2017 Big East men's basketball tournament

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2017 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams10
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
←  2016
2018  →
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Villanova †15–3 .83332–4  .889
No. 21 Butler 12–6 .66725–9  .735
Creighton 10–8 .55625–10  .714
Seton Hall 10–8 .55621–12  .636
Providence 10–8 .55620–13  .606
Marquette 10–8 .55619–13  .594
Xavier 9–9 .50024–14  .632
Saint John's 7–11 .38914–19  .424
Georgetown 5–13 .27814–18  .438
DePaul 2–16 .1119–23  .281
† 2017 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1 Villanova 15–3
2 Butler 12–6
3 Providence 10–84–2 vs Marq/SHU/Creighton
4 Marquette 10–83–3 vs. Prov/SHU/Creighton1–1 vs Villanova
5 Seton Hall 10–83–3 vs Prov/Marq/Creighton0–2 vs Villanova
6 Creighton 10–82–4 vs Prov/Marq/SHU
7 Xavier 9–9
8 St. John's 7–11
9 Georgetown 5–13
10 DePaul 2–16

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
17:00 pmNo. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 8 St. John's73–74FS114,830
29:30 pmNo. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Xavier64–75
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
312:00 pmNo. 8 St. John's vs. No. 1 Villanova67–108FS117,324
42:30 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 4 Marquette82–76
57:00 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 2 Butler62–5716,003
69:30 pmNo. 6 Creighton vs. No. 3 Providence70–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
76:30 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 1 Villanova53–55FS119,812
89:30 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 6 Creighton75–72
Championship – Saturday, March 11
95:30 pmNo. 6 Creighton vs. No. 1 Villanova60–74FOX19,812
*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 #2 Villanova108
8 St. John's 67
8 St. John's74
9 Georgetown 73
1 #2 Villanova55
5 Seton Hall 53
4 Marquette 76
5 Seton Hall82
1 #2 Villanova74
6 Creighton 60
2 #18 Butler 57
7 Xavier62
7 Xavier75
10 DePaul 64
7 Xavier 72
6 Creighton75
3 Providence 58
6 Creighton70

All-Tournament team

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Hart' of a Champion: Villanova Wins Big East Championship". NBC 10 Philadelphia. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Big East Conference Men's Basketball Championship Tie-Breaker Procedures 2014-15" (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.
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