2022 Big East men's basketball 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.

2022 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams11
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsVillanova (6th title)
Winning coachJay Wright (5th title)
TelevisionFS1, Fox
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2021–22 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Providence 14 3   .824 27 6   .818
No. 6 Villanova 16 4   .800 30 8   .789
No. 21 UConn 13 6   .684 23 10   .697
Creighton 12 7   .632 23 12   .657
Seton Hall 11 8   .579 21 11   .656
Marquette 11 8   .579 19 13   .594
Xavier 8 11   .421 23 13   .639
St. John's 8 11   .421 17 15   .531
Butler 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
DePaul 6 14   .300 15 16   .484
Georgetown 0 19   .000 6 25   .194
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 Providence 14–3
2 Villanova 16–4
3 UConn 13–6
4 Creighton 12–7
5 Marquette 11–8 2–0 vs Seton Hall
6 Seton Hall 11–8 0–2 vs Marquette
7 St. John's 8–11 2–0 vs Xavier
8 Xavier 8–11 0–2 vs St. John's
9 Butler 6–14 2–0 vs. DePaul
10 DePaul 6–14 0–2 vs. Butler
11 Georgetown 0–19

Schedule edit

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 edit

First round
Wednesday, March 9
FS1
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
FS1
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
FS1
Championship
Saturday, March 12
FOX
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

References edit

  1. ^ "Big East Conference". Bigeast.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.