2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years.[1] As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsVillanova Wildcats (3rd title)
Winning coachJay Wright (2nd title)
MVPJosh Hart (Villanova)
TelevisionFS1, FOX
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Villanova †15–3 .833  32–4  .889
No. 21 Butler12–6 .667  25–9  .735
Creighton10–8 .556  25–10  .714
Seton Hall10–8 .556  21–12  .636
Providence10–8 .556  20–13  .606
Marquette10–8 .556  19–13  .594
Xavier9–9 .500  24–14  .632
Saint John's7–11 .389  14–19  .424
Georgetown5–13 .278  14–18  .438
DePaul2–16 .111  9–23  .281
† 2017 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records.[2] The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1Villanova15–3
2Butler12–6
3Providence10–84–2 vs Marq/SHU/Creighton
4Marquette10–83–3 vs. Prov/SHU/Creighton1–1 vs Villanova
5Seton Hall10–83–3 vs Prov/Marq/Creighton0–2 vs Villanova
6Creighton10–82–4 vs Prov/Marq/SHU
7Xavier9–9
8St. John's7–11
9Georgetown5–13
10DePaul2–16

Schedule
Game Time* Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 8 St. John's 73–74 FS1 14,830
2 9:30 pm No. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Xavier 64–75
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3 12:00 pm No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 1 Villanova 67–108 FS1 17,324
4 2:30 pm No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 4 Marquette 82–76
5 7:00 pm No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 2 Butler 62–57 16,003
6 9:30 pm No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 3 Providence 70–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 6:30 pm No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 1 Villanova 53–55 FS1 19,812
8 9:30 pm No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 6 Creighton 75–72
Championship – Saturday, March 11
9 5:30 pm No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 1 Villanova 60–74 FOX 19,812
*Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.

Bracket
  First round
March 8		 Quarterfinals
March 9		 Semifinals
March 10		 Championship
March 11
                                     
       
  1 Villanova 108  
    8 St. John's 67  
8 St. John's 74
9 Georgetown 73  
  1 Villanova 55  
  5 Seton Hall 53  
       
       
  4 Marquette 76
    5 Seton Hall 82  
     
       
  1 Villanova 74
  6 Creighton 60
       
       
  2 Butler 57
    7 Xavier 62  
7 Xavier 75
10 DePaul 64  
  7 Xavier 72
  6 Creighton 75  
       
       
  3 Providence 58
    6 Creighton 70  
     

All-Tournament team

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "'Hart' of a Champion: Villanova Wins Big East Championship". NBC 10 Philadelphia. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
    2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bige/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/MBB_Tiebreakers.pdf
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