2023 Big East men's basketball tournament

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2023 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202223
Teams11
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Marquette (1st title)
Winning coach Shaka Smart (1st title)
MVP Tyler Kolek (Marquette)
Attendance99,060
Television FS1, Fox
  2022
2024  
2022–23 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Marquette173 .850297  .806
No. 13 Xavier 155 .7502710  .730
Creighton 146 .7002413  .649
No. 10 UConn 137 .650318  .795
Providence 137 .6502112  .636
Villanova 1010 .5001717  .500
Seton Hall 1010 .5001716  .515
St. John's 713 .3501815  .545
Butler 614 .3001418  .438
DePaul 317 .1501023  .303
Georgetown 218 .100725  .219
2023 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
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 10–102–0 vs. Seton Hall
7 Seton Hall 10–100–2 vs. Villanova
8 St. John's 7–13
9 Butler 6–14
10 DePaul 3–17
11 Georgetown 2–18

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
13:00 pmNo. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 Butler76–63FS119,812
25:30 pmNo. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 DePaul65–66
38:15 pmNo. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown80–48
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
412:00 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 8 St. John's72–70OTFS119,812
52:30 pmNo. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Providence73–66
67:00 pmNo. 2 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul89–8419,812
79:30 pmNo. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Villanova87–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
86:30 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 4 UConn70–68FS119,812
99:00 pmNo. 2 Xavier vs. No. 3 Creighton82–60
Championship – Saturday, March 11
106:30 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 2 Xavier65–51FOX19,812
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 #6 Marquette72*
8 St. John's 70
8 St. John's76
9 Butler 63
1 #6 Marquette70
4 #11 UConn 68
4 #11 UConn73
5 Providence 66
1 #6 Marquette65
2 #15 Xavier 51
2 #15 Xavier89
10 DePaul 84
7 Seton Hall 65
10 DePaul66
2 #15 Xavier82
3 #24 Creighton 60
3 #24 Creighton87
6 Villanova 74
6 Villanova80
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.