# 2019 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Big East men's basketball tournament was the men's basketball postseason tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 13 through March 16, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Villanova defeated Seton Hall 74–72 to win the tournament, and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. With the win, Villanova became the first team to win the Big East tournament three consecutive times.

## Seeds

All 10 Big East schools participated 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 six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1 | Villanova | 13–5 | | | |
| 2 | Marquette | 12–6 | | | |
| 3 | Seton Hall | 9–9 | 4–2 vs. Xavier/Creighton/Georgetown | | |
| 4 | Xavier | 9–9 | 3–3 vs. Seton Hall/Creighton/Georgetown | 1–1 vs. Creighton | 1–1 vs. Villanova |
| 5 | Creighton | 9–9 | 3–3 vs. Xavier/Seton Hall/Georgetown | 1–1 vs. Xavier | 0–2 vs. Villanova |
| 6 | Georgetown | 9–9 | 2–4 vs. Seton Hall/Xavier/Creighton | | |
| 7 | St. John's | 8–10 | | | |
| 8 | Providence | 7–11 | 3–1 vs. DePaul/Butler | | |
| 9 | Butler | 7–11 | 2–2 vs. Providence/DePaul | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 7–11 | 1–3 vs. Butler/Providence | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 13 ||||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler | 80–57 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 2 | 9:30 pm | No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul | 82–74 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Providence | 73–62 | FS1 | 19,534 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Xavier vs. No. 5 Creighton | 63–61 | FS1 | 19,534 |
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 7 St. John's | 86–54 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 6 | 9:40 pm | No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Georgetown | 73–57 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 ||||||
| 7 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 4 Xavier | 71–67 (OT) | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 8 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Marquette vs. No. 3 Seton Hall | 79–81 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 ||||||
| 9 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 3 Seton Hall | 74–72 | Fox | 19,812 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX |
| | | | 1 | #25 Villanova | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Providence | 62 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Providence | 80 | 8 | Providence | 62 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 57 | | | | 1 | #25 Villanova | 71* | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Xavier | 67 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Xavier | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Creighton | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #25 Villanova | 74 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Seton Hall | 72 |
| | | | 2 | #23 Marquette | 86 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | St. John's | 54 | | | | | | |
| 7 | St. John's | 82 | 7 | St. John's | 54 | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 74 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 74 | | | | 2 | #23 Marquette | 79 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Seton Hall | 81 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Seton Hall | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Georgetown | 57 | | | | | | |
*Indicates number of overtime periods. Source