# 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference, held March 9–12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner of the tournament, the Villanova Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All 11 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Providence | 14–3 | |
| 2 | Villanova | 16–4 | |
| 3 | UConn | 13–6 | |
| 4 | Creighton | 12–7 | |
| 5 | Marquette | 11–8 | 2–0 vs Seton Hall |
| 6 | Seton Hall | 11–8 | 0–2 vs Marquette |
| 7 | St. John's | 8–11 | 2–0 vs Xavier |
| 8 | Xavier | 8–11 | 0–2 vs St. John's |
| 9 | Butler | 6–14 | 2–0 vs. DePaul |
| 10 | DePaul | 6–14 | 0–2 vs. Butler |
| 11 | Georgetown | 0–19 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 1 | 4:30 pm | No. 8 Xavier vs. No. 9 Butler | 82–89$^{OT}$ | FS1 | 17,163 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul | 92–73 | FS1 | 17,163 |
| 3 | 10:10 pm | No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Georgetown | 57–53 | FS1 | 17,163 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler | 65–61 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Marquette | 74–63 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's | 66–65 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 7 | 9:30 pm | No. 3 UConn vs. No. 6 Seton Hall | 62–52 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Providence vs. No. 4 Creighton | 58–85 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 UConn | 63–60 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 10 | 6:30 pm | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 Villanova | 48–54 | FOX | 19,812 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 9 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 9 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 9 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 12 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 12 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 12 FOX |
| | | | 1 | #11 Providence | 65 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Xavier | 82 | 9 | Butler | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 89* | | | | 1 | #11 Providence | 58 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Creighton | 85 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Creighton | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Marquette | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Creighton | 48 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | #8 Villanova | 54 |
| | | | 2 | #8 Villanova | 66 | | | | | | |
| 7 | St. John's | 92 | 7 | St. John's | 65 | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 73 | | | | 2 | #8 Villanova | 63 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #20 UConn | 60 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #20 UConn | 62 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Seton Hall | 57 | 6 | Seton Hall | 52 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Georgetown | 53 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period