
82
9
Butler
61
9
Butler
89*
1
#11 Providence
58
4
Creighton
85
4
Creighton
74
5
Marquette
63
4
Creighton
48
2
#8 Villanova
54
2
#8 Villanova
66
7
St. John's
92
7
St. John's
65
10
DePaul
73
2
#8 Villanova
63
3
#20 UConn
60
3
#20 UConn
62
6
Seton Hall
57
6
Seton Hall
52
11
Georgetown
53
* denotes overtime period
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