American college basketball postseason tournament
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| 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament |
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| Classification | Division I |
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| Season | 2021–22 |
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| Teams | 11 |
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| Site | Madison Square GardenNew York City |
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| Champions | Villanova (6th title) |
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| Winning coach | Jay Wright (5th title) |
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| Television | FS1, Fox |
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| Big East men's basketball tournaments← 20212023 → |
2021–22 Big East men's basketball standings | Conf. | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | PCT | W | | L | | PCT |
| No. 13 Providence | 14 | – | 3 | | .824 | 27 | – | 6 | | .818 |
| No. 6 Villanova † | 16 | – | 4 | | .800 | 30 | – | 8 | | .789 |
| No. 21 UConn | 13 | – | 6 | | .684 | 23 | – | 10 | | .697 |
| Creighton | 12 | – | 7 | | .632 | 23 | – | 12 | | .657 |
| Seton Hall | 11 | – | 8 | | .579 | 21 | – | 11 | | .656 |
| Marquette | 11 | – | 8 | | .579 | 19 | – | 13 | | .594 |
| Xavier | 8 | – | 11 | | .421 | 23 | – | 13 | | .639 |
| St. John's | 8 | – | 11 | | .421 | 17 | – | 15 | | .531 |
| Butler | 6 | – | 14 | | .300 | 14 | – | 19 | | .424 |
| DePaul | 6 | – | 14 | | .300 | 15 | – | 16 | | .484 |
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 19 | | .000 | 6 | – | 25 | | .194 |
| † 2022 Big East tournament winnerRankings from AP poll |
The 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference, held March 9–12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner of the tournament, the Villanova Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
[edit] All 11 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Providence | 14–3 |
| 2 | Villanova | 16–4 |
| 3 | UConn | 13–6 |
| 4 | Creighton | 12–7 |
| 5 | Marquette | 11–8 | 2–0 vs Seton Hall |
| 6 | Seton Hall | 11–8 | 0–2 vs Marquette |
| 7 | St. John's | 8–11 | 2–0 vs Xavier |
| 8 | Xavier | 8–11 | 0–2 vs St. John's |
| 9 | Butler | 6–14 | 2–0 vs. DePaul |
| 10 | DePaul | 6–14 | 0–2 vs. Butler |
| 11 | Georgetown | 0–19 |
Schedule
[edit] | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 9 |
| 1 | 4:30 pm | No. 8 Xavier vs. No. 9 Butler | 82–89OT | FS1 | 17,163 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul | 92–73 |
| 3 | 10:10 pm | No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Georgetown | 57–53 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 |
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler | 65–61 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Marquette | 74–63 |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's | 66–65 | 19,812 |
| 7 | 9:30 pm | No. 3 UConn vs. No. 6 Seton Hall | 62–52 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 |
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Providence vs. No. 4 Creighton | 58–85 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 UConn | 63–60 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 |
| 10 | 6:30 pm | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 Villanova | 48–54 | FOX | 19,812 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1] |
Bracket
[edit] | First roundWednesday, March 9FS1 | QuarterfinalsThursday, March 10FS1 | SemifinalsFriday, March 11FS1 | ChampionshipSaturday, March 12FOX |
| 1 | #11 Providence | 65 |
| 8 | Xavier | 82 | 9 | Butler | 61 |
| 9 | Butler | 89* | 1 | #11 Providence | 58 |
| 4 | Creighton | 85 |
| 4 | Creighton | 74 |
| 5 | Marquette | 63 |
| 4 | Creighton | 48 |
| 2 | #8 Villanova | 54 |
| 2 | #8 Villanova | 66 |
| 7 | St. John's | 92 | 7 | St. John's | 65 |
| 10 | DePaul | 73 | 2 | #8 Villanova | 63 |
| 3 | #20 UConn | 60 |
| 3 | #20 UConn | 62 |
| 6 | Seton Hall | 57 | 6 | Seton Hall | 52 |
| 11 | Georgetown | 53 |
* denotes overtime period
References
[edit] - ^ "Big East Conference". Bigeast.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
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