The 2026 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference to be held March 11–14, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner, St. John's, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds All 11 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1St. John's18–22UConn17–33Villanova15–54Seton Hall10–105Creighton9–116DePaul8–127Marquette7–133–1 vs. Butler/Providence8Butler7–132–2 vs. Marquette/Providence9Providence7–131–3 vs. Marquette/Butler10Xavier6–142–0 vs. Georgetown11Georgetown6–140–2 vs. Xavier
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 1114:00 p.m.No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Providence81–91Peacock/NBCSN19,81226:30 p.m.No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 Xavier87–8939:00 p.m.No. 6 DePaul vs. No. 11 Georgetown56–63Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12412:00 p.m.No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 9 Providence85–72Peacock/NBCSN19,81252:30 p.m.No. 4 Seton Hall vs. No. 5 Creighton72–6167:00 p.m.No. 2 UConn vs. No. 10 Xavier93–68FS179:30 p.m.No. 3 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown64–78Semifinals – Friday, March 1385:30 p.m.No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 4 Seton Hall78–68FOX19,81298:00 p.m.No. 2 UConn vs. No. 11 Georgetown67–51FS1Championship – Saturday, March 14106:30 p.m.No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 2 UConn72–52FOX19,812Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
Awards and Honors
All-Tournament Team
Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team Bryce Hopkins G/F 6'7" 225 Gr.St. John's Dillon Mitchell F 6'8" 210 Sr. Tarris Reed Jr. C 6'11" 265 Sr. Connecticut Alex Karaban F 6'8" 230 RS Sr. Budd Clark G 5'10" 165 Jr. Seton Hall
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)
Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team Zuby Ejiofor F 6'9" 245 Sr. St. John's
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