The 2023 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason collegiate men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference that took place from March 8 through March 11, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds All 11 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 five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Marquette17–32 Xavier15–53Creighton14–64UConn13–7NET 65Providence13–7NET 516 Villanova10–102–0 vs. Seton Hall7 Seton Hall10–100–2 vs. Villanova8 St. John's7–139 Butler6–1410 DePaul3–1711 Georgetown2–18
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 813:00 pmNo. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 Butler76–63FS119,81225:30 pmNo. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 DePaul65–6638:15 pmNo. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown80–48Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9412:00 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 8 St. John's72–70OTFS119,81252:30 pmNo. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Providence73–6667:00 pmNo. 2 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul89–8419,81279:30 pmNo. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Villanova87–74Semifinals – Friday, March 1086:30 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 4 UConn70–68FS119,81299:00 pmNo. 2 Xavier vs. No. 3 Creighton82–60Championship – Saturday, March 11106:30 pmNo. 1 Marquette vs. No. 2 Xavier65–51FOX19,812Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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