2017 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years.[1] As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2017 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsVillanova Wildcats (3rd title)
Winning coachJay Wright (2nd title)
MVPJosh Hart (Villanova)
TelevisionFS1, FOX
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2018 →
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Villanova153 .833324 .889
No. 21 Butler126 .667259 .735
Creighton108 .5562510 .714
Seton Hall108 .5562112 .636
Providence108 .5562013 .606
Marquette108 .5561913 .594
Xavier99 .5002414 .632
Saint John's711 .3891419 .424
Georgetown513 .2781418 .438
DePaul216 .111923 .281
2017 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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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.[2] The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1Villanova15–3
2Butler12–6
3Providence10–84–2 vs Marq/SHU/Creighton
4Marquette10–83–3 vs. Prov/SHU/Creighton1–1 vs Villanova
5Seton Hall10–83–3 vs Prov/Marq/Creighton0–2 vs Villanova
6Creighton10–82–4 vs Prov/Marq/SHU
7Xavier9–9
8St. John's7–11
9Georgetown5–13
10DePaul2–16

Schedule

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GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
17:00 pmNo. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 8 St. John's73–74FS114,830
29:30 pmNo. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Xavier64–75
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
312:00 pmNo. 8 St. John's vs. No. 1 Villanova67–108FS117,324
42:30 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 4 Marquette82–76
57:00 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 2 Butler62–5716,003
69:30 pmNo. 6 Creighton vs. No. 3 Providence70–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
76:30 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 1 Villanova53–55FS119,812
89:30 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 6 Creighton75–72
Championship – Saturday, March 11
95:30 pmNo. 6 Creighton vs. No. 1 Villanova60–74FOX19,812
*Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.

Bracket

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First round
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
            
1Villanova108
8St. John's67
8St. John's74
9Georgetown73
1Villanova55
5Seton Hall53
4Marquette76
5Seton Hall82
1Villanova74
6Creighton60
2Butler57
7Xavier62
7Xavier75
10DePaul64
7Xavier72
6Creighton75
3Providence58
6Creighton70

All-Tournament team

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Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

  • Josh Hart, Villanova[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "'Hart' of a Champion: Villanova Wins Big East Championship". NBC 10 Philadelphia. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "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 April 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "All-Big East Conference tournament". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Big East Conference tournament MVP Winner". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2022.