2017 Big East men's basketball tournament

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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
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Villanova † 15 – 3   .833 32 – 4   .889
No. 21 Butler 12 – 6   .667 25 – 9   .735
Creighton 10 – 8   .556 25 – 10   .714
Seton Hall 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Providence 10 – 8   .556 20 – 13   .606
Marquette 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Xavier 9 – 9   .500 24 – 14   .632
Saint John's 7 – 11   .389 14 – 19   .424
Georgetown 5 – 13   .278 14 – 18   .438
DePaul 2 – 16   .111 9 – 23   .281
† 2017 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Villanova 15–3
2 Butler 12–6
3 Providence 10–8 4–2 vs Marq/SHU/Creighton
4 Marquette 10–8 3–3 vs. Prov/SHU/Creighton 1–1 vs Villanova
5 Seton Hall 10–8 3–3 vs Prov/Marq/Creighton 0–2 vs Villanova
6 Creighton 10–8 2–4 vs Prov/Marq/SHU
7 Xavier 9–9
8 St. John's 7–11
9 Georgetown 5–13
10 DePaul 2–16

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 8 St. John's 73–74 FS1 14,830
2 9:30 pm No. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Xavier 64–75
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3 12:00 pm No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 1 Villanova 67–108 FS1 17,324
4 2:30 pm No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 4 Marquette 82–76
5 7:00 pm No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 2 Butler 62–57 16,003
6 9:30 pm No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 3 Providence 70–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 6:30 pm No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 1 Villanova 53–55 FS1 19,812
8 9:30 pm No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 6 Creighton 75–72
Championship – Saturday, March 11
9 5:30 pm No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 1 Villanova 60–74 FOX 19,812
*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
            
1 Villanova 108
8 St. John's 67
8 St. John's 74
9 Georgetown 73
1 Villanova 55
5 Seton Hall 53
4 Marquette 76
5 Seton Hall 82
1 Villanova 74
6 Creighton 60
2 Butler 57
7 Xavier 62
7 Xavier 75
10 DePaul 64
7 Xavier 72
6 Creighton 75
3 Providence 58
6 Creighton 70

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.
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