2022 Big East women's basketball tournament

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.

2022 Big East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams11
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
ChampionsUConn (20th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (20th title)
MVPChristyn Williams (UConn)
Attendance28,094
TelevisionFS1, FS2, FloHoops
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2023 →
2021–22 Big East women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 UConn 16 1   .941 30 6   .833
Villanova 15 4   .789 24 9   .727
Creighton 15 5   .750 23 10   .697
DePaul 14 6   .700 22 11   .667
Marquette 13 7   .650 23 11   .676
Seton Hall 12 8   .600 24 13   .649
St. John's 7 12   .368 12 19   .387
Providence 6 14   .300 11 19   .367
Georgetown 4 15   .211 10 19   .345
Xavier 4 16   .200 9 21   .300
Butler 0 18   .000 1 27   .036
2022 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


Seeds edit

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.

Seed School Conference

Record

Tiebreaker
1 UConn 16–1
2 Villanova 15–4
3 Creighton 15–5
4 DePaul 14–6
5 Marquette 13–7
6 Seton Hall 12–8
7 St. John's 7–12
8 Providence 6–14
9 Georgetown 4–15
10 Xavier 4–16
11 Butler 0–18

Schedule edit

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Friday, March 4
1 11:00 am No. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Georgetown 55–68 FloHoops 4,347
2 1:30 pm No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 Xavier 76–69
3 4:00 pm No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Butler 58–39
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
4 12:00 pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Georgetown 84–38 FS1 6,376
5 2:30 pm No. 4 DePaul vs. No. 5 Marquette 85–105 FS2
6 7:00 pm No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's 76–52 4,478
7 9:30 pm No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Seton Hall 65–66
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
8 3:00pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Marquette 71–51 FS1 6,434
9 5:30pm No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Seton Hall 64–55
Championship – Monday, March 7
10 8:00pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova 70–40 FS1 6,459
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1]

Bracket edit

First round
Friday, March 4
FloHoops
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
FS2, FS1
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
FS1
Championship
Monday, March 7
FS1
            
1 UConn 84
9 Georgetown 38
8 Providence 55
9 Georgetown 68
1 UConn 71
5 Marquette 51
4 DePaul 85
5 Marquette 105
1 UConn 70
2 Villanova 40
2 Villanova 76
7 St. John's 52
7 St. John's 76
10 Xavier 69
2 Villanova 64
6 Seton Hall 55
3 Creighton 65
6 Seton Hall 66
6 Seton Hall 58
11 Butler 39

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 BIG EAST women's basketball tournament". Bigeast.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.