2018 Big East men's basketball tournament

2018 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsVillanova (4th title)
Winning coachJay Wright (3rd title)
MVPMikal Bridges (Villanova)
Attendance93,949
TelevisionFS1, FOX
← 2017
2019 →
2017–18 Big East men's basketball standings
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

[7]

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

* denotes overtime period

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
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