Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

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Big East Conference
men's soccer tournament
Big East Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Big East Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination
Current stadium Maryland SoccerPlex
Current location Boyds, Maryland
Played2013–present
Last contest2024
Current champion Georgetown (6th. title)
Most championships Georgetown (6)
TV partner(s) BETV, FS2, FS1
Official website bigeast.com/msoc

The Big East Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big East Conference. The single-elimination tournament has been held every year since the Big East Conference realignment in 2013. In 2023, the tournament expanded from six to eight teams, coinciding with the Big East adding Akron as a single-sport member and increasing its men's soccer lineup to 12 teams.

Contents

The conference has split into East and Midwest divisions for scheduling purposes, although it will maintain a single league table. Seeding for the tournament is based on regular season conference records. The team with the best overall conference record will earn the top seed; the second seed will be the team from the opposite division with the best conference record.

All remaining seeds will be based on the overall conference table. With the expansion to an eight-team bracket, byes have been eliminated; instead, the top four seeds will host quarterfinal matches, with the survivors advancing to a predetermined site for the semifinals and final. [1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

With five titles, Georgetown has the most Big East tournament titles in the current iteration of the Big East Conference.

Champions

The following is a list of Big East Conference Tournament winners:

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Winning team won National Championship
  • D – offensive player
  • O – deffensive player

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upMost Outstanding PlayersStadiumCityAtt.Season ChampionTeams qualified to
NCAA tournament
2013 Marquette (1)3–2 Providence Axel Sjoberg (D)
Adam Lysak (O)
(Marquette)
PPL Park Chester, PA 506 Georgetown Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's
2014 Providence (1)2–1 Xavier Brandon Adler (D)
Markus Naglestad (O)
(Providence)
PPL Park Chester, PA383 Creighton Creighton, Georgetown,
Providence, Xavier
2015 Georgetown (1)2–1 Creighton Joshua Yaro (D)
Brandon Allen (O)
(Georgetown)
Shaw Field Washington DC 1,541 Georgetown Georgetown, Creighton
2016 Butler (1)2–1 Creighton Eric Dick (D)
David Goldsmith (O)
(Butler)
Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN 1,443 Providence Butler, Providence,
Creighton, Villanova
2017 Georgetown (2)2–1 Xavier JT Marcinkowski (D)Shaw FieldWashington DC Butler Butler, Georgetown
2018 Georgetown (3)2–0 Marquette Brendan McDonough (D)
Ethan Lochner (O)
(Georgetown)
Shaw Field Washington, DC 1,641 Creighton Georgetown
2019 Georgetown (4)3–1 Providence Jack Beer (D)
Dylan Nealis (O)
(Georgetown)
Shaw FieldWashington DC1,031 Georgetown Butler, Georgetown,

Providence, St. John's

2020 Seton Hall (1)2–1 Georgetown Maurice Williams (D)
Mattias Sundell (O)
(Seton Hall)
Shaw FieldWashington DC0 [n 1] Georgetown Georgetown, Marquette, Seton Hall
2021 Georgetown (5)2–1 (a.e.t.) Providence Stefan Stojanovic (O)
Giannis Nikopolidis (D)
(Georgetown)
Shaw FieldWashington DC1,567 Georgetown Georgetown, Providence, St. John's,
Villanova, Creighton
2022 Creighton (1)3–0 Georgetown Duncan McGuire (O)
Paul Kruse (D)
/Creighton)
SoccerPlex Boyds, MD 3,530 Georgetown Creighton, Georgetown, Seton Hall
2023 Xavier (1)0–0 (5–4 p) Georgetown Taylor Rhinehart (O)
Johnny Mennell (D)
(Xavier)
SoccerPlexBoyds, MD4,405 Georgetown Georgetown, Xavier
2024 Georgetown (6)
2–1
Providence SoccerPlexBoyds, MD
Notes

By school

SchoolTitlesTitle YearsApp.LastWLTPct.
Akron 022024110.000
Butler 1 2016 62022523.650
Creighton 1 2022 102023681.433
Connecticut 029202333203.616
DePaul 082016363.375
Georgetown 6 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 202429202322217.510
Marquette 1 2013 92020482.357
Providence 1 2014 22202318196.488
St. John's 029202335194.638
Seton Hall 1 2020 24202315166.486
Villanova 01420163133.237
Xavier 1 2023 82023563.464

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