# 2018 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big East women's basketball tournament ended the 2017–18 season of Big East Conference women's basketball. The event was held March 3–6, 2018, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Big East regular-season co-champion and tournament host DePaul won the tournament and with it the Big East's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

2018 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Marquette | 15-3 | 21-8 | 1-1 vs DePaul, 2-0 vs. Villanova |
| 2 | DePaul | 15-3 | 23-7 | 1-1 vs Marquette, 1-1 vs. Villanova |
| 3 | Villanova | 12-6 | 22-7 | |
| 4 | Creighton | 11-7 | 17-11 | |
| 5 | St. John's | 9-9 | 16-13 | 2-0 vs. Georgetown |
| 6 | Georgetown | 9-9 | 14-14 | 0-2 vs. St. John's |
| 7 | Seton Hall | 7-11 | 15-14 | |
| 8 | Butler | 6-12 | 14-16 | |
| 9 | Providence | 3-15 | 10-20 | 1-1 vs. Xavier, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 2-0 vs. St. John's |
| 10 | Xavier | 3-15 | 10-19 | 1-1 vs. Providence, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 0-2 vs. St. John's |
| ‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament. ||||||||||

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Saturday, March 3 |||||
| 1 | 4:00 PM | #9 Providence vs. #8 Butler | BEDN | 1,950 |
| 2 | 6:30 PM | #10 Xavier vs. #7 Seton Hall | BEDN | 1,950 |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4 |||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM | #1 Marquette vs. #8 Butler | FS2 | 1,991 |
| 4 | 2:30 PM | #4 Creighton vs. #5 St John's | FS2 | 1,991 |
| 5 | 6:00 PM | #2 DePaul vs. #7 Seton Hall | FS2 | 2,147 |
| 6 | 8:30 PM | #3 Villanova vs. #6 Georgetown | FS2 | 2,147 |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 5 |||||
| 7 | 3:00 PM | #1 Marquette vs. #4 Creighton | FS1 | 2,192 |
| 8 | 5:30 PM | #2 DePaul vs. #6 Georgetown | FS1 | 2,192 |
| Championship – Tuesday, March 6 |||||
| 9 | 6:00 PM | #1 Marquette vs. #2 DePaul | FS1 | 2,264 |
| *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed |||||
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## Bracket

| First round March 3 | First round March 3 | First round March 3 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Semifinals March 5 | Semifinals March 5 | Semifinals March 5 | Championship March 6 | Championship March 6 | Championship March 6 |
| | | | 1 | Marquette | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Butler | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Butler | 73* | 8 | Butler | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Providence | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Providence | 67 | | | | 1 | Marquette | 76 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Creighton | 70 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Creighton | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | St. John's | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Marquette | 63 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | DePaul | 98 |
| | | | 2 | DePaul | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Seton Hall | 52 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Seton Hall | 66 | 7 | Seton Hall | 52 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Xavier | 42 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Xavier | 42 | | | | 2 | DePaul | 85 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Georgetown | 53 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Villanova | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Georgetown | 63 | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period