The 2018 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 7 through March 10, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. No. 2 seed Villanova defeated No. 5 seed Providence in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament. It was Villanova's second straight tournament championship.

Providence participated in three straight overtime games in the tournament, setting a Big East tournament record.

Seeds 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. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Notably, no Big East team had secured its tournament seed before the final day of the 2017–18 regular season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 1Xavier 15–3 2Villanova 14–4 3Seton Hall 10–83–1 vs. Creighton, Providence 4Creighton 10–82–2 vs. Seton Hall, Providence 5Providence 10–81–3 vs. Seton Hall, Creighton 6Butler 9–92–0 vs. Marquette 7Marquette 9–90–2 vs. Butler 8Georgetown 5–139St. John's 4–141–1 vs. DePaul0–2 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Villanova 10DePaul 4–141–1 vs. St. John's0–2 vs. Xavier, 0–2 vs. Villanova

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 717:00 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 St. John's77–88FS1 16,86629:30 pmNo. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 DePaul72–69 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8312:00 pmNo. 1 Xavier vs. No. 9 St. John's88–60FS117,64742:30 pmNo. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Providence68–72 OT57:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Marquette94–70 19,81269:30 pmNo. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Butler74–75 Semifinals – Friday, March 976:30 pmNo. 1 Xavier vs. No. 5 Providence72–75 OTFS1 19,81289:30 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Butler87–60 Championship – Saturday, March 1096:30 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 5 Providence76–66 OTFOX19,812 Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also 2018 Big East women's basketball tournament

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