Big East Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament: Full Results, Bracket and Champion

The top-seeded St. John’s Red Storm routed UConn to win the Big East tournament title.

St. John’s players celebrate after winning the men’s Big East tournament championship game over UConn. | Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images

After a hard-fought regular season and conference tournament, the Big East came down to the battle we all expected: UConn vs. St. John’s. The two programs faced off in a rubber match at Madison Square Garden on Saturday in the championship game of the Big East tournament with the Red Storm winning, 72–52. The two teams split their regular-season games, with the home team winning on each occasion.

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

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Big East men’s basketball conference tournament bracket

The men’s basketball Big East conference tournament bracket. | @BIGEASTMBB / X

Big East men’s basketball conference tournament: Full schedule

March 11: First round

Game 1: No. 9 Providence 91, No. 8 Butler 81
Game 2: No. 10 Xavier 89, No. 7 Marquette 87
Game 3: No. 11 Georgetown 63, No. 6 DePaul 56

March 12: Quarterfinals

Game 4: No. 1 St. John’s 85, No. 9 Providence 72
Game 5: No. 4 Seton Hall 72, No. 5 Creighton 61
Game 6: No. 2 UConn 93, No. 10 Xavier 68
Game 7: No. 11 Georgetown 78, No. 3 Villanova 64

March 13: Semifinals

Game 8: No. 1 St. John’s 78, No. 4 Seton Hall 68
Game 9: No. 2 UConn 67, No. 11 Georgetown 51

March 14: Championship game

Game 10: No. 1 St. John’s 72, No. 2 UConn 52

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