2016 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

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	FS1	12,604
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		14,863
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		13,813
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
7	7:00 pm	#4 Providence 68 vs. #1 Villanova 76	FS1	17,130
8	9:30 pm	#3 Seton Hall 87 vs. #2 Xavier 83	FS1	17,130
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

All-Tournament team

Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall
Ismael Sanogo, Seton Hall
Kris Jenkins, Villanova
Josh Hart, Villanova
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall

Notes

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