2024 Big East men's basketball tournament

2024 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams11
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsUConn (8th title)
Winning coachDan Hurley (1st title)
MVPTristen Newton (UConn)
Attendance99,060
TelevisionFS1, Fox
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2025 →
2023–24 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn † 18 – 2   .900 37 – 3   .925
No. 13 Creighton 14 – 6   .700 25 – 10   .714
No. 12 Marquette 14 – 6   .700 27 – 10   .730
Seton Hall 13 – 7   .650 25 – 12   .676
St. John's 11 – 9   .550 20 – 13   .606
Villanova 10 – 10   .500 18 – 16   .529
Providence 10 – 10   .500 21 – 14   .600
Butler 9 – 11   .450 18 – 15   .545
Xavier 9 – 11   .450 16 – 18   .471
Georgetown 2 – 18   .100 9 – 23   .281
DePaul 0 – 20   .000 3 – 29   .094
† 2024 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference held March 13–16, 2024, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[1] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

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All 11 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference records 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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 UConn 18–2
2 Creighton 14–6 1–1 vs. UConn
3 Marquette 14–6 0–2 vs. UConn
4 Seton Hall 13–7
5 St. John's 11–9
6 Villanova 10–10 2–0 vs. Providence
7 Providence 10–10 0–2 vs. Villanova
8 Butler 9–11 2–2 vs. Creighton/Marquette
9 Xavier 9–11 0–4 vs. Creighton/Marquette
10 Georgetown 2–18
11 DePaul 0–20

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1 4:00 pm No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Xavier 72–76 FS1 19,812
2 6:40 pm No. 7 Providence vs. No. 10 Georgetown 74–56
3 9:00 pm No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 DePaul 58–57
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
4 12:00 pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Xavier 87–60 FS1 19,812
5 2:30 pm No. 4 Seton Hall vs. No. 5 St. John’s 72–91
6 7:00 pm No. 2 Creighton vs. No. 7 Providence 73–78 19,812
7 9:30 pm No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 6 Villanova 71–65OT
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
8 5:30 pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 St. John’s 95–90 FOX 19,812
9 8:00 pm No. 7 Providence vs. No. 3 Marquette 68–79 FS1
Championship – Saturday, March 16
10 6:30 pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 3 Marquette 73–57 FOX 19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 13
FS1 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
FS1 		Semifinals
Friday, March 15
FOX/FS1 		Championship
Saturday, March 16
FOX
            
1 No. 2 UConn 87
9 Xavier 60
8 Butler 72
9 Xavier 76
1 No. 2 UConn 95
5 St. John's 90
4 Seton Hall 72
5 St. John's 91
1 No. 2 UConn 73
3 No. 10 Marquette 57
2 No. 8 Creighton 73
7 Providence 78
7 Providence 74
10 Georgetown 56
7 Providence 68
3 No. 10 Marquette 79
3 No. 10 Marquette 71*
6 Villanova 65
6 Villanova 58
11 DePaul 57

Source:[2]
* denotes overtime period

References

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  1. ^ "2024 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament - Big East Conference". www.bigeast.com. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "MBB Bracket (PDF) - Big East Conference" (PDF). www.bigeast.com. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
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