2018 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big East women's basketball tournament ended the 2017–18 season of Big East Conference women's basketball. The event was held March 3–6, 2018, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.[1] Big East regular-season co-champion and tournament host DePaul won the tournament and with it the Big East's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2018 Big East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteWintrust Arena
Chicago, IL
ChampionsDePaul (3rd title)
Winning coachDoug Bruno (3rd title)
MVPAmarah Coleman (DePaul)
Attendance10,544
TelevisionFS1, FS2, BEDN
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2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
DePaul153 .833278 .771
Marquette153 .8332410 .706
Villanova126 .667239 .719
Creighton117 .6111913 .594
St. John's99 .5001915 .559
Georgetown99 .5001616 .500
Seton Hall711 .3891616 .500
Butler612 .3331517 .469
Xavier315 .1671020 .333
Providence315 .1671021 .323
2018 Big East tournament winner
As of 25 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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2018 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1Marquette15-321-81-1 vs DePaul, 2-0 vs. Villanova
2DePaul15-323-71-1 vs Marquette, 1-1 vs. Villanova
3Villanova12-622-7
4Creighton11-717-11
5St. John's9-916-132-0 vs. Georgetown
6Georgetown9-914-140-2 vs. St. John's
7Seton Hall7-1115-14
8Butler6-1214-16
9Providence3-1510-201-1 vs. Xavier, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 2-0 vs. St. John's
10Xavier3-1510-191-1 vs. Providence, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 0-2 vs. St. John's
‡ – 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.

Schedule

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GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
14:00 PM#9 Providence vs. #8 ButlerBEDN1,950
26:30 PM#10 Xavier vs. #7 Seton Hall
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
312:00 PM#1 Marquette vs. #8 ButlerFS21,991
42:30 PM#4 Creighton vs. #5 St John's
56:00 PM#2 DePaul vs. #7 Seton Hall2,147
68:30 PM#3 Villanova vs. #6 Georgetown
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
73:00 PM#1 Marquette vs. #4 CreightonFS12,192
85:30 PM#2 DePaul vs. #6 Georgetown
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
96:00 PM#1 Marquette vs. #2 DePaulFS12,264
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:[1]

Bracket

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First round
March 3
Quarterfinals
March 4
Semifinals
March 5
Championship
March 6
            
1Marquette73
8Butler61
8Butler73*
9Providence67
1Marquette76
4Creighton70
4Creighton66
5St. John's58
1Marquette63
2DePaul98
2DePaul78
7Seton Hall52
7Seton Hall66
10Xavier42
2DePaul85
6Georgetown53
3Villanova58
6Georgetown63

* denotes overtime period

See also

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References

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