The 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East tournament, was a tournament held from March 9–12, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East Championship game returned to broadcast television for the first time in over twenty years and was televised on Fox. Seton Hall won their first Big East tournament since 1993 and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 10 Big East schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the 2015–16 Big East Conference season record. The top 6 teams received a first round bye.
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Villanova 16–2 2 Xavier 14–4 3 Seton Hall 12–6 4 Providence 10–8 2–0 vs. Butler 5 Butler 10–8 0–2 vs. Providence 6 Creighton 9–9 7 Marquette 8–10 8 Georgetown 7–11 9 DePaul 3–15 10 St. John's 1–17
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 917:00 pm#9 DePaul 53 vs. #8 Georgetown 70FS112,60429:30 pm#10 St. John's 93 vs. #7 Marquette 101 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10312:00 pm#8 Georgetown 67 vs. #1 Villanova 81FS114,86342:30 pm#5 Butler 60 vs. #4 Providence 7457:00 pm#7 Marquette 72 vs. #2 Xavier 9013,81369:30 pm#6 Creighton 73 vs. #3 Seton Hall 81 Semifinals – Friday, March 1176:30 pm#4 Providence 68 vs. #1 Villanova 76FS117,13089:30 pm#3 Seton Hall 87 vs. #2 Xavier 83 Championship – Saturday, March 1295:30 pm#3 Seton Hall 69 vs. #1 Villanova 67FOX19,812 *Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. #-Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
All-Tournament team
Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall Ismael Sanogo, Seton Hall Kris Jenkins, Villanova Josh Hart, Villanova Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player) Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
See also 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament
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