2022 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference, held March 9–12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner of the tournament, the Villanova Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2022 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	11
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Villanova (6th title)
Winning coach	Jay Wright (5th title)
Television	FS1, Fox
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2021–22 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 Providence	14	–	3		.824			27	–	6		.818
No. 6 Villanova †	16	–	4		.800			30	–	8		.789
No. 21 UConn	13	–	6		.684			23	–	10		.697
Creighton	12	–	7		.632			23	–	12		.657
Seton Hall	11	–	8		.579			21	–	11		.656
Marquette	11	–	8		.579			19	–	13		.594
Xavier	8	–	11		.421			23	–	13		.639
St. John's	8	–	11		.421			17	–	15		.531
Butler	6	–	14		.300			14	–	19		.424
DePaul	6	–	14		.300			15	–	16		.484
Georgetown	0	–	19		.000			6	–	25		.194
† 2022 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 11 Big East schools are scheduled to participated in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	Providence	14–3
2	Villanova	16–4
3	UConn	13–6
4	Creighton	12–7
5	Marquette	11–8	2–0 vs Seton Hall
6	Seton Hall	11–8	0–2 vs Marquette
7	St. John's	8–11	2–0 vs Xavier
8	Xavier	8–11	0–2 vs St. John's
9	Butler	6–14	2–0 vs. DePaul
10	DePaul	6–14	0–2 vs. Butler
11	Georgetown	0–19

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	4:30 pm	No. 8 Xavier vs. No. 9 Butler	82–89^OT	FS1	17,163
2	7:00 pm	No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul	92–73
3	10:10 pm	No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Georgetown	57–53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler	65–61	FS1	19,812
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Marquette	74–63
6	7:00 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's	66–65		19,812
7	9:30 pm	No. 3 UConn vs. No. 6 Seton Hall	62–52
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8	6:30 pm	No. 1 Providence vs. No. 4 Creighton	58–85	FS1	19,812
9	9:00 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 UConn	63–60
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10	6:30 pm	No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 Villanova	48–54	FOX	19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.^[1]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 FS1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 FS1					Semifinals Friday, March 11 FS1					Championship Saturday, March 12 FOX
						1	#11 Providence	65
	8	Xavier	82			9	Butler	61
	9	Butler	89*								1	#11 Providence	58
											4	Creighton	85
						4	Creighton	74
						5	Marquette	63
																4	Creighton	48
																2	#8 Villanova	54
						2	#8 Villanova	66
	7	St. John's	92			7	St. John's	65
	10	DePaul	73								2	#8 Villanova	63
											3	#20 UConn	60
						3	#20 UConn	62
	6	Seton Hall	57			6	Seton Hall	52
	11	Georgetown	53

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "Big East Conference". Bigeast.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.