2026 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2026 Big East women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference, which was held from March 6–9, 2026 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The winner receive an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Undefeated UConn defeated Villanova 90–51 in the championship game, earning the Huskies their 24th Big East and 13th consecutive conference title, sending them to the NCAA tournament for the 37th straight year.

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 conference regular season. SeedSchoolBE RecordTiebreaker1 UConn #‡ 20–02 Villanova ‡ 16–43 Seton Hall ‡ 12–8 2–0 vs. Marquette4 Marquette ‡ 12–8 0–2 vs. Seton Hall5 Creighton ‡ 11–9 2–0 vs. St. John's6 St. John's 11–9 0–2 vs. Creighton7 Providence 7–138 Butler 6–14 1–1 vs. Seton Hall9 Georgetown 6–14 0–2 vs. Seton Hall10 DePaul 5–15 11 Xavier 4–16# – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.‡ – Received a bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Big East Tournament.

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Friday, March 6111:00 a.m.No. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 Butler62–58 Peacock/NBCSN21:30 p.m.No. 7 Providence vs. No. 10 DePaul69–5534:00 p.m.No. 6 St. John's vs. No. 11 Xavier53–48Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7412:00 p.m.No. 1 UConn vs. No. 8 Georgetown84–39Peacock/NBCSN52:30 p.m.No. 4 Marquette vs. No. 5 Creighton44–5767:00 p.m.No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Providence73–6579:30 p.m.No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 St. John's63–61Semifinals – Sunday, March 882:30 p.m.No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Creighton100–51Peacock/NBCSN95:00 p.m.No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 Seton Hall62–48Championship – Monday, March 9107:00 p.m.No. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova90–51Peacock/NBCSNGame times in EST for the first round and quarterfinals and EDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seed.

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