2016 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Seton Hall (3rd title)
Winning coach Kevin Willard (1st title)
MVP Isaiah Whitehead (Seton Hall)
Attendance 78,222
Television FS1, FOX
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#6 Villanova 16 – 2   .889     35 – 5   .875
#9 Xavier 14 – 4   .778     28 – 5   .848
#20 Seton Hall † 12 – 6   .667     25 – 9   .735
Providence 10 – 8   .556     24 – 11   .686
Butler 10 – 8   .556     22 – 11   .667
Creighton 9 – 9   .500     20 – 15   .571
Marquette 8 – 10   .444     20 – 13   .606
Georgetown 7 – 11   .389     15 – 18   .455
DePaul 3 – 15   .167     9 – 22   .290
St. John's 1 – 17   .056     8 – 24   .250
† 2016 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East Tournament, was a tournament held from March 9–12, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East Championship game returned to broadcast television for the first time in over twenty years and was televised on FOX. Seton Hall won their first Big East Tournament since 1993 and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the 2015–16 Big East Conference season record. The top 6 teams received a first round bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Villanova 16–2
2 Xavier 14–4
3 Seton Hall 12–6
4 Providence 10–8 2–0 vs. Butler
5 Butler 10–8 0–2 vs. Providence
6 Creighton 9–9
7 Marquette 8–10
8 Georgetown 7–11
9 DePaul 3–15
10 St. John's 1–17

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 7:00 pm #9 DePaul 53 vs. #8 Georgetown 70 FS1
12,604
2 9:30 pm #10 St. John's 93 vs. #7 Marquette 101
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3 12:00 pm #8 Georgetown 67 vs. #1 Villanova 81 FS1
14,863
4 2:30 pm #5 Butler 60 vs. #4 Providence 74
5 7:00 pm #7 Marquette 72 vs. #2 Xavier 90
13,813
6 9:30 pm #6 Creighton 73 vs. #3 Seton Hall 81
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
7 6:30 pm #4 Providence 68 vs. #1 Villanova 76 FS1
17,130
8 9:30 pm #3 Seton Hall 87 vs. #2 Xavier 83
Championship – Saturday, March 12
9 5:30 pm #3 Seton Hall 69 vs. #1 Villanova 67 FOX 19,812
*Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. #-Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.

Bracket

  First round
March 9		 Quarterfinals
March 10		 Semifinals
March 11		 Championship
March 12
                                     
        
  1  Villanova 81  
    8  Georgetown 67  
8  Georgetown 70
9  DePaul 53  
  1  Villanova 76  
  4  Providence 68  
        
        
  4  Providence 74
    5  Butler 60  
      
        
  1  Villanova 67
  3  Seton Hall 69
        
        
  2  Xavier 90
    7  Marquette 72  
7  Marquette 101
10  St. John's 93  
  2  Xavier 83
  3  Seton Hall 87  
        
        
  3  Seton Hall 81
    6  Creighton 73  
      

Quarterfinals

FS1
Thursday, March 10
12:00 pm EST
#8 Georgetown Hoyas 67, #1 Villanova Wildcats 81
Scoring by half: 27–28, 40–53
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 14,863
Referees: Mike Roberts, Tony Chiazza, Tim Clougherty

Semifinals

FS1
Friday, March 11
6:30 pm EST
#4 Providence Friars 68, #1 Villanova Wildcats 76
Scoring by half: 27–32, 41–44
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 17,130
Referees: Jeff Anderson, Ed Corbett, Pat Driscoll

Championship

Fox
Saturday, March 12
5:30 pm EST
#3 Seton Hall Pirates 69, #1 Villanova Wildcats 67
Scoring by half: 40–29, 29–38
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,812
Referees: Mike Roberts, Brian O'Connell, John Gaffney

All-Tournament team

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

See also

Notes

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