2023 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason collegiate men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference that took place from March 8 through March 11, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2023 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	11
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Marquette (1st title)
Winning coach	Shaka Smart (1st title)
Television	FS1, Fox
Big East men's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Marquette †	17	–	3		.850			29	–	7		.806
No. 13 Xavier	15	–	5		.750			27	–	10		.730
Creighton	14	–	6		.700			24	–	13		.649
No. 10 UConn	13	–	7		.650			31	–	8		.795
Providence	13	–	7		.650			21	–	12		.636
Villanova	10	–	10		.500			17	–	17		.500
Seton Hall	10	–	10		.500			17	–	16		.515
St. John's	7	–	13		.350			18	–	15		.545
Butler	6	–	14		.300			14	–	18		.438
DePaul	3	–	17		.150			10	–	23		.303
Georgetown	2	–	18		.100			7	–	25		.219
† 2023 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 11 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. The top five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Marquette	17–3
2	Xavier	15–5
3	Creighton	14–6
4	UConn	13–7	NET 6
5	Providence	13–7	NET 51
6	Villanova	10–10	2–0 vs. Seton Hall
7	Seton Hall	10–10	0–2 vs. Villanova
8	St. John's	7–13
9	Butler	6–14
10	DePaul	3–17
11	Georgetown	2–18

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1	3:00 pm	No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 Butler	76–63	FS1	19,812
2	5:30 pm	No. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 DePaul	65–66
3	8:15 pm	No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown	80–48
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 8 St. John's	72–70^OT	FS1	19,812
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Providence	73–66
6	7:00 pm	No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul	89–84		19,812
7	9:30 pm	No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Villanova	87–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
8	6:30 pm	No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 4 UConn	70–68	FS1	19,812
9	9:00 pm	No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 3 Creighton	82–60
Championship – Saturday, March 11
10	6:30 pm	No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 2 Xavier	65–51	FOX	19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.^[1]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 8 FS1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 FS1					Semifinals Friday, March 10 FS1					Championship Saturday, March 11 FOX
						1	Marquette	72*
						8	St. John's	70
	8	St. John's	76
	9	Butler	63
											1	Marquette	70
											4	UConn	68
						4	UConn	73
						5	Providence	66
																1	Marquette	65
																2	Xavier	51
						2	Xavier	89
						10	DePaul	84
	7	Seton Hall	65
	10	DePaul	66
											2	Xavier	82
											3	Creighton	60
						3	Creighton	87
						6	Villanova	74
	6	Villanova	80
	11	Georgetown	48

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "2023 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament - Big East Conference". www.bigeast.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.