2016–17 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2016–17 Big East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
NBA Draft
Regular Season
Tournament

2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#18 Butler	0	–	0		–			8	–	0		1.000
#2 Villanova	0	–	0		–			8	–	0		1.000
#10 Creighton	0	–	0		–			8	–	0		1.000
#7 Xavier	0	–	0		–			7	–	1		.875
Marquette	0	–	0		–			6	–	2		.750
Providence	0	–	0		–			6	–	2		.750
Seton Hall	0	–	0		–			5	–	2		.714
DePaul	0	–	0		–			4	–	2		.667
Georgetown	0	–	0		–			5	–	4		.556
St. John's	0	–	0		–			3	–	5		.375
† 2017 Big East Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Big East Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This is the 38th year in the conference's history, but the fourth as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play will begin on New Year's Eve 2016, and will conclude in March with the 2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Preseason

	Coaches'
1.	Villanova (9)
2.	Xavier (1)
3.	Creighton
T-4.	Georgetown
T-4.	Seton Hall
6.	Butler
7.	Marquette
8.	St. John's
9.	Providence
10.	DePaul

() first place votes

Preseason All-Big East teams

2015-16 Preseason All–Big East[1]
Preseason Player of the Year	First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention	Preseason Rookie of the Year
Josh Hart, Sr., G., Villanova	Kelan Martin, Jr., F., Butler Maurice Watson Jr., Sr., G., Creighton Kris Jenkins, Sr., F., Villanova Trevon Bluiett, Jr., F., Xavier Edmond Sumner, So., G., Xavier	Billy Garrett, Jr., So., G., DePaul Isaac Copeland, Jr., F., Georgetown Luke Fischer, Sr., F., Marquette Khadeen Carrington, Jr., G., Seton Hall Angel Delgado, Jr., F., Seton Hall	Marcus Foster, Jr., G., Creighton L. J. Peak, Jr., F., Georgetown Jalen Brunson, So., G., Villanova	Shamorie Ponds, Fr., G., St. John's

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Butler	AP	RV	RV	RV	18
	Coaches	RV	RV	RV	18
Creighton	AP
	C	23
DePaul	AP
	C
Georgetown	AP
	C
Marquette	AP
	C
Providence	AP
	C
Seton Hall	AP
	C	RV
St. John's	AP
	C
Villanova	AP
	C	3
Xavier	AP
	C	8

Regular Season

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Butler	Creighton	DePaul	Georgetown	Marquette	Providence	Seton Hall	St. John's	Villanova	Xavier
vs. Butler	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Creighton	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. DePaul	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Georgetown	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Marquette	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Providence	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Seton Hall	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. St. John's	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. Villanova	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. Xavier	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Postseason

2017 Big East Tournament

2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East Tournament.

References

1. Big East 2015-16 Men's Basketball Guide. Big East Conference. p. 17.

External links

• Big East website