2019 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Big East men's basketball tournament was the men's basketball postseason tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 13 through March 16, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Villanova defeated Seton Hall 74–72 to win the tournament, and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. With the win, Villanova became the first team to win the Big East tournament three consecutive times.^[1]

2019 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	10
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Villanova (5th title)
Winning coach	Jay Wright (4th title)
MVP	Phil Booth (Villanova)
Television	FS1, FOX
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2018–19 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 23 Villanova †	13	–	5		.722			26	–	10		.722
Marquette	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Seton Hall	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
Xavier	9	–	9		.500			19	–	16		.543
Creighton	9	–	9		.500			20	–	15		.571
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
St. John's	8	–	10		.444			21	–	13		.618
Providence	7	–	11		.389			18	–	16		.529
Butler	7	–	11		.389			16	–	17		.485
DePaul	7	–	11		.389			19	–	17		.528
† 2019 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	Villanova	13–5
2	Marquette	12–6
3	Seton Hall	9–9	4–2 vs. Xavier/Creighton/Georgetown
4	Xavier	9–9	3–3 vs. Seton Hall/Creighton/Georgetown	1–1 vs. Creighton	1–1 vs. Villanova
5	Creighton	9–9	3–3 vs. Xavier/Seton Hall/Georgetown	1–1 vs. Xavier	0–2 vs. Villanova
6	Georgetown	9–9	2–4 vs. Seton Hall/Xavier/Creighton
7	St. John's	8–10
8	Providence	7–11	3–1 vs. DePaul/Butler
9	Butler	7–11	2–2 vs. Providence/DePaul
10	DePaul	7–11	1–3 vs. Butler/Providence

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1	7:00 pm	No. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler	80–57	FS1	19,812
2	9:30 pm	No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul	82–74
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Providence	73–62	FS1	19,534
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Xavier vs. No. 5 Creighton	63–61
5	7:00 pm	No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 7 St. John's	86–54		19,812
6	9:40 pm	No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Georgetown	73–57
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
7	6:30 pm	No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 4 Xavier	71–67 (OT)	FS1	19,812
8	9:00 pm	No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 3 Seton Hall	79–81
Championship – Saturday, March 16
9	6:30 pm	No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 3 Seton Hall	74–72	Fox	19,812
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[2]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1					Semifinals Friday, March 15 FS1					Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX
						1	#25 Villanova	73
						8	Providence	62
	8	Providence	80
	9	Butler	57
											1	#25 Villanova	71*
											4	Xavier	67
						4	Xavier	63
						5	Creighton	61
																1	#25 Villanova	74
																3	Seton Hall	72
						2	#23 Marquette	86
						7	St. John's	54
	7	St. John's	82
	10	DePaul	74
											2	#23 Marquette	79
											3	Seton Hall	81
						3	Seton Hall	73
						6	Georgetown	57

*Indicates number of overtime periods.
Source^[3]

See also

• 2019 Big East women's basketball tournament