2016 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East championship, was a tournament from March 5 to 8 at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Illinois. St. John's won their 4th Big East title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

2016 Big East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams10
SiteMcGrath-Phillips Arena
Chicago, IL
ChampionsSt. John's (4th title)
Winning coachJoe Tartamella (1st title)
MVPAliyyah Handford (St. John's)
Attendance9,610
TelevisionFS1
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2015–16 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 DePaul* 16 2   .889 27 9   .750
Seton Hall 12 6   .667 23 9   .719
Villanova 12 6   .667 20 12   .625
St. John's 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Georgetown 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
Marquette 9 9   .500 14 16   .467
Xavier 8 10   .444 17 13   .567
Creighton 8 10   .444 17 18   .486
Butler 4 14   .222 10 21   .323
Providence 1 17   .056 5 24   .172
2016 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of March 26, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds edit

2016 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 DePaul 16–2 24–7
2 Villanova 12–6 19–10 1–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 2–0 vs ST. JOHN'S
3 Seton Hall 12–6 22–7 1–1 vs. VILLANOVA, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 0–2 vs. ST. JOHN'S
4 St. John's 11–7 20–9
5 Georgetown 9–9 16–12 1–1 vs. MARQUETTE
6 Marquette 9–9 14–15 1–1 vs. GTOWN
7 Creighton 8–8 14–16 1–1 vs. XAVIER
8 Xavier 8–8 17–12 1–1 vs. CREIGHTON
9 Butler 4–14 9–20
10 Providence 1–17 5–23
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Schedule edit

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 5
1 2:00 PM #7 Creighton vs #10 Providence BEDN 1,741
2 4:30 PM #8 Xavier vs #9 Butler
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
3 Noon #2 Villanova vs #7 Creighton FS2 1,884
4 2:30 PM #3 Seton Hall vs #6 Marquette
5 6:00 PM #1 DePaul vs #9 Butler 2,234
6 8:30 PM #4 St. John's vs #5 Georgetown
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
7 3:00 PM #3 Seton Hall vs. #7 Creighton FS1 2,131
8 5:30 PM #1 DePaul vs #4 St. John's
Championship – Tuesday, March 8
9 7:00 PM #7 Creighton vs. #4 St. John's FS1 1,620
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:[1]

Bracket edit

Opening Round
March 5, 2016
Quarterfinals
March 6, 2016
Semifinals
March 7, 2016
Championship
March 8, 2016
            
1 DePaul 76
9 Butler 49
8 Xavier 47
9 Butler 48
1 DePaul 66
4 St. John's 75
4 St. John's 65
5 Georgetown 52
4 St. John's 50
7 Creighton 37
2 Villanova 48
7 Creighton 57
7 Creighton 70
10 Providence 53
7 Creighton 77
3 Seton Hall 56
3 Seton Hall 93
6 Marquette 86

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

External links edit