2023 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Big East women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference to be held March 3–6, 2023, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. After four days of play, the #1 seed UConn Huskies defeated #2 seed Villanova Wildcats 67–56, thereby receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 11 Big East schools were scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 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 UConn 18–22 Villanova 17–33 Creighton 15–54 St. John's13–71–1 vs. Marquette; 1–1 vs. Creighton5 Marquette13–71–1 vs. St. John's; 0–2 vs. Creighton6 Seton Hall10–107 DePaul8–128 Butler 6–142–0 vs. Georgetown9 Georgetown6–140–2 vs. Butler10 Providence4–1611 Xavier0–20

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Friday, March 3111:00 amNo. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Georgetown46–53SNY4,687https://bigeastconf_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/sports/w-baskbl/2022-2023/23bet3.htm21:30 pmNo. 7 DePaul vs. No. 10 Providence67–5434:00 pmNo. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Xavier84–58Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4412:00 pmNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Georgetown69–39 FS17,407https://bigeastconf_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/sports/w-baskbl/2022-2023/23bet5.htm52:30 pmNo. 4 St. John's vs. No. 5 Marquette47–57FS267:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 DePaul71–705,01779:30 pmNo. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Seton Hall75–74OTSemifinals – Sunday, March 583:00 pmNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Marquette81–52FS17,71295:30 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 Creighton63–61Championship – Monday, March 6107:00pmNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova67–56FS17,808Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime

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