# 2017 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big East women's basketball tournament, also known as the 2017 Big East championship, was a tournament held from March 4 to 7, 2017, at Al McGuire Center on the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The host Marquette Golden Eagles won the tournament and with it an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

## Seeds

2017 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | DePaul†‡ | 16–2 | 24–6 | 2–0 vs. Creighton |
| 2 | Creighton† | 16–2 | 22–6 | 0–2 vs. DePaul |
| 3 | Marquette | 13–5 | 22–7 | |
| 4 | Villanova | 11–7 | 16-13 | 2–0 vs. St. John's |
| 5 | St. John's | 11–7 | 19-10 | 0–2 vs. Villanova |
| 6 | Georgetown | 9–9 | 17–11 | |
| 7 | Xavier | 4–14 | 12-17 | 2–0 vs. Providence, 1–1 vs. Seton Hall |
| 8 | Seton Hall | 4–14 | 11–18 | 1–1 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Providence |
| 9 | Providence | 4–14 | 12–17 | 0–2 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Seton Hall |
| 10 | Butler | 2–16 | 5–24 | |
| ‡ – 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 4 |||||
| 1 | 4:00 PM | #7 Xavier vs #10 Butler | BEDN | 2,132 |
| 2 | 6:30 PM | #8 Seton Hall vs #9 Providence | BEDN | 2,132 |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5 |||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM | #2 Creighton vs #10 Butler | FS2 | 2,815 |
| 4 | 2:30 PM | #3 Marquette vs #6 Georgetown | FS2 | 2,815 |
| 5 | 6:00 PM | #1 DePaul vs #8 Seton Hall | FS2 | 1,922 |
| 6 | 8:30 PM | #4 Villanova vs #5 St. John's | FS2 | 1,922 |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 6 |||||
| 7 | 3:00 PM | #2 Creighton vs. #3 Marquette | FS1 | 2,511 |
| 8 | 5:30 PM | #1 DePaul vs #5 St John's | FS1 | 2,511 |
| Championship – Tuesday, March 7 |||||
| 9 | 8:00 PM | #3 Marquette vs. #1 DePaul | FS1 | 3,166 |
| *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed |||||
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## Bracket

| Opening Round March 4, 2017 | Opening Round March 4, 2017 | Opening Round March 4, 2017 | Quarterfinals March 5, 2017 | Quarterfinals March 5, 2017 | Quarterfinals March 5, 2017 | Semifinals March 6, 2017 | Semifinals March 6, 2017 | Semifinals March 6, 2017 | Championship March 7, 2017 | Championship March 7, 2017 | Championship March 7, 2017 |
| | | | 1 | DePaul | 92 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Seton Hall | 60 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Seton Hall | 73 | 8 | Seton Hall | 60 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Providence | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Providence | 60 | | | | 1 | DePaul | 59 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | St John's | 41 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Villanova | 40 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | St. John's | 56 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | DePaul | 78 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Marquette | 86 |
| | | | 2 | Creighton | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Butler | 55 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Xavier | 66 | 10 | Butler | 55 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Butler | 68 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Butler | 68 | | | | 2 | Creighton | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Marquette | 72 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Marquette | 80 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Georgetown | 66 | | | | | | |