2017 Big East women's basketball tournament

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2017 Big East women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams10
Site Al McGuire Center
Milwaukee, WI
Champions Marquette (1st title)
Winning coach Carolyn Kieger (1st title)
MVP Amani Wilborn (Marquette)
Attendance12,546
Television FS1
  2016
2018  
2016–17 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 DePaul*162 .889278  .771
Creighton 162 .889248  .750
Marquette135 .722258  .758
St. John's 117 .6112212  .647
Villanova 117 .6112014  .588
Georgetown 99 .5001713  .567
Providence 414 .2221218  .400
Xavier 414 .2221218  .400
Seton Hall 414 .2221219  .387
Butler 216 .111625  .194
2017 Big East tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of March 29, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Big East women's basketball tournament, also known as the 2017 Big East championship, was a tournament held from March 4 to 7, 2017, at Al McGuire Center on the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The host Marquette Golden Eagles won the tournament and with it an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

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Seeds

2017 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1DePaul†‡16–224–62–0 vs. Creighton
2Creighton†16–222–60–2 vs. DePaul
3Marquette13–522–7
4Villanova11–716-132–0 vs. St. John's
5St. John's11–719-100–2 vs. Villanova
6Georgetown9–917–11
7Xavier4–1412-172–0 vs. Providence, 1–1 vs. Seton Hall
8Seton Hall4–1411–181–1 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Providence
9Providence4–1412–170–2 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Seton Hall
10Butler2–165–24
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Saturday, March 4
14:00 PM#7 Xavier vs #10 ButlerBEDN2,132
26:30 PM#8 Seton Hall vs #9 Providence
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5
312:00 PM#2 Creighton vs #10 ButlerFS22,815
42:30 PM#3 Marquette vs #6 Georgetown
56:00 PM#1 DePaul vs #8 Seton Hall1,922
68:30 PM#4 Villanova vs #5 St. John's
Semifinals – Monday, March 6
73:00 PM#2 Creighton vs. #3 MarquetteFS12,511
85:30 PM#1 DePaul vs #5 St John's
Championship – Tuesday, March 7
98:00 PM#3 Marquette vs. #1 DePaulFS13,166
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source: [1]

Bracket

Opening Round
March 4, 2017
Quarterfinals
March 5, 2017
Semifinals
March 6, 2017
Championship
March 7, 2017
            
1 DePaul92
8 Seton Hall 60
8 Seton Hall73
9 Providence 60
1 DePaul59
5 St John's 41
4 Villanova 40
5 St. John's56
1 DePaul 78
3 Marquette86
2 Creighton64
10 Butler 55
7 Xavier 66
10 Butler68
2 Creighton 65
3 Marquette72
3 Marquette80
6 Georgetown 66

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