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
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	10
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Villanova Wildcats (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jay Wright (2nd title)
MVP	Josh Hart (Villanova)
Television	FS1, FOX
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2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Villanova †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	4		.889
No. 21 Butler	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Creighton	10	–	8		.556			25	–	10		.714
Seton Hall	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Providence	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Marquette	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
Xavier	9	–	9		.500			24	–	14		.632
Saint John's	7	–	11		.389			14	–	19		.424
Georgetown	5	–	13		.278			14	–	18		.438
DePaul	2	–	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
1	Villanova	15–3
2	Butler	12–6
3	Providence	10–8	4–2 vs Marq/SHU/Creighton
4	Marquette	10–8	3–3 vs. Prov/SHU/Creighton	1–1 vs Villanova
5	Seton Hall	10–8	3–3 vs Prov/Marq/Creighton	0–2 vs Villanova
6	Creighton	10–8	2–4 vs Prov/Marq/SHU
7	Xavier	9–9
8	St. John's	7–11
9	Georgetown	5–13
10	DePaul	2–16

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

• Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
• Jalen Brunson, Villanova
• Ángel Delgado, Seton Hall
• Marcus Foster, Creighton
• Josh Hart, Villanova
• Kris Jenkins, Villanova^[3]

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

• Josh Hart, Villanova^[4]

See also

• 2017 Big East women's basketball tournament

References

1. "'Hart' of a Champion: Villanova Wins Big East Championship". NBC 10 Philadelphia. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
2. (PDF). Big East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
3. "All-Big East Conference tournament". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
4. "Big East Conference tournament MVP Winner". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2022.