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Big East Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament: Full Schedule, Bracket and How to Watch
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The Big East tournament tips off on Wednesday with three games to open the first round. All 11 teams in the conference make the tournament field, with the top five teams from the regular season getting a bye to the quarterfinals. From there, it all comes down to who can take over Madison Square Garden.
Below is everything you need to know about the Big East men’s basketball conference tournament.
Big East men’s basketball final regular season standings
Seed | Team (AP rank) | Conference record | Overall record |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | (13) St. John’s | 18–2 | 25–6 |
2. | (6) UConn | 17–3 | 27–4 |
3. | Villanova | 15–5 | 24–7 |
4. | Seton Hall | 10–10 | 20–11 |
5. | Creighton | 9–11 | 15–16 |
6. | DePaul | 8–12 | 16–15 |
7. | Marquette | 7–13 | 12–19 |
8. | Butler | 7–13 | 16–15 |
9. | Providence | 7–13 | 14–17 |
10. | Xavier | 6–14 | 14–17 |
11. | Georgetown | 6–14 | 14–17 |
Big East men’s basketball conference tournament bracket
Big East men’s basketball conference tournament: Full schedule
March 11: First round
Game 1: No. 9 Butler vs. No. 9 Providence, 4 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Game 2: No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 Xavier, 6:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Game 3: No. 6 DePaul vs. No. 11 Georgetown, 9 p.m. ET (Peacock)
March 12: Quarterfinals
Game 4: No. 1 St. John’s vs. Winner Game 1, noon ET (Peacock)
Game 5: No. 4 Seton Hall vs. No. 5 Creighton, 2:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Game 6: No. 2 UConn vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m. ET (FS1)
Game 7: No. 3 Villanova vs. Winner Game 3, 9:30 p.m. ET (FS1)
March 13: Semifinals
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 5:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
Game 9: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 8 p.m. ET (FS1)
March 14: Championship game
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 6:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
Who is favored to win the Big East men’s basketball tournament?
If things go as expected in the Big East, the championship game will come down to a rematch between St. John’s and UConn, which would make for some electric television. The two sides split their season series, with the home team winning each time. It’s impossible to count out Villanova, whose championship pedigree as a program has been proven several times over, but the Wildcats are undeniably a step below the top two contenders in the conference.
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Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.