The 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East championship, was a tournament from March 5 to 8 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 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1DePaul16–224–72Villanova12–619–101–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 2–0 vs ST. JOHN'S3Seton Hall12–622–71–1 vs. VILLANOVA, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 0–2 vs. ST. JOHN'S4St. John's11–720–95Georgetown9–916–121–1 vs. MARQUETTE6Marquette9–914–151–1 vs. GTOWN7Creighton8–814–161–1 vs. XAVIER8Xavier8–817–121–1 vs. CREIGHTON9Butler4–149–2010Providence1–175–23‡ – 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 GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Saturday, March 5 12:00 PM #7 Creighton vs #10 Providence BEDN 1,741 24:30 PM #8 Xavier vs #9 Butler Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6 3Noon #2 Villanova vs #7 Creighton FS2 1,884 42:30 PM #3 Seton Hall vs #6 Marquette 56:00 PM #1 DePaul vs #9 Butler 2,234 68:30 PM #4 St. John's vs #5 Georgetown Semifinals – Monday, March 7 73:00 PM #3 Seton Hall vs. #7 Creighton FS1 2,131 85:30 PM #1 DePaul vs #4 St. John's Championship – Tuesday, March 8 97:00 PM #7 Creighton vs. #4 St. John's FS1 1,620 *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed Source:
Bracket
See also 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament
References
External links Big East website