2018 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 7 through March 10, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. No. 2 seed Villanova defeated No. 5 seed Providence in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament.[1][2] It was Villanova's second straight tournament championship.[3]

2018 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsVillanova (4th title)
Winning coachJay Wright (3rd title)
MVPMikal Bridges (Villanova)
Attendance93,949
TelevisionFS1, FOX
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2017–18 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Xavier153 .833296 .829
No. 2 Villanova144 .778364 .900
Seton Hall108 .5562212 .647
Creighton108 .5562112 .636
Providence108 .5562114 .600
Butler99 .5002114 .600
Marquette99 .5002114 .600
Georgetown513 .2781515 .500
St. John's414 .2221617 .485
DePaul414 .2221120 .355
2018 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Providence participated in three straight overtime games in the tournament, setting a Big East tournament record.[4]

Seeds

All 10 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.[5] The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Notably, no Big East team had secured its tournament seed before the final day of the 2017–18 regular season.[6]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1Xavier15–3
2Villanova14–4
3Seton Hall10–83–1 vs. Creighton, Providence
4Creighton10–82–2 vs. Seton Hall, Providence
5Providence10–81–3 vs. Seton Hall, Creighton
6Butler9–92–0 vs. Marquette
7Marquette9–90–2 vs. Butler
8Georgetown5–13
9St. John's4–141–1 vs. DePaul0–2 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Villanova
10DePaul4–141–1 vs. St. John's0–2 vs. Xavier, 0–2 vs. Villanova

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 7
17:00 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 St. John's77–88FS116,866
29:30 pmNo. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 DePaul72–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
312:00 pmNo. 1 Xavier vs. No. 9 St. John's88–60FS117,647
42:30 pmNo. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Providence68–72 OT
57:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Marquette94–7019,812
69:30 pmNo. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Butler74–75
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
76:30 pmNo. 1 Xavier vs. No. 5 Providence72–75 OTFS119,812
89:30 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Butler87–60
Championship – Saturday, March 10
96:30 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 5 Providence76–66 OTFOX19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

[7]

First round
Wednesday, March 7
FS1
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
FS1
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
FS1
Championship
Saturday, March 10
FOX
            
1Xavier88
9St. John's60
8Georgetown77
9St. John's88
1Xavier72
5Providence75*
4Creighton68
5Providence72*
5Providence66
2Villanova76*
2Villanova94
7Marquette70
7Marquette72
10DePaul69
2Villanova87
6Butler68
3Seton Hall74
6Butler75

* denotes overtime period

See also

References