2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the men's basketball postseason tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 13 through March 16, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Villanova defeated Seton Hall 74–72 to win the tournament, and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. With the win, Villanova became the first team to win the Big East Tournament three consecutive times.[1]

2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsVillanova (5th title)
Winning coachJay Wright (4th title)
MVPPhil Booth (Villanova)
TelevisionFS1, FOX
2018–19 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 23 Villanova †13–5 .722  26–10  .722
Marquette12–6 .667  24–10  .706
Seton Hall9–9 .500  20–14  .588
Xavier9–9 .500  19–16  .543
Creighton9–9 .500  20–15  .571
Georgetown9–9 .500  19–14  .576
St. John's8–10 .444  21–13  .618
Providence7–11 .389  18–16  .529
Butler7–11 .389  16–17  .485
DePaul7–11 .389  19–17  .528
† 2019 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. 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 Tiebreaker 3
1 Villanova 13–5
2 Marquette 12–6
3 Seton Hall 9–9 4–2 vs. Xavier/Creighton/Georgetown
4 Xavier 9–9 3–3 vs. Seton Hall/Creighton/Georgetown 1–1 vs. Creighton 1–1 vs. Villanova
5 Creighton 9–9 3–3 vs. Xavier/Seton Hall/Georgetown 1–1 vs. Xavier 0–2 vs. Villanova
6 Georgetown 9–9 2–4 vs. Seton Hall/Xavier/Creighton
7 St. John's 8–10
8 Providence 7–11 3–1 vs. DePaul/Butler
9 Butler 7–11 2–2 vs. Providence/DePaul
10 DePaul 7–11 1–3 vs. Butler/Providence

Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1 7:00 pm No. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler 80–57 FS1 19,812
2 9:30 pm No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul 82–74
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3 12:00 pm No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Providence 73–62 FS1 19,534
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Xavier vs. No. 5 Creighton 63–61
5 7:00 pm No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 7 St. John's 86–54 19,812
6 9:40 pm No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Georgetown 73–57
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
7 6:30 pm No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 4 Xavier 71–67 (OT) FS1 19,812
8 9:00 pm No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 3 Seton Hall 79–81
Championship – Saturday, March 16
9 6:30 pm No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 3 Seton Hall 74–72 Fox 19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[2]

Bracket
  First round
Wednesday, March 13
FS1		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
FS1		 Semifinals
Friday, March 15
FS1		 Championship
Saturday, March 16
FOX
                                     
       
  1 Villanova 73  
    8 Providence 62  
8 Providence 80
9 Butler 57  
  1 Villanova 71*  
  4 Xavier 67  
       
       
  4 Xavier 63
    5 Creighton 61  
     
       
  1 Villanova 74
  3 Seton Hall 72
       
       
  2 Marquette 86
    7 St. John's 54  
7 St. John's 82
10 DePaul 74  
  2 Marquette 79
  3 Seton Hall 81  
       
       
  3 Seton Hall 73
    6 Georgetown 57  
     

*Indicates number of overtime periods.
Source[3]

See also

References
  1. "Villanova beats Seton Hall to become first team to win three consecutive Big East Tournament titles". www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. https://www.bigeast.com/documents/2019/1/4/2019_BIG_EAST_Men_s_Basketball_Tournament_Bracket.pdf
  3. "Big East Conference". www.bigeast.com.
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