2018 Big East men's basketball tournament

2018 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Villanova (4th title)
Winning coach	Jay Wright (3rd title)
MVP	Mikal Bridges (Villanova)
Attendance	93,949
Television	FS1, FOX
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2017–18 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Xavier	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 2 Villanova †	14	–	4		.778			36	–	4		.900
Seton Hall	10	–	8		.556			22	–	12		.647
Creighton	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Providence	10	–	8		.556			21	–	14		.600
Butler	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Marquette	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Georgetown	5	–	13		.278			15	–	15		.500
St. John's	4	–	14		.222			16	–	17		.485
DePaul	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
† 2018 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 7 through March 10, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. No. 2 seed Villanova defeated No. 5 seed Providence in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament. ^{[1] [2]} It was Villanova's second straight tournament championship. ^[3]

Providence participated in three straight overtime games in the tournament, setting a Big East tournament record. ^[4]

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. ^[5] The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Notably, no Big East team had secured its tournament seed before the final day of the 2017–18 regular season. ^[6]

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

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 7
1	7:00 pm	No. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 St. John's	77–88	FS1	16,866
2	9:30 pm	No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 DePaul	72–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 9 St. John's	88–60	FS1	17,647
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Providence	68–72 OT
5	7:00 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Marquette	94–70		19,812
6	9:30 pm	No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Butler	74–75
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
7	6:30 pm	No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 5 Providence	72–75 OT	FS1	19,812
8	9:30 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Butler	87–60
Championship – Saturday, March 10
9	6:30 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 5 Providence	76–66 OT	FOX	19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

^[7]

	First round Wednesday, March 7 FS1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 FS1					Semifinals Friday, March 9 FS1					Championship Saturday, March 10 FOX
						1	#3 Xavier	88
						9	St. John's	60
	8	Georgetown	77
	9	St. John's	88
											1	#3 Xavier	72
											5	Providence	75*
						4	Creighton	68
						5	Providence	72*
																5	Providence	66
																2	#2 Villanova	76*
						2	#2 Villanova	94
						7	Marquette	70
	7	Marquette	72
	10	DePaul	69
											2	#2 Villanova	87
											6	Butler	68
						3	Seton Hall	74
						6	Butler	75

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2018 Big East women's basketball tournament

References

1. "Villanova vs. Providence: Score, highlights from the Wildcats' Big East championship win". Sporting News. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
2. "Jalen Brunson powers Villanova to Big East tournament championship". USA Today. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
3. Gelston, Dan. "Villanova tops Providence for 2nd straight Big East title". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
4. "Villanova wins second straight Big East tournament!". VU Hoops. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
5. "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 January 8, 2018.
6. "MBB Minute – Xavier Grabs Share of Title; Two Other Games Go OT" (Press release). Big East Conference. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. There are plenty of tiebreaking scenarios going into Saturday, the final day of the regular season. Amazingly, no seeds have been determined. As an example of the possibilities, Seton Hall can finish as high as the third seed or as low as seventh.
7. "Bracket" (PDF). sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com. 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2020.