The 2019 Big East men's basketball tournament was the men's basketball postseason tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 13 through March 16, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Villanova defeated Seton Hall 74–72 to win the tournament, and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. With the win, Villanova became the first team to win the Big East tournament three consecutive times.

Seeds All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their conference records, with tie-breaking procedures used to determine the seeds for teams with identical records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Tournament seeding was finalized at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 1Villanova 13–5 2Marquette 12–6 3Seton Hall 9–9 4–2 vs. Xavier/Creighton/Georgetown 4Xavier 9–9 3–3 vs. Seton Hall/Creighton/Georgetown 1–1 vs. Creighton 1–1 vs. Villanova 5Creighton 9–9 3–3 vs. Xavier/Seton Hall/Georgetown 1–1 vs. Xavier 0–2 vs. Villanova 6Georgetown 9–9 2–4 vs. Seton Hall/Xavier/Creighton 7St. John's 8–10 8Providence 7–11 3–1 vs. DePaul/Butler9Butler 7–11 2–2 vs. Providence/DePaul 10DePaul 7–11 1–3 vs. Butler/Providence

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1317:00 pmNo. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler80–57FS119,81229:30 pmNo. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul82–74 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14312:00 pmNo. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Providence73–62FS119,53442:30 pmNo. 4 Xavier vs. No. 5 Creighton63–6157:00 pmNo. 2 Marquette vs. No. 7 St. John's86–5419,81269:40 pmNo. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Georgetown73–57 Semifinals – Friday, March 1576:30 pmNo. 1 Villanova vs. No. 4 Xavier71–67 (OT)FS119,81289:00 pmNo. 2 Marquette vs. No. 3 Seton Hall79–81 Championship – Saturday, March 1696:30 pmNo. 1 Villanova vs. No. 3 Seton Hall74–72Fox19,812 Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

*Indicates number of overtime periods. Source

See also

2019 Big East women's basketball tournament

References