2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

Classification

Division I

Season

2015–16

Teams

Site

McGrath-Phillips Arena
Chicago, IL

Champions

St. John's (4th title)

Winning coach

Joe Tartamella (1st title)

MVP

Aliyyah Handford (St. John's)

Attendance

9,610

Television

FS1

Big East Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2015	2017»

2015–16 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#20 DePaul	16	–	2	.889	27	–	9	.750
Seton Hall	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Villanova	12	–	6	.667	20	–	12	.625
St. John's †	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Georgetown	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Marquette	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Xavier	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
Creighton	8	–	10	.444	17	–	18	.486
Butler	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Providence	1	–	17	.056	5	–	24	.172


† 2016 Big East Basketball Tournament winner *Tournament #1 seed As of March 26, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East Championship, was a tournament from March 5-8, 2016 at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Illinois. St. John's won their 4th Big East title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
1	DePaul	16–2	24–7
2	Villanova	12–6	19–10	1–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 2–0 vs ST. JOHN'S
3	Seton Hall	12–6	22–7	1–1 vs. VILLANOVA, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 0–2 vs. ST. JOHN'S
4	St. John's	11–7	20–9
5	Georgetown	9–9	16–12	1–1 vs. MARQUETTE
6	Marquette	9–9	14–15	1–1 vs. GTOWN
7	Creighton	8–8	14–16	1–1 vs. XAVIER
8	Xavier	8–8	17–12	1–1 vs. CREIGHTON
9	Butler	4–14	9–20
10	Providence	1–17	5–23
‡ – 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

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Saturday, March 5
1	2:00 PM	#7 Creighton vs #10 Providence	BEDN	1,741
2	4:30 PM	#8 Xavier vs #9 Butler	BEDN	1,741
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
3	Noon	#2 Villanova vs #7 Creighton	FS2	1,884
4	2:30 PM	#3 Seton Hall vs #6 Marquette		1,884
5	6:00 PM	#1 DePaul vs #9 Butler		2,234
6	8:30 PM	#4 St. John's vs #5 Georgetown		2,234
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
7	3:00 PM	#3 Seton Hall vs. #7 Creighton	FS1	2,131
8	5:30 PM	#1 DePaul vs #4 St. John's	FS1	2,131
Championship – Tuesday, March 8
9	7:00 PM	#7 Creighton vs. #4 St. John's	FS1	1,620
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source: ^[1]

Bracket

Opening Round March 5, 2016			Quarterfinals March 6, 2016			Semifinals March 7, 2016			Championship March 8, 2016


			1	DePaul	76

			9	Butler	49
8	Xavier	47

9	Butler	48
						1	DePaul	66

						4	St. John's	75



			4	St. John's	65

			5	Georgetown	52



									4	St. John's	50

									7	Creighton	37



			2	Villanova	48

			7	Creighton	57
7	Creighton	70

10	Providence	53
						7	Creighton	77

						3	Seton Hall	56



			3	Seton Hall	93

			6	Marquette	86

References

↑ 2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

External links

Big East website

Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

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